Center News and Notes

Photo courtesy of Ahmad Koya

  • Out West student blog
Ahmad Koya works to preserve Skyline Forest while ensuring the broader community of Central Oregon has a say in the conservation efforts.

A beaver chews on vegetation in a beaver pond. (Image credit: iStockPhoto/Rejean Bedard)

  • Topics of the West
A Stanford water policy expert discusses how investments in nature could simultaneously help states bolster water supplies and achieve their climate goals.

Photo courtesy of David Lee

  • Out West student blog
David Lee's work at the California Air Resources Board has centered on establishing a foundation for how zero-emission technologies, especially hydrogen, can play a role in the rail industry.

Photo courtesy of Jas Wheeler

  • Out West student blog
Jas Wheeler navigates the challenges presented by historic flooding and explores the day-to-day of museum work. 

A Pomo basket. Sedge root coiled on a one-rod foundation, design in black-dyed bracken fern root or bulrush root, decorated with shell discs beads. Photo...

  • Out West student blog
Katherine Nolan reflects on a summer of hands-on learning at the Santa Lucia Conservancy.