The Wild West, the Golden West, the Great Wide Open—whatever you call it, there's a lot to be grateful for. There's also a lot to lose. This is Saving the West, where urban and rural America sit down and listen to each other. Each week, you'll hear in-depth stories and impassioned debate on everything from land and water rights to government regulation, climate change to pollution controls.
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Monsoons are nothing new in Arizona–but hurricanes? As the Southwest dries out from massive flooding, we hear from ordinary citizens dealing with the fallout–and experts who break down future challenges in the region of precipitation and rising temperatures. Then we talk with…
The over 3 million miles of American rivers and streams meet between 80,000 and 2 million dams. Since the nation was founded, we’ve built an average of a dam per day, for the purpose of water storage, hydroelectricity and flood…
The vast landscape of the Western United States encompasses pretty much every terrain imaginable. A rising mass from eastern plains on west, across a continental divide featuring some of the continent’s tallest peaks. But there is something that unites the…
The U.S. government lays claim to more than 630 million acres of land. For some perspective, that’s more than the combined area of California, Florida, New York state and Texas. Public land is exactly what it sounds like, right? Owned…
The prevailing narrative is clear: America is divided and it’s only getting worse. But if you look closer, you will find there’s much more that binds us together than tears us apart. Welcome to Saving the West, where urban and…
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