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KCET's award-winning environment news project Redefine ran from July 2012 through February 2017. For ongoing environmental coverage please visit our show Earth Focus, or browse Redefine's archives below for historical material.

Playa Racetrack, Death Valley

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It's now official state policy in California that mountain forests and meadows are crucial to our water supply.
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It's the first successful fledging of a condor chick at the Pinnacles since the 1890s.
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To build an effective and safe wildlife crossing, you have to think like an animal.
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The movement to hand federal lands over to the states has a very distasteful history.
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Idling traffic at the San Ysidro border crossing pollutes the air. One group is trying to find out how much.
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The state promised the proposed Delta tunnels would be built without spending tax dollars. They seem to be ready to break that promise.
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Ignore the headlines: this iconic Mojave Desert tree is a long way from being protected.
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The state wants to make sure salmon in the San Joaquin's tributaries have enough water to survive. Farming interests are raising a fuss.
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Noise is the pollution nobody talks about, but we can control it as easily as flipping a switch.
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Fish and Wildlife keeps the California gnatcatcher protected, proving that money doesn't always win.
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Gold miners and radical environmentalists rarely make friends. But strange things always happen in the Mojave Desert.
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A controversial renewable energy plan for the California Desert will permanently protect some of Death Valley's most vulnerable neighbors.
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