and joining us is pete mcbride, he s a photographer and documentary filmmaker who notably produced the documentary into the canyon where he hiked the length of the grand canyon and the park and the rim. okay. pete, what do you think about this move? thanks for having me. i think it s great. i think it s long overdue. and i think it s great for two reasons, number one, it brings the native voice back to the table. this included 13 native-american tribes. and secondly, i think it s protective for the fresh water system that s already strained and stressed, part of the colorado river system facing allot of drought, climate change and overpreservation. i want to show you the beautiful pictures that are yours, in your documentary, you mention the voices of local tribes. you interviewed some who would
pictures. it s the closest we re going to get, so many of us today, pete mcbride, thank you for being with us. thanks for having me. jim. alabama authorities say three arrests are for three white men after last weekend s riverfront brawl, we ll be live there just ahead. at a new low price. behr. only at the home depot. you tried. limiting when it was okay. no tech behind closed doors. but social media s algorithms of aiction always won out. alone you can t stop it. together, we will. we have a plan. join us. ( )
be affected by any uranium mining. i want to play this clip then talk about it. . our job at havsupai is to keep our culture and songs, because that s all we have left is indigenous people. my reservation is about 20 miles from here. and the uranium mines are just waiting to conname our groundwater source. and when this contamination does reach our home, there will be no more havsupai, no more of my people. pete, obviously, a huge relief to communities like this. there are already mining sites established around the grand canyon. talk a little bit about some of those concerns and also what these communities are dealing with. well, the concerns are that uranium mines dig very deep into the ground. roughly 2,000 to 3,000 feet deep. and the groundwater, the
The Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers are two of the most threatened rivers in the U.S. National Geographic Photographer Pete McBride is on a mission to protect these vital rivers and their ecosystems.