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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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An Unexpected Journey into Conservation

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2016/12/01

Texan wildlife specialist Billy-Pat McKinney's unique path shows that people can be open to change.

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The Allowing Place

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2014/12/02

Liza Doran came to Bluff, Utah in 1986 to run the Cow Canyon Trading Post. From this central location in the middle of nowhere, her life's been changed by her

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Waiting on an Ice Age

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2014/12/02

The Mojave Chubb is found in only one pond in the entire world, and will continue to do so: artificial restoration for these fish is impossible. If the goal of the

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00:08:06

King Coal

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2014/12/02

Coal is both boon and bane of the Navajo people. It provides millions in revenue and many jobs to a community in sore need of both, but carries the obvious cost of

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00:07:16

Too Green for its Own Good?

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2014/12/02

Renewable energy in California faces a conundrum: green power is prioritized, but faces strict environmental regulations that protect impacted species. Energy

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The New Ecology of Invasive Species

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2014/12/02

Invasive species are often seen as a pest: something to be immediately removed. This one-minded view ignores the broader ecological context of these species: the

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00:07:58

Grieving Land and Life

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2014/12/02

Heidi Fischer stood to be taken by their grief. The passing of a loved one could have swept her away. She found joy at home in the West, captivated by canyons, cold

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00:08:11

Save the Dandelions

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2014/12/02

In conservation, passion and expertise only go so far. Caring, knowledgeable people have tried and failed to preserve many a place from development and destruction

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The Open Road

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2014/12/02

In wilderness, access is important: roads crisscross many "wild" places so people can move around freely. Ironically, roads become barriers as tortoises, deer, and

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00:07:35

Where the Wild Wolves Are

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2014/12/02

Released Mexican Gray Wolves roam between western New Mexico and adjacent Arizona, but are relocated if they stray from a small zone where they're allowed to live

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00:07:31

Turning Problems into Solutions in Wallowa County

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2014/12/02

In the 1990's, the Endangered Species Act listing of spotted owls and salmon brought Wallowa County to the edge of collapse. With the lumber mills, shut down, there

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There’s Something About Mary O’Brien

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2014/12/02

Mary O'Brien's come a long way in conservation, and she now finds herself as a lone voice for aspen, beaver, and soil crusts in Southern Utah, but has struggled to

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00:08:18

Even the Sheep Drink Tap Water Now

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2014/12/02

Peabody Coal and the strip mining of Black Mesa, on the Navajo Nation, spelled doom. The mine displaced Navajos who'd lived there for centuries, and has sucked the

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00:08:01

Ralph Meets World

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2014/12/02

The Desert Tortoise doesn't have an easy life: predators, heat, and development of the Mojave threaten these long-lived creatures every day. Solar energy investment

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Powering Conservation

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2014/12/02

Californians love wind power, and Californians love endangered species. What happens when a new energy project and the restoration of California Condors intersect

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A Fascination with Fire

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2014/12/02

Fires are part of a forest's cycle of growth: they are continuously changing, sometimes dramatically. People tend to become attached to forests that look a certain

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Human Beaver Intervention

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2014/12/02

Valer Austin needed to keep water on her ranch, so she built small dams on her creeks. An absolute ecological revitalization resulted, bringing plants and fish back

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00:07:42

Holding Dust

Semester in the West Podcast ·

2014/12/02

Kryptobiotic soil crusts, or biocrusts, are small colonies of bacteria, fungi, and other species, but they're not much to look at. Yet, these diminutive dry patches

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00:08:03

Free Reign

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2014/12/02

Ted Turner’s known for a lot of things: CNN, baseball, and sailing being just a few. But what about bison ranching and Pleistocene rewilding? To write his

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00:07:46

Bring it to the Table

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2014/12/02

Individually, ranchers and environmentalists tend to understand one another, but in groups, there is little ability to compromise. How can large-scale collaboration

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