by Riya Anne Polcastro TriplePundit.com

If the #SupremeCourt finds for Sackett in #SackettvEPA , loss of protection for #wetlands across the country could dramatically increase #flood damages.

Important to keep in mind as the Supreme Court hears Sackett v. EPA. Are property rights sacrosanct even when they harm others' property rights? This study shows the flood damage to others' properties -- up to 40 miles away -- when a wetland is allowed to be developed.

Giving rivers access to their floodplains IS flood protection. Calif. is recognizing the truth of that old adage: there are 2 kinds of levees -- those that have failed and those that will fail. by Kathleen Ronayne @ap
apnews.com/article/floods…

Super excited for my new read by Erica Gies / SlowWater.World

As droughts reveal long-subsumed relics, we see Europe also flooded its history, just as Turkey, China, etc, raising hue & cry. Yet I still mourn charming, 12,000-yr-old Hasankeyf, Turkey, flooded by Ilusu Dam in 2020. by Derrick Bryson Taylor The New York Times nytimes.com/2022/09/22/wor…

OMG, why has no one told me about brown noise before?! This sounds sooooo good to me. Possibly life-changing. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh

Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming by Liz Carlisle

Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge by Erica Gies / SlowWater.World

Water wants the return of its 'slow phase'. We've filled in or drained 87% of wetland waters, our pavement amounts have drastically increased, and now water can't move as slow as it used to per Erica Gies / SlowWater.World. This is important for biodiversity, carbon storage, and water storage.

There's different levels of community engagements with wetlands. Laura Paskus points out that 'us first' stances haven't helped us in the longterm. Erica Gies / SlowWater.World calls these single-minded approaches, ignoring the wider ecosystems water exists in, leading to unintended consequences.

Appreciate that Erica Gies / SlowWater.World calls out the 'colonial footprint' in changing water management from observation of water flows and adapting to it to Europeans asserting their way of doing things on top of new-to-them local landscapes they did not really understand.

Thank you, Michael E. Campana!

Running tide. Rathtrevor Beach, Vancouver Island.

Erica will keynote Am Water Res Assn Annual Conference! Here's Laura Paskus' conversation w/ Erica Gies / SlowWater.World about her book, 'Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought & Deluge.' Laura recommends it. So do I. youtu.be/UHOluAtVOPw

Book drop with a view Erica Gies / SlowWater.World

A snippet of a longer conversation with 'Water Always Wins' author Erica Gies / SlowWater.World - Watch more tonight on New Mexico in Focus New Mexico PBS or head over to YouTube: youtube.com/c/OurLandNM/vi…

Fine company to keep! Two very different -- and intriguing -- takes on the water-human relationship.

There are a bunch of things I love about my job. One? Talking with thoughtful writers about big ideas. Here's my conversation w/ Erica Gies / SlowWater.World about her book, 'Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought & Deluge.' I recommend it, no matter where you live: youtu.be/UHOluAtVOPw