Boomtown, Episode 11: The Last Frontier

Record-breaking oil production in the Permian Basin has brought the boom to the Big Bend’s doorstep for the first time. Is it too late to save this pristine landscape?

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Boomtown is a 10-episode podcast series produced in partnership with Imperative Entertainment. Listen and subscribe at Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Photo by Christian Wallace

Photo by Christian Wallace

Christian Wallace

Christian Wallace is a writer from West Texas. Before joining Texas Monthly as an assistant editor in March 2016, Wallace worked as a roughneck, a ditch digger, an electrician, a record store clerk, a radio DJ and as a writing instructor at the National University of Ireland in Galway, where he earned a Master's degree in Writing. 

https://christianhwallace.com/
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