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The Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University is thrilled to welcome another cohort of summer interns passionate about critical issues facing the American West.

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In the summer of 2021, when California was bracing for yet another catastrophic wildfire season, we interviewed Bill Lane Center research affiliates about how to stay safe when air quality turns hazardous. Now, with Canada's wildfires…
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In a new era of immigration and trade, the 2023 State of the West Symposium at Stanford addressed how geopolitics could tighten ties between U.S., Mexico and Canada.
The West’s fires and floods of recent years share two common features beyond their immediate harms: they are disasters exacerbated by climate change, and they have wrought havoc with the insurance industry’s barriers against homeowner losses.
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Stanford News Service writer Melissa De Witte reflects on her experience scouting trails for and hiking the 22-mile route of "Stanford to the Sea," an annual Bill Lane Center tradition. Except this year, we didn't quite make it to the sea. "Without…
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