Water news continued to dominate the news this past year. Headlines across the world reported increasing drought and flooding, exacerbated by a rapidly changing climate.
My Top Water Wishes for the New Year include a quick look back at some of the important water stories that streamed from our offices this past year.
#10. Wishing that humankind gains genuine respect for the complex nature of our most precious ecosystems. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/playing-god-with-the-yellowstone/
#9. Wishing that the popularized cookbook strategies for stream restoration will be replaced by more holistic and sustainable resource management. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/fields-and-streams-by-rebecca-lave-what-is-at-stake-in-the-rosgen-wars/
#8. Wishing that increased training for our next generation of conservation stewards will yield more restoration work that actually gets put to ground. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/notes-from-the-field-today/
#7. Wishing that data and science become the driving forces in managing our most precious natural resources. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/standing-up-for-science/
#6. Wishing that we escalate private investments in ecological restoration, recognizing the vital importance of this work to critical ecosystem services like our drinking water supply. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/trout-headwaters-shares-private-restoration-investment-solutions-at-white-house/
#5. Wishing that we begin to slow the losses to our already threatened cold water resources. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/coldwater-fisheries-expected-to-decline-62-by-2100/
#4. Wishing that those involved in invasive and damaging strategies for species ‘restoration’ will understand their plans’ collateral damage and risk to the environment. >https://troutheadwaters.com/invasive-species-time-for-a-paradigm-shift/
#3. Wishing we may all return our focus to solutions aimed at mitigating the impacts of our changing climate. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/did-top-science-groups-really-tell-congressional-climate-change-doubters-to-knock-it-off/
#2. Wishing we quickly begin to realize that conditions like the lead-tainted water in Flint, Michigan are not just an anomaly. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/as-mark-ruffalo-reports-flint-isnt-an-anomaly/
#1. Wishing that our generation may rise to greatness in responding to our climate crisis and our dwindling natural resource crisis so we can create a better future. >More https://troutheadwaters.com/on-creating-a-better-future/
