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21 years ago, Chrissy Isaacs was watching another logging truck come into her community

in the grassy narrows first nation, and she decided enough was enough.

So with her sister and her friend, she started a blockade on the only road to the reserve,

and kicked off decades of change.

You can hear how one woman took a stand against logging and changed her community forever

on the latest episode of Into the Mix.

This summer environmental reporter Ben G. Jones went on a diving trip to the Florida

Keys, and that's where he met Captain Slate.

I've been driving downloads here since 1978, and I can't tell you how many millions of

trips I've run out here.

I'm sure 100,000.

That's what I've been doing my whole life.

Back in the 70s and 80s, there were sprawling expanses of coral throughout the Florida

Keys.

It was just you could snorkel on it, and you couldn't see the end of the coral.

I mean, you had to anchor off and swim toward it.

There was no open spots in between to gross the coral to throw your hook without tearing

it up.

Decades ago, there was this really vibrant ecosystem that supports not only so many marine

animals, but also coastal communities that really depend on reefs for protection from

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