Week of July 9, 2023: The Ogallala Aquifer, water depletion, and one man's exploration of his family's role in the changing environment. Lucas Bessire is the author of Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains, a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of a Kansas Notable Book in 2022. This conversation with Lucas Bessire was originally broadcast on the KPR Presents Book Club, on September 18th, 2022.
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