Braided River April News: Earth Month, Get Your Name in the Book, and Braided River with Se'Si'Le on Orcas Island

Braided River March News: Honoring Big River, For the Love of Orcas, and World Rewilding Day

Braided River February News: Introducing Melissa, Overlooked & Untold Stories, Honoring Eric Scigliano, and Get Your Name in Woodpecker 

Braided River January News: Arctic Updates, Jimmy Carter, and Southern Resident Orca Tahlequah 

Braided River December News

Braided River November News: 'Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain', Upcoming ‘Big River’ Events, Remembering Karsten Heuer, Newly Released Short Films From Our Community

Braided River October News: Celebrate Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain, introducing Braided River's newest board member– Natalie Fobes, and Living River events

Braided River September News: Celebrate Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain, fall events, and take action to protect the Western Arctic

This blog is based on an essay from the book On Arctic Ground: Tracking Time through Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve. The Western Arctic, also known as the NPR-A (National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska), is a fragile Arctic region, home to Indigenous communities and bountiful wildlife including caribou, fish and migratory birds, and is a critical carbon sink to help fight climate change. The Colville River is one of five designated Special Areas in the Western Arctic. Learn more about Special Areas in the Arctic here.