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Field Trip to a Dam Under Repair

Visiting Oroville Dam, the largest earthen dam in the country and the site of a near-disaster in February.

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Archeology Amid the Crowds

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Remembering Heather West

We celebrate the life of a dear friend, former colleague

Community Health Workers Also Treat a Troubled System

A tradition in poor and rural communities around New Mexico.

In Santa Fe, Innovators Tackle Rural Issues

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Articles Worth Reading: September 2, 2017

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Montana’s flash drought; the need to protect groundwater quantity by protecting its quality; getting rid of bark beetles in southern Arizona; the temperatures just gets hotter; and memories of the most beloved Democrat in the Republican world of Idaho.