Center News and Notes

Out West student blog

Linking past, present, and future landscapes at SFEI

August 11, 2025

Jessie Kong reflects on her internship experience on the Resilient Landscapes Team at the San Francisco Estuary Institute.

Out West student blog

What one urban creek taught me about conservation in our cities

August 11, 2025

Dillan Saltsman explores the possibilities of creek restoration in under-resourced urban Sacramento with the nonprofit American Rivers.

& the West

For Tribal governments, can energy sovereignty and economic self-sufficiency go hand-in-hand?

August 8, 2025

Indigenous leaders face a choice: develop renewable electricity for grid reliability and energy independence, or sell power off-site for economic benefit.

Research Notes

Stanford’s Sustainability Accelerator taps Bill Lane Center expertise on groundwater to translate research into real-world impact

July 23, 2025

The Bill Lane Center is involved in two projects selected by the Sustainability Accelerator at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. The two initiatives explore solutions related to water availability, arguably the most critical…

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Scholars tackle the American West’s big questions

July 8, 2025

Since its founding two decades ago, the Bill Lane Center has become a thriving community of students and researchers who examine the American West in all its complexities.