This project shared as a public podcast highlights the oral histories and hopes of everyday people to better understand environmental problems and solutions in the US Arid West.

Phase 2 (underway) explores the history and future of irrigation technology with farmers in Colorado River Basin States. Phase 2 support funds provided by the Departments of Communication and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Phase 1 explored the cultural value of water in Snake Valley (UT/NV) amid the proposal (and defeat) of SNWA’s Groundwater Development Project. Special thanks to Abigail Johnson at the Great Basin Water Network for early collaboration in Snake Valley. Funding for Phase 1 was provided by Westminster University Honors College.