Watch the program -- "Draining the West?

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View the roll-in segments:

• Instream flow: WY (;  )
• Tribal rights: ID (;  )
• Urban growth: NV (;  )

View interview footage:

• Instream flow: WY
• Tribal rights: ID
• Urban growth: NV
  

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Taped segments

• Urban growth (Reno)

• Instream flow (Wyoming)

• Tribal treaty rights (Idaho)

Studio discussion themes

• Introduction

• Which uses have precedence?

• Water markets

• Tribal claims

• Flexible practices

• Right past wrongs?

• Roles for citizens

Interviews

Water law

Maps

Participant biographies

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