Are Rivers Our Secret Weapon in a Warming World?

Plus, Holiday Crowds and Holiday Trash, a Surfboard-Stealing Sea Otter, Night Sky Photography Tips, See the Northern Lights, Coastal Access Conflicts, and More

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the Los Angeles River at sunset

Growing up in Central Connecticut in what the kids are currently calling “the late 1900s,” most of what I remember about the rivers and waterways is that you didn’t go in them. The Clean Water Act had started to change some of our collective attitude toward waterways, but it still felt like most places just used river…