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Semester in the West Podcast

Whitman College Semester in the West is an interdisciplinary field program focusing on public lands conservation and rural life in the interior American West. Our objective is to know the West in its many dimensions, including its diverse ecosystems, its social and political communities, and the many ways these ecosystems and communities find expression in regional environmental writing and public policy. Tune in to listen to the Semester in the West students" final podcast project.

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A Wildlife Biologist's Fiery Climate Confrontation

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2016/12/02

When the feeling of helplessness to stop climate change struck him, US Forest Service biologist Kent Woodruff passionately set out against all odds to save his

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00:07:58

Groundwater Guardians

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2016/12/01

Hear Nicole Horseherder and Marshall Johnson, founders of the Navajo organization "Beautiful Water Speaks," tell their story of groundwater loss and coal mining on

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The Generation Talk

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2016/12/01

Who is to blame for the problems climate change poses to the world? Who is responsible to fix them?

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07:39

Community-Based Restoration, on the Pupfish Scale

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2016/12/01

The discovery of a supposedly extinct fish in Death Valley has led to the restoration of more than just wetlands.

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When a River Runs Dry

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2016/12/01

Hear the story of the Colorado River, told through the eyes of the Cucapa tribe of Northern New Mexico, longtime residents of its formerly lush delta.

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National Forest Playgrounds are Work Places, Too

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2016/12/01

Public lands logging can benefit environmentalists, rural communities, and the forests, too.

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Forests, Cows, and Collaboration

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2016/12/01

For those hoping to reduce the damage caused by cattle grazing on Western public land, there are several paths of action: do you work from outside or inside the

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Private Lands Conservation

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2016/12/01

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00:06:07

Arid Oceans

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2016/12/01

Legislative and economic incentives pushing solar energy onto public lands damage the very places they were designed to protect

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00:07:12

Rocks and Rattlers

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2016/12/01

A story of a Forest Service struggle to balance habitat health with the demands of public lands recreation.

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07:10

Who Owns the Black Hills?

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2016/12/01

An examination of the ongoing Black Hills land claim dispute between the United States and the Sioux Nation.

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Water Isn't Always for Fighting Over

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2016/12/01

New Mexican farmer and writer, Stanley Crawford, walks through a collaborative water rights system that shapes the landscape and his community within it.

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00:08:01

Keep It In the Ground

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2016/12/01

Why do some communities embrace innovation while others cling to the past?

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00:07:59

Science and Activism: Mary O'Brien

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2016/12/01

Science and passion are equally important ingredients to becoming a successful activist.

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07:43

Life Doesn't End Here

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2016/12/01

A story of perseverance, told from the mud flats of the Colorado River Delta.

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00:06:07

The Power of Story

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2016/12/01

Stories can help us care about complex issues, but can also lead us astray.

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00:07:45

The Truth About Public Lands Ranching

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2016/12/01

As environmental pressures increase, ranchers and conservationists consider the struggles surrounding public lands grazing. Generations after its inception, does

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00:08:10

A Lethal Take on Conservation

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2016/12/01

Sometimes to save a species, we must take an individual.

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07:54

Save the Confluence

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2016/12/01

Navajo activists in Arizona fight to preserve sacred space from the specter of development: a proposed tramway into the Grand Canyon.

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07:19

Life and Loss In a Diminishing Land

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2016/12/01

What does it mean to lose the places we hold dear? Land in the American West faces a barrage of political, climatic, and economic pressures. Hear the stories of grief

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