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Coastal Communities Teach Lessons About Relocation

This map shows the location of Alaska Native Villages. The red dots represent those in the process of climate relocation; the blue, those threatened by imminent climate impacts.
Center for Progressive Reform
This map shows the location of Alaska Native Villages. The red dots represent those in the process of climate relocation; the blue, those threatened by imminent climate impacts.

In coming years, rising seas and sinking land will force many to move away from the coast. Some communities are already doing so. New research from the Center for Progressive Reform, a Washington-based nonprofit, looks at how 17 communities - from Alaska to South Dakota - are pulling it off.

WWNO’s Tegan Wendland talked with study-author, Loyola University law professor, Rob Verchick.

What We Can Learn From Coastal Communities As They Work To Relocate

Support for the Coastal Desk comes from the Walton Family Foundation, the Coypu Foundation, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and local listeners.

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Tegan Wendland is a freelance producer with a background in investigative news reporting. She currently produces the biweekly segment, Northshore Focus.