Brazilian courts have found that the Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon failed to meet environmental and social ...

In 1922, leaders divided the Colorado River behind closed doors. They ignored tribal nations and how the river actually worked. They relied on a few wet years and guessed there would always be enough ...

Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in the river’s two largest reservoirs, Lakes Powell and Mead, a move that has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tribal representatives speak on panel during 2025 Colorado River Water Users Association. (Left to Right) Jenny Dumas, water ...

Oregon tribal members are asking regulators to prohibit motorized boats in part of the Siletz River to protect fish and recreation. In early 2025, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians submitted a ...

Independent monitoring has found a high prevalence of deformities in fish in the Volta Grande do Xingu area of the Brazilian Amazon, following the construction of the massive Belo Monte dam. Potential ...

Brazil’s Triunfo do Xingu Environmental Protection Area was established to protect a swath of the Amazon Rainforest from the cattle industry. However, satellite data show the reserve has lost around ...

A new intertribal land trust has acquired 10,000 acres of land along the Klamath River from former dam operator PacifiCorp. The land transfer is a key step in restoring the river basin's ecosystem ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – The House passed Congressman LaMalfa’s (R-Richvale) legislation, H.R. 2400, the Pit River Land Transfer Act. The bill transfers approximately 580 acres of federally owned land known ...

As I’ve followed the long-running negotiations over the Colorado River the last couple of years, very little progress has been made in transforming the century-old system of managing the river’s ...

The Colorado River Indian Tribes of Arizona and California voted this month to give their namesake waterway the same legal rights as a person, saying the ‘living being’ deserves more protection while ...

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is the only federally recognized tribe operating within Mississippi. Thirteen other federally recognized tribes have historical ties to Mississippi but are now ...