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Out West Student Blog
Welcome to the Bill Lane Center's "Out West" student blog. Here you'll find posts from student interns and researchers. Our students work hard on projects and at organizations across the West, and here they share their reflections on these unique experiences.
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JJ Murphy reflects on a summer at Blue Forest. During her internship, Murphy explored carbon and biodiversity market participation to help finance forest management work.
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Cara Askren spends her summer "interpreting" the High Sierras and falling in love with nature and storytelling over and over again.
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Cariana Morales reflects on her summer at the California Public Utilities Commission and the importance of policy in delivering affordable, reliable, and clean energy.
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Edward Chen reflects on a summer fast-tracking equitable renewable energy projects.
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Peter Muhitch reflects on his summer internship at the Deschutes Land Trust developing protocol to assess climate change vulnerability across large swaths of Central Oregon.