Once written off as dead, the James River is now teeming with life—thanks to one of the most powerful environmental laws in U.S. history. The return of bald eagles, blue herons, and even the elusive sturgeon shows how the Clean Water Act sparked one of America's greatest ecological comebacks.
Beth Roach of the Nottoway Indian Tribe and Sierra Club shares how witnessing this transformation shaped her lifelong mission to protect and revive ancestral waters.
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