Recent Center News
Federal officials tell Colorado River basin states: if you can’t make a long-term deal on dividing river waters, you must make a series of short-term deals; hunting spreads at federal wildlife refuges; gray whales in trouble off the Pacific coast; new opposition to wind power in Wyoming; Native artists claim ownership of lands Georgia O’Keeffe called her own, and more environmental news from around the West.
Intensifying groundwater pumping is warping the earth’s surface and wreaking havoc with built infrastructure – including the canals that bring irrigation water.
On May 9, friends of the Bill Lane Center set out on an epic walk for 22 miles from Jasper Ridge to San Gregorio State Beach. The annual Stanford to the Sea Hike is a beloved Lane Center tradition.