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Inside the effort to restore California's Russian River

For a century, California’s Russian River has been a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community. But the health of the river and surrounding area is suffering the effects of climate change.

KQED’s Ezra David Romero reports how the community is working to preserve it for another hundred years.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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