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Center News and Notes

  • Out West student blog
Lillian Sanders reflects on her experience collecting and analyzing water quality data at Marsh Creek in Contra Costa County during her internship with American Rivers.
  • Out West student blog
Judith Gomez reflects on her summer spent out on the Kansan prairie, researching grasshoppers and gaining insight into the field of ecology.
  • Out West student blog
Inside Heyday, the Berkeley publishing house where Kaylee Chan is spending her summer, the editorial intern encounters manuscripts in their rawest form. She describes the satisfaction of working towards the common goal of telling important stories.
  • Out West student blog
In a time of growing climate anxiety, a summer internship at the Henry's Fork Foundation has reshaped Audrey Hunter's perspective on what is possible. She writes about newfound hope in the ability of hardworking people to improve the community and…
  • & the West
The Energy Department has repeatedly invoked emergency powers to stop the closure of coal plants around the U.S. and reopen oil pipelines in the West. As court challenges inch forward, utilities and energy companies are dusting off equipment that…