Center News and Notes

  • & the West
Intensifying groundwater pumping is warping the earth’s surface and wreaking havoc with built infrastructure – including the canals that bring irrigation water.
  • Happenings
On May 9, friends of the Bill Lane Center set out on an epic walk for 22 miles from Jasper Ridge to San Gregorio State Beach. The annual Stanford to the Sea Hike is a beloved Lane Center tradition.
  • & the West
San Francisco's Bayview-Hunter's Point community sits adjacent to a former naval base that is one of the country’s most polluted places. As a massive clean-up progresses to remove toxic contaminants from the Superfund site, a historically black…

The Colorado River. Photo by Getty Images

  • Center News
  • Research Notes
  • Topics of the West
Experts at the 2026 Water in the West conference examined the governance failures putting the American West's water future at risk. Water in the West is a joint program of the Bill Lane Center and the Stanford Woods Institute.
  • Rural West
At the 12th Annual Rural West Conference, scholars, practitioners, policymakers and storytellers came together to examine changing political conditions, environmental stewardship, and community revitalization in rural regions.
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