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#1707: Preserving History and Wildlife Rehabilitation | The Best of Our Knowledge

 Images by Carwyn Rhys Jones on display at the Slate Valley Museum
Lucas Willard
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WAMC
Images by Carwyn Rhys Jones on display at the Slate Valley Museum

On this episode of the Best of Our Knowledge: students are participating in an oral history project to preserve the stories of the workers in an area known as Slate Valley; a wildlife rehabilitator in the Adirondacks is writing a series of books to get youth excited about nature and animals; a U.S. military installation in Virginia was renamed in honor of two pioneering Black Army officers; and the New York State Museum is examining American Revolution-era remains discovered in a construction site.  

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Lucas Willard is a reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011.
Jim is WAMC’s Associate News Director and hosts WAMC's flagship news programs: Midday Magazine, Northeast Report and Northeast Report Late Edition. Email: jlevulis@wamc.org
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