Science & Environment
Extreme Drought Threatens Farmers’ Livelihoods and Rural Economy
The signs of a changing climate harbinger hard times for agricultural communiities in the Great Plains and the Midwest
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Three Ways to Stop the Pollution of Iowa’s Water
A University of Iowa researcher has a solution to the decades-long degradation of the state's water quality
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Uprooting Invasive Plants Across America
The Weed Wrangle movement invites people to pull together.
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Canadian ‘Super Pigs’ Threaten Minnesota. How Will the State Respond?
Experts say once a feral swine population is established, it’s nearly impossible to remove.
![Feral pig and a cow](https://barnraisingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Feral-swine-and-cow-900x775.webp)
Rural Women Are Leading the Conversation on Climate Justice
An interview with Mallory McDuff, author of Love Your Mother: 50 States, 50 Stories, and 50 Women United for Climate Justice
![Alabama National Guard post-Hurricane](https://barnraisingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Alabama-National-Guard-Post-Hurricane-900x651.jpg)
Five Myths About Wild Horses in the West
Despite Bureau of Land Management claims, wild horses do not damage the ecosystems of the American West
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Five Native Groups Have Established Rights of Nature
"For Ho-Chunk, rights of nature has always been around.”
![A close-up photo of a manoomin (wild rice) plant](https://barnraisingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/rights_of_nature_manoomin-900x600.jpg)
The Black Snake Threatens Turtle Island
When I moved to the Great Lakes, I did not know a pipeline threatened my ancestral homeland
![Monica Cady moved to Michigan's Upper Peninsula eight years ago.](https://barnraisingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Monica-Cady-Lake-Huron-900x600.jpg)
Native Communities Fight Oil Pipeline in Wisconsin and Michigan
The 70-year-old Line 5 pipeline threatens lives, livelihoods and Great Lakes ecosystems
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To Serve and Protect?
Enbridge pays Minnesota law enforcement agencies to arrest pipeline protesters
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Not Your Enemy: Reimagining the Human-Wildlife Divide
The new book Tenacious Beasts explores how we can work in partnership with our fellow animals
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Don’t Let Your Food Waste Become Sewage Sludge
The solid waste industry is greenwashing food waste-to-sewer programs
![Compost piles at a garden](https://barnraisingmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Compost-piles-at-NH-garden-900x675.jpg)