Fellows at Work: Rebuilding post-fire, protecting sacred spaces, and conquistador cows

Fellows & Grantees at Work

‘Everybody is a fighter in Grassy’: Inside a First Nation’s quest for justice Jillian Kestler D’Amours and Megan O’Toole, Al Jazeera (supported by a 2025 Environmental Justice reporting grant)

L.A. fires burned their block. For each, the disaster was just beginning. N. Kirkpatrick, The Washington Post (2025 Southern California Wildfire Institute)

Peehee Mu’huh: Sacred Land at Risk Odette Auger, Watershed Sentinel (2024 Critical Minerals Institute)

Houses of Worship Could Help Fuel the Energy Transition. Solar Evangelists Are Hard at Work on That Liuan Huska, Inside Climate News (2024 Great Lakes Energy Future Workshop)

After the Eaton Fire, a Los Angeles Community Garden Rebuilds Jennifer Oldham, Civil Eats (2025 Southern California Wildfire Institute)

Something Old, Something New Jennifer Weeks, Distillations Magazine (2015 Chesapeake Bay Institute)

When Helene hit, they lost their homes. Under Trump, they could lose even more. Yessenia Funes, Yale Climate Connections (2025 Southern California Wildfire Institute)

Lack of disposal space hampers dredging of toxic sediment in Detroit, Rouge rivers Carol Thompson, The Detroit News (2024 Great Lakes Energy Workshop)

Blackfoot ranchers tout Conquistador cows, virtual fencing Laura Lundquist, Missoula Current (2025 Crown of the Continent Institute)

How indigenous practices can help protect forests Daniel Wolfe The Washington Post (2023 Wildfire Policy, Politics & Science Workshop, supported by post-workshop reporting grant)

Photo Washington Post/Alice Li