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Reclaiming Bear River | WILD HOPE

The Bear River was once a lush area with wetlands, hot springs, and abundant wildlife.

Reclaiming Bear River | WILD HOPE Nature

Premiered May 12, 2025
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Reclaiming Bear River | WILD HOPE

Over 150 years after suffering the worst massacre in U.S. history, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation has purchased their ancestral homeland — called Wuda Ogwa, or Bear River — with a vision to return it back to nature.

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