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Interesting article on education deserts, highlighting the importance of higher education for rural America. The Chronicle of Higher Education: Who Lives in Education Deserts?

Let the Stream Run Through It (Jim Robbins, New York Times) It’s taken two decades to clean up most of Silver Bow Creek, polluted from a century of mining. Now some Butte residents want the last two miles restored, to babble on through the city.

Cathy L. Whitlock, professor of earth sciences, Montana State University, and fellow of the Montana Institute on Ecosystems is the first Montana University System faculty member to be selected to the prestigious National Academies of Sciences.

Deadline: Friday, March 2, 2018 Online application here

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