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The effort to restore California's Russian River

Athletes swim in the Russian River during  the an ironman in Santa Rosa, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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Athletes swim in the Russian River during the an ironman in Santa Rosa, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

For a century, California’s Russian River has been a haven for the LGBTQ+ community. But the health of the river and the 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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