The Frontier and the freedom it afforded was the shaping influence of the 19th century American West, but life in the Modern West has been formed just as powerfully by the presence of a public lands system American visionaries established a century ago. This is why they did it.
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Ep. 35: How the Endangered Species Act Saved the West and America
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Ep. 34: Big Bend and the Deserts of the West
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Ep. 33: Time and Time Again: The Fascinating Evidence from Western Repeat Photography
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