Fellows at Work: Mussels, Beavers, Food Sovereignty, and More

Fellows & Grantees At Work

Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires? Ben Goldfarb, National Geographic (Reporting grant recipient)

The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath Gabrielle Canon, The Guardian (2025 Southern California Wildfire Institute)

Restoring Native foodways requires returning land. What happens when it's contaminated? Lela Nargi, FoodPrint (2024 Land Back Workshop)

Ice and Fire Podcast: Season 2, Episode 6 - Usteq Theresa Soley (Supported by a post-workshop reporting grant)

Energy source emits water instead of greenhouse gases — and Michigan may be a hub for it Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press (2019 Asian Carp Workshop)

Invasive mussels drastically altered the Great Lakes. Now, scientists are fighting back. Caitlin Looby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2024 Water Infrastructure Workshop)

Going Critical Megan Bernhard, The Baffler (2024 Critical Minerals Institute)

More ‘good fire’ in Michigan restores Indigenous land practices Sheri McWhirter, MLive (2024 Land Back Workshop)

Opinion | This Land Was Your Land, This Land Was My Land. Now It’s for Sale. Michelle Nijhuis, The New York Times (2023 TEK Workshop)

Building the road to food sovereignty, rock wall by rock wall Nora O’Malley, Ha-Shilth-Sa (supported by a 2024 IPCA reporting grant)

California mulls carve-outs for ‘Zone 0’ wildfire rule, worrying fire experts Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/POLITICO (2025 Southern California Wildfire Institute)