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BEAVERS to the Rescue
A beaver is yes, a rodent but they are also ecosystem engineers who can shape wetlands and create biodiversity.
Rebecca Jim
1 day ago3 min read
JUSTICE
“You can also commit injustice by doing nothing." –Marcus Aurelius
Rebecca Jim
Mar 173 min read
Flossie and Grey
The little woman who was my down-the-alley neighbor turned 100 this year. After she sold her home she moved into Neosho Ridge housing. Her daughter gave me Flossie’s address. I really didn’t need it. I could have walked the neighborhood and known her place. It was the one with Egyptian Walking Onions Allium Cepa Viviparum in pots out front. These “green onions” go to seed, form small onion clusters and when too heavy for the stalk, they fall over and walk all over your gard
Rebecca Jim
Mar 173 min read
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Slow Train Wreck
Lead poisoning kicked this off, then the knowledge and understanding that the land beneath whole parts of our county put anyone there in danger. Both were the un-seen threats. The un-seen moved governments to action, mostly for people who were and may still feel no gratitude.
Rebecca Jim
Feb 184 min read
Broken Record
We want a clean Tar Creek that won’t poison our land, our fish, and our hopes for the future.
Rebecca Jim
Jan 33 min read
Leaders Standing for Justice
All these years later, we are still waiting for it, for the cleanup you all deserve. The environment waits. The water waits...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 8, 20253 min read
Matt Black Came
We will have all felt his intentions both visually as well as spiritually are true. His photographs stem from the enduring legacy of the Gre
Rebecca Jim
Dec 2, 20243 min read
Numbers Add Up
Thirty-five youth, 5 from 7 different tribes, tribes that claim harm from the success profitable mining brought to companies that gouged...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 17, 20243 min read
What if it Mattered?
I have been so very proud of your actions to write to FERC and let them know how you feel and tell them YOU DO NOT want to FLOOD! Your...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 9, 20243 min read
Eye Opening Report
Karman King began by going over the highlights of her resume, from being the aquatic toxicologist during the Exxon Valdez spill to her 35...
Rebecca Jim
Jan 5, 20243 min read
Summing up the Summit
EPA’s Region 6 2-Day Environmental Justice Summit was held by zoom and I was invited to present during the first afternoon session. All...
Rebecca Jim
Nov 24, 20233 min read
Bales of Hay
Since I became LEAD Agency's Tar Creekkeeper, recognized by the Waterkeeper Alliance for being her best advocate, I have struggled to get...
Rebecca Jim
Jul 24, 20223 min read
A Sense of Grace
It is a short walk, an historic walk across Harvard Square with the red brick dormitories saved for Freshmen which must each year ground...
Rebecca Jim
May 8, 20223 min read
Home Grown
We raise our own. Tar Creek has been part of Nick Shepherd's life since before he could legally drive a car. He competed in high school...
Rebecca Jim
May 8, 20223 min read
A Sense of Grace
It is a short walk, an historic walk across Harvard Square with the red brick dormitories saved for Freshmen which must each year ground...
Rebecca Jim
May 8, 20223 min read
Refugee
We have our own well known refugee and she is actually connected to two World Wars. The lead and zinc mined out just north of us we all...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 27, 20224 min read
The Last Tour
This week I got to show the wounds, the color of blood oozing out of the ground on each side of the road, streaming along the ditches,...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 5, 20224 min read
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