Melanie Smith is a researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Her research focuses on the involvement of women in violent conflict, lone-actor terrorism and the online behavior of violent extremist groups.   https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/melanie-smith/rss en Environment Research Fri, 24 Jun 2016 03:07:27 +0000 Melanie Smith https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/06/24/a-place-of-coming-together https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/06/24/a-place-of-coming-together The Colville River is one of the Arctic’s largest and longest rivers. It empties into Harrison Bay in the Beaufort Sea in a massive alluvial fan and delta plain crowded with fish, birds and marine mammals, says Audubon Alaska’s Melanie Smith.