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Among the stories you’ll hear on this week’s show:
- Wetland habitats across the West are in trouble due to human impacts and climate change.
- Author Jonathan Thompson talks about his newly released book “Sagebrush Empire,” set among the volatile politics of San Juan County, Utah.
- And KSUT’s Sarah Flower talks with a Fort Lewis College public health professor to get a global perspective on vaccines.
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