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Key to re opening shellfish harvesting is identifying and mitigating sources of human waste: leaking septic tanks, broken wastewater pipes, and improper connections. We have work to do.

#Aboutlastweekend, this is my favorite photo from our morning cleanup, Saturday, April 27, on the Ribault River. Capt. Sam Baker of Sol Margin Fishing & Conservation Foundation had just assisted a youth in catching this fish. I'm not an angler but he called it "a red." Our family from South Carolina said it looked like a spot. I don't know what its name, but before my plant-based lifestyle I called it good food. The look on the Captain's face reminds me of hearing a youngster say, "I did it!" I imagine that's the sentiment every time you have waited expectantly on fish to bite your hook and then, suddenly, it does! Capt. Baker loves nature. He loves fishing, loves the environment, and he loves teaching others about what he loves. Now he has a band of supporters, including us at the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Community Trust, Inc., who want to help him help the community sustain our culture by returning the river to a healthy state. He and Kristopher Smith of the #RibaultSportsmenAssociation, working with the St. Johns Riverkeeper and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Jacksonville, know that a #resilientribault means a #resilientcommunity of #GullahGeechee people who can maintain their #culture through #subsistencefishing and passing down #fishingtraditions to the next generation. #Environmentalconservation is #culturalconservation. Intervening in the #climatecrisis includes providing tools that communities in its path can use to become #sustainable. I'm looking forward to helping Gullah/Geechee people maintain our culture, despite the odds. When the right opportunities bite, we'll reel them in and then we can say, "We did it!" Photo credit: Glenda Simmons Jenkins

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Changing how we cut grass can create more native wildflower meadows. Even if some of these patches are small, it will all add up to a big area. Wildlife will be able to move between wildflower habitats as they become connected. Yet despite WAG policy and strategy’s small local community councils will again ignore and continue with their business as usual approach without being held to account? How should this be approached as letters of complaint and reporting to County Council level have to date resulted in no change?

Important to maintaining a sustained and resilient food system regionally!!

We met Roy Barton of Dirty Hands Farm when he shared one of our clips to show his community how he approaches the health of his soils, family, and community. Roy and his father-in-law were kind enough to share their experience with adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing in Northern Florida, and the conceptual challenges new regenerative farmers can face as they embrace nature. According to Roy, his land is healthier, his pests are down, and his faith in the future couldn’t be higher. https://lnkd.in/edxKkk86

Driving off the beaten path, you see a lot of old America, most of it abandoned. These once-thriving towns are now facing big challenges with population declines, economic hardships, and the closure of local businesses. It’s a tough reality with serious impacts on our communities and even our food sources. Did you know 76 counties in the U.S. don't have a single grocery store? That includes pet food too, creating food deserts and pet food deserts, especially in the Midwest and Great Plains. We can make a difference! Support local businesses, push for policies that help small towns, improve infrastructure and engage with your community. Let's keep these vital parts of our heritage alive. Share how you support local businesses in the comments. Tag a local business you love, and let’s spread the word! #SupportLocal #SaveOurTowns #PetOwnersForSmallTowns #Americana #RoadTrip #SupportLocal #AGirlAndHerDog

During Shea Month this July, we're bringing attention to the environmental threats facing shea parklands, the impact on the shea supply chain and the communities that depend on it. This year, we're also focusing on how you can contribute to parkland restoration efforts to combat and reverse these challenges. The Global Shea Alliance partnered with its members to create a comprehensive guide for cultivating shea seedlings in community based nurseries. One of the goals of the Action for Shea Parklands (ASP) initiative is to grow 10 million trees and important to this mission is the availability of tree seedlings. By fostering the creation of community nurseries and motivating individuals to take part in shea and native tree cultivation, we can all play a role in revitalising shea parklands. ASP empowers individuals and communities to actively engage in environmental preservation, secure the shea supply chain and support the livelihoods of those reliant on these trees. Discover how you can get involved and find our guide to sowing shea seeds here: https://shorturl.at/g6hiF #WomenInShea #SheaMonth2024 #Sheaparklands #SahelParklands #Action4shea #Partnership4Shea #GenerationRestoration

TREE-topia …  TREE-rific.   We applaud the tremendous effort by Bruce, Kurt, Gavin and the Myalup Community Association.    All communities across the State should thank the dedicated volunteers and aspire to such prolific tree planting.    The metropolitan area is in desperate need of more tree canopy. The City of Melville’s director responsible of our natural environment, Mr Mick McCarthy, would do well to learn and seek direction from Gavin Waugh, who is also a Melville ratepayer.     Melville’s tree canopy has, and continues to be decimated, and we need many more trees to be planted just to start the road to recovery.    Sadly, it is our view that Melville is not taking the need for protecting and growing our tree canopy as seriously as it should, they seem to move along at their own slow pace; like many local governments. The Melville community, and others, must unite to grow  public open space and tree canopy for the benefit of future generations. #treecanopy #saveourspace #saveoursuburbs #tree #ratepayers #climateaction #MRRA #WATCA #MelvilleTreeCanopyAdvocates #MCAN #MelvilleClimateActionNetwork #Ratepayers #localgovernmentreform

From a predominantly agency-led practice to a statewide grassroots movement, prescribed fire has transformed significantly in California. Over the last few decades, there has been a massive shift to “reclaim fire as a tool for normal people,” according to Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Fire Network Director for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR). Her recent webinar on “California’s Prescribed Fire (R)evolution,” hosted by the California Fire Science Consortium, addresses the prescribed fire evolution/revolution in California and paths forward. Landowners, farmers, ranchers, and other community members are working together to conduct prescribed burns across the state. These informal, community-led movements have proved highly effective in changing how we think about and implement prescribed fire in California. Communities are demanding something different, and we shouldn’t underestimate the broader cultural and ecological implications of this local work. “That’s the cultural change that we need to allow for anything else to happen at a landscape level,” as Quinn-Davidson sees it. Visit the link below to view the full webinar: https://lnkd.in/gMZgwg6A #climateandwildfire #prescribedfire #firescience #firepractitioners #fireresilience #grassrootsmovement #communityengagement #communityorganizing #californiawildfire