https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/our-living-lands Our Living Lands is a collaboration of the Mountain West News Bureau, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation and Native Public Media. en-US Copyright Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-03-09/how-one-blackfeet-nation-scientist-is-using-robot-beavers-to-help-the-environment Colonialism drove beavers off their land, harming both the environment and people living on it. Blackfeet Nation beaver experts want to bring them back. Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-03-09/how-one-blackfeet-nation-scientist-is-using-robot-beavers-to-help-the-environment Jamie Jiang https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-03-02/colorados-first-indigenous-poet-laureate-on-land-and-history Crisosto Apache was recently named Colorado’s poet laureate, the first Indigenous person to hold that title. Apache is Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné. Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:07:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-03-02/colorados-first-indigenous-poet-laureate-on-land-and-history Daniel Spaulding https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-02-23/how-tribes-in-the-pacific-northwest-are-tackling-climate-change Nika Bartoo-Smith is a reporter who covers Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke with Bartoo-Smith about her work and the impact of climate change on tribes in the region. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-02-23/how-tribes-in-the-pacific-northwest-are-tackling-climate-change Daniel Spaulding https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-02-16/how-one-national-park-is-featuring-the-voices-of-indigenous-people Mesa Verde National Park in Southwestern Colorado is increasingly featuring the voices of Indigenous descendants from the area. Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-02-16/how-one-national-park-is-featuring-the-voices-of-indigenous-people Elaine Tassy https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2025-06-16/how-indigenous-skiers-are-reckoning-with-climate-change-and-exclusion Across the West, climate change is putting snow sports like skiing at risk. For Indigenous skiers, that adds to a long history of exclusion from the sport. Let My People Go Skiing is a new film highlighting those challenges and some of the possible solutions. The film follows Ellen Bradley, the film's director and a Lingít skier, to her homelands in Southeast Alaska, where she works with Alaska Native Youth. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2025-06-16/how-indigenous-skiers-are-reckoning-with-climate-change-and-exclusion Daniel Spaulding https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-02-02/inside-the-great-coharie-creek-restoration Cheyenne McNeil, a Cohaire journalist, spoke with Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding about Cohaire land and water in North Carolina. Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-02-02/inside-the-great-coharie-creek-restoration Daniel Spaulding https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-01-28/covering-indigenous-communities-in-new-mexico KUNM Reporter Jeanette DeDios, who is Jicarilla Apache and Diné, spoke with Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding about issues facing Indigenous communities in New Mexico. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:33:32 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-01-28/covering-indigenous-communities-in-new-mexico Daniel Spaulding https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2025-09-01/inside-a-national-geographic-photo-camp-on-the-wind-river-reservation A group of young Indigenous men spent a week on the Wind River Reservation for a photo camp with National Geographic. The students camped, fished, explored and even helped with a bison harvest, all while honing their skills as storytellers and photographers. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2025-09-01/inside-a-national-geographic-photo-camp-on-the-wind-river-reservation Daniel Spaulding https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-01-12/chickasaw-nation In southern Oklahoma, the Chickasaw Nation is planting trees to combat climate change. The project is also ensuring that Chickasaw culture gets passed down to the next generation. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:20:20 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-01-12/chickasaw-nation Sarah Liese (Twilla) https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-01-05/what-traditional-okinawan-music-can-teach-us-about-the-climate Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are using Okinawan songs to learn about climate and geology. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke with Justin Higa, a postdoctoral fellow and a Ryukyuan traditional music practitioner, about the connections between climate, music, and culture. Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2026-01-05/what-traditional-okinawan-music-can-teach-us-about-the-climate Daniel Spaulding https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2025-12-29/how-bison-meat-and-chokecherry-jam-are-helping-with-indigenous-food-insecurity Across the country, Indigenous communities are facing increasing levels of food insecurity. In response, tribes are stepping up their food sovereignty efforts. Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2025-12-29/how-bison-meat-and-chokecherry-jam-are-helping-with-indigenous-food-insecurity Hannah Habermann https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2025-12-22/washoe-nonprofit-hopes-to-regain-land-in-tahoe-basin-to-build-cultural-and-spiritual-center The Washoe people believe the Tahoe Basin is the spiritual center of their world. They only have limited access to its shores but grassroots nonprofit aims to change that, healing both land and people. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:00:00 GMT https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2025-12-22/washoe-nonprofit-hopes-to-regain-land-in-tahoe-basin-to-build-cultural-and-spiritual-center Kat Fulwider