Once heavily channelized, the Gila River is reclaiming its big, messy floodplain — with lessons for the rest of the Southwest.

David Byrne learns how to recycle water — and why surprising places like Las Vegas and Orange County are perfecting this complicated process.

David Byrne learns how fisheries from Iceland to the Great Lakes are using 100% of their catch — and shares his tips for making fish head soup.

While most of the state’s coastal eateries import seafood from as far as India, one has gone all-in on the boats docked right outside.

By mimicking the features of a natural waterline, the “living seawall” will create welcoming habitat for seaweed, mollusks and more.

The return of the essential crop is preserving an age-old way of life as farmers learn to work with water rather than force it away.

A fishing cooperative on the Puerto Rican island of Culebra is redefining conservation and ‘making good things happen.’

Following the dismantling of the Kwoneesum Dam, the area has been transformed and its wildlife is returning. 

Capturing carbon 35 times faster than the Amazon, seagrasses have faced centuries of decline. Now restoration projects across North America are seeing their meadows quadruple in size.

Afloat on DIY boats, teams of volunteers have removed over 450 tons of plastic waste from the Danube and its tributaries.

With Sea-to-School programs, the cafeteria is an extension of the classroom, where kids can learn to love sustainable local seafood.

As the world’s most ambitious oyster reef restoration nears completion, many millions of tiny mollusks are revitalizing America’s largest estuary.

The Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe is working to heal the ailing Colorado River ecosystem by planting one native seed at a time.

Tight regulations are tough on fishermen in the short term. But over time, they can help fish find their way back from the brink.

With the American Southwest facing a drier future, cities from L.A. to Las Vegas are getting creative about wise water use.

Companies across the region have vowed to find a use for the entirety of each fish they catch, from fertilizer to fish skin leather.

For years, the storied French waterway was nearly biologically dead. Now, it’s teeming with marine life once again, as it did centuries ago.

In Queensland, Australia, once-unlivable wetlands are now attracting birds and fish while also reconnecting Indigenous youth with the land.

A Kenyan water fund that helps upstream farmers improve their practices is boosting rural livelihoods and urban water quality at the same time.

Thanks to a clever method known as sandbar cropping, squashes and other crops thrive on land that’s otherwise considered useless.

After an excruciating drought, the UK farm behind Tiptree jam found greater self-sufficiency and resilience through rainwater harvesting.

Rather than relying on expensive water treatment plants, the French capital is protecting its water supply at the source.

To reduce the footprint of the crop that feeds the country, farmers are teaching one another greener methods.

A seed bank full of carefully stored, drought-resistant varieties is helping to revive parched land and improve farmers’ livelihoods.

Chinampas — an ingenious adaptation to the Valley of Mexico’s lake-filled landscape — could hold lessons for cities around the world.

A sustainable, integrated approach to fish farming has caught on in China and elsewhere. Thailand could be next.

Salt ponds form a vast mosaic spanning thousands of acres in California’s South Bay. But a 50-year transformation is underway.

When the pandemic hit, Fishermen Feeding Mainers found a way to bring new life to the state’s groundfish industry – and feed those in need.

As salinity affects more cultivated land due to climate change, researchers and growers are turning to salt-tolerant crops.

A rural Montana county has found a unique and forward-thinking way to share its groundwater.

Floodplain restoration is one key way to make the Central Valley more resilient as climate change intensifies both flooding and drought.

On top of its climate benefits, the technology is boosting women’s income and confidence while challenging traditional gender norms.

A historic project in Maine shows that when dams are removed, a river and its fish can recover with surprising speed.

Villages in a drought-plagued part of North India have been transformed by local meetings and a revival of old farming practices.

There’s no silver bullet to solve Utah’s water crisis, but farmers are doing their part by choosing to do more with less.

Small, constructed wetlands on farms keep excess nutrients out of waterways — and the impacts can go a long way.

Tall, slow-melting “ice stupas” offer a clever way to store water until it’s needed to irrigate summer crops.

In Massachusetts, the onetime cranberry capital of the world, former bogs are transforming into thriving, carbon-storing swamps.

Over a century ago, the Supreme Court ruled that reservations have a right to water. Today, thanks to a unique exchange, the Pima are finally getting their due.

In one of the world’s driest cities, an ingenious system channels water from the air to those who need it most.

Long after the oysters are gone, their shells help protect the marine environment. “Once you shuck ‘em, don’t just chuck ‘em!”

By keeping sediment out of waterways, California wineries and farms are playing a key role in protecting endangered salmon and trout.

With droughts on the rise, India’s pastoralists are turning to modern techniques to conserve water — and a way of life.

Farms designed to recharge groundwater are answering the state’s existential question: How do you make sure devastating rainfall doesn’t go to waste?

Stories at the nexus of water, climate and food.