2025 Western Relations

Written work and video excerpts of student’s reflections on water, conflict, and community across the American West.

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Liza Lebo: The Southern Ute Tribe: a Paradox of Extraction and Stewardship  
Jeremiah Harder: The Plan to Kill 450,000 Owls
Jeremiah Harder: The Plan to Kill 450,000 Owls
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Katharine Graham: Fact or Fiction
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Katherine Finger: In the Face of Loss
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Rio Burk: Agents of Preservation
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Hollis Wilson: The Return of Wolves to Landscapes Allocated for Cows
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Ashley Hagen: Life of a Log
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Noah Pody: Blowing Down This Old Dusty Road
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Zandra Bakken: Tourism Economy and Gentrification in the Rural American West 
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Linh Che: Queer Nature
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Penelope Doulis: Lessons from the Resurrection Plant
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Jackson Garrison: What Remains: Portraits of Resiliency 
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Marina Roberts: Water with Wings: The Wilson’s Phalarope
Griffin Arnett: Migrants and Millionaires: Searching for a More Equitable West
Griffin Arnett: Migrants and Millionaires: Searching for a More Equitable West
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Wilson Finlay: Narratives of Water: Sustained Wisdom on the Colorado Plateau
Rose Peterson: Preventing Human Erosion
Rose Peterson: Preventing Human Erosion
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Everett Calhoun: How do we save Rural America?
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Trevor Maziek: A Fake and Important Line
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Allee Garver: Water: A Dam Good Resource.
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Lucy Brown: What Is Restoration?
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Maea Fleming: Rivers: A Crisis of Imagination