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Semester in the West 2006 has moved to www.semesterinthewest.org Semester in the West is a Whitman College field study program in environmental studies, focusing on ecological, social, and political issues confronting the American West. For a full semester, we will travel the West, focusing on issues such as grizzly bear and wolf reintroduction plans, management of national parks and monuments, the booming economy and culture of Las Vegas, environmental justice in New Mexico, and many more. Along the way, we will meet activists, writers, environmentalists, loggers, ranchers, miners, labor organizers, local politicians, land managers, historians, political scientists, geographers, foresters, economists, farmers, Native Americans, biologists, ecologists, and cowboys. As we travel, we will read what others have written about the West, and we will do much of our own writing. We will explore the ecology of the region, from the grasslands of Hells Canyon to the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico.
Funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and Whitman College, Semester in the West is a program for Whitman College students only. Students of sophomore status or higher are eligible. Offered in alternating years.
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