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Semester in the West Podcast

Whitman College

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 We...

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Listen to Semester in the West Podcast, a Government & Organizations podcast by Whitman College. Stream 81 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Finding a Voice in Community-Based Activism

Karrie Kahle worked to bring the Paradise Valley together against risky exploratory mines in one of Earth's most beautiful locales. Her coal...

00:07:48Feb 7, 2019

Wallowa County's Resource Renaissance

In the 1990's, the timber industry of Wallowa County collapsed overnight. With work programs and collaborative groups, Wallowa Resources has...

00:08:08Feb 7, 2019

The Last of the Winter Keepers

Steve Fuller has spent the winters of his life snowbound in the center of Yellowstone National Park. Why?

00:08:11Feb 7, 2019

Evolving Individualism

Individualism has always stood as an American ideal, but this does little to help one's neighbors. The Navajo Nation retains its ruggedness...

00:08:12Feb 7, 2019

Grousing over Grouse

Steve and Robin Boies are ranchers working to protect their reputation as stewards of public land, but face illogical public policy and envi...

00:08:00Feb 7, 2019

Sitting at the Table

Where large disagreements exist, collaborative groups have been used to find compromise and unite communities. But collaboration takes time,...

07:27Feb 7, 2019

Restoration Stalemates

Environmentalists and ranchers alike are trying to restore the West, one bit at a time, but are stymied by powerful legislation designed to...

00:07:49Feb 7, 2019

Let’s Talk About It!

Cindy Abrams has always been frustrated by the lack of political discourse in her community. In this podcast, she investigates whether this...

00:08:15Feb 7, 2019

What's the Use?

An analysis of what "multiple-use" really means, and whether the federal land management agencies are actually upholding their central manda...

00:08:13Feb 7, 2019

How to Hunt with a Camera

When grizzly bears were threatened by trophy hunting, three Jackson Hole women put in for tags. They weren't out for a kill, just a killer s...

00:7:49Feb 7, 2019

Artifacts of Change

The United States was once a leader in scientific progress, but now trails behind, held back by denial of difficult truths. Could a more per...

00:07:54Feb 7, 2019

Dances with Wolf Scientists

Wolves are complex: the way we study them may be even more so. Wolf scientists struggle to relate with local ranchers and complete their wor...

00:07:16Feb 7, 2019

(Not) Burnt Out

Jason Nez works as a fire archaeologist, finding and protecting Native American cultural sites from the new norm of the West: wildfire. What...

00:07:28Feb 7, 2019

A Changing Delta

In the early 20th century, the Colorado River Delta was teeming with life and full of water. Now, it is dry and barren. The Sonoran Institut...

00:08:16Feb 7, 2019

Cowboys in the New West

Ranchers have long bent the West to their will, putting cattle out to graze in deserts, mountains, and grasslands belonging to the American...

00:07:51Feb 7, 2019

A Reformation of Monsters

The Navajo Nation has long benefitted and suffered from the presence of coal mines and generating stations. As these mines shut down due to...

00:08:16Feb 7, 2019

Beavers!

In America's rivers, the removal of beavers prompted a precipitous decline in water storage and riparian ecosystem health. By the same token...

00:08:16Feb 7, 2019

A Deal with the Devil

Conservation work is frequently funded by large corporations and rich individuals trying to make an impact, but these supporters sustain the...

00:07:57Feb 7, 2019

The Bilingual River

The Colorado River was long ago tamed: Manifest Destiny and a can-do attitude built dams and canals that take nearly all its water to Phoeni...

00:08:04Feb 7, 2019

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