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With promises of jobs and hopes for tax breaks, server farms are reshaping local grids, plumbing, and politics. Are they a boon for communities, or a burden?
On February 26 and 27, 2025, at our 11th Annual Eccles Family Rural West Conference, scholars, policymakers, and community leaders gathered at Fresno State University to address the Central Valley’s evolving role in climate adaptation, agriculture,…
Reflecting on the loss of distinguished statesman Alan Simpson, former member of the Lane Center’s Advisory Council and three-term U.S. Senator from Wyoming.
A professor of history and environmental social sciences at Stanford, Zephyr Frank will transition into his role as Lane Center director on September 1, 2025.
Long since fish canneries built Southeast Alaska’s signature town, the trade is now being used to attract tourists. Read the latest in our online magazine, & the West.
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