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# Reclaiming Bear River | WILD HOPE
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nature/specials/reclaiming-bear-river-wild-hope-hjj5fp/
- Published: 2025-04-28T18:15:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-07T04:02:18.000Z
- Description: The Bear River was once a lush area with wetlands, hot springs, and abundant wildlife.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Nature, #ZZZ_Show_1b3b1a16-4d15-417c-9287-bc59a89e1201, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_5fe8597f-ffc0-4aba-b88b-d86cd9022528, #special

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.