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About
2025 Program
Blog
Mail Drops
Route
Photo of the Day
Campsites of the West
Waters in the West
People
Students
Faculty and Staff
Student Work
2025 Western Relations
2025 Podcasts
2024 Western Relations
2022 Epiphany Readings
2022 Podcasts
2022 Species Project
2021 Podcasts
2021 Epiphany Readings
2018 Podcasts
2018 Epiphany Readings
2016 Podcasts
2016 Epiphany Readings
2014 Epiphany Readings
2012 Video Projects
2012 Epiphany Readings
Past Programs
Alumni
Contact
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December 1, 2014

A Pulse of Hope

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December 1, 2014
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The March 2014 “Pulse Flow” brought water back to the dry Colorado River Delta after decades of diversion for municipal and agricultural uses. But the flood only lasted a couple of days, so what good could it do?

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December 1, 2014

Sorrow and Hope in Change

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December 1, 2014
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Heidi Fischer and Bill Debuys moved on from grief by getting active: walking. Their conscious choice to keep going took them from hardship and on with their lives.

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December 1, 2012

Connecting with a Landscape

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Accidental Environmentalism

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Wolf Wars: An End in Sight?

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Accidental Ecology

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

The Beaver Believers

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

The Climate Revolutionaries

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Climate Change, Beavers, and a Hairdresser

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Brainier than Bacteria?

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Thinning Conflict

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Mud and Whimsy

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Bigger Isn't Always Better

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Self(ish) Preservation

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Looking Beyond Imperfection

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Dirty Legacy, Uncertain Future

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

An Oasis in an Era of Climate Change

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Zooming Out to Climate Change

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Ranching or Resiliency?

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December 1, 2012
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December 1, 2012

Quantifying Energy

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December 1, 2012
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Since 2008, Semester in the West students have been conducting interviews along their journeys, and have created this podcast series as their final comprehensive project at the end of the semester. Enjoy!

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