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    About the Center

    The Center of the American West serves as a forum committed to the civil, respectful, and problem-solving exploration of important and often contentious public issues. In an era of political polarization and contention, the Center strives to bring out “the better angels of our nature” by appealing to our common loyalties and hopes as Westerners.

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    Our aim is to help our students become discerning citizens and leaders in any of the fields that they may explore in their futures. We also work to provide community – a hub where students on a large campus can feel at home. To this end we sponsor a wide range of opportunities, inviting students to venture beyond classrooms and textbooks and to interact with leading scholars, writers, public servants, and faculty members.

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    The Center of the American West works on issues as diverse as the West itself. From energy to immigration, government to development, water to wildfire, and much more, you’ll find all our projects and publications in this section. 

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What Every Westerner Should Know About Energy Efficiency and Conservation

Living with Energy

What Every Westerner Should Know About Oil Shale: A Guide to Shale Country Report Cover

Oil Shale

The Power to Change the World Report Cover

Natural Gas

High Energy Prices & Low Income Americans Report Cover

Energy Prices

What Every Westerner Should Know About Energy Efficiency and Conservation Report Cover

Energy Efficiency and Conservation

What Every Westerner Should Know About Energy

Energy and the West

Hydraulic Fracturing Glossary

Hydraulic Fracturing Glossary

Cleaning Up Abandoned Hardrock Mines in the West

Abandoned Mines

What's in a Name: Nichols Hall Report Cover

Nichols Hall Report

An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World

An Entirely Synthetic Fish

A Ditch in Time: The City, the West, and Water by Patricia Nelson Limerick with Jason L. Hanson

A Ditch in Time

The Nation Possessed Report Cover

The Nation Possessed

New Geographies of the American West: Land Use and the Changing Patterns of Place

New Geographies of the American West

Western Futures: A Look into the Patterns of Land Use and Future Development in the American West

Western Futures

Ranchland Dynamics: Assessing Patterns of Change in Ranchland Ownership and Use in the American West

Ranchland Dynamics

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