As the first waves from the Japanese tsunami hit Crescent City last Friday, a crab-boat captain made a last-minute decision to run his boat out to sea.
Tribal newspaper runs Hupa Fish War story
The Hupa tribe’s newspaper, Two Rivers Tribune, has just run my story about the conflict between Hupas over the tribe’s salmon fishing rights.
The Hupa Fish War
Three decades after fighting the outside world for its right to catch salmon,
a California tribe faces a new battle — at home.
Reef Revival
A series of coral nurseries is breathing new life into ravaged reefs from Miami to the Virgin Islands.
Shadowing fishermen’s nets with a robot sub
A remotely-operated vehicle sheds light on life at 90 fathoms
San Francisco Chronicle: Tough choice about California’s water future
In the grand Western tradition of fistfights down at the water hole, no fight has quite rivaled the one over the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The delta serves as a supersize water hole for more than 23 million people and several million acres of farms. Two gigantic batteries of pumps – with a combined power [...]