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The return of Xvlh-t’vsh • The Siletz Tribe receives a $1.56 million grant to reintroduce sea otters to Oregon and Northern California.
Public-land advocates rally • Some Western Republicans break with colleagues over land transfers.
After Anchorage
Scientific field season in jeopardy • Forest Service researchers describe chaos and uncertainty as they prepare for summer fieldwork.
Wolves return to the West • After they were driven to near-extinction, the animals, and the politics around them, are back.
Collective power • Creating resiliency and good jobs, one solar panel at a time.
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TIERRA PROMETIDA • The promised land remains elusive for asylum seekers stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border, causing some to risk their lives attempting to cross the desert.
WHERE THE GARBAGE GOES • Amid severe rollbacks of federal environmental protections, a community battling a local landfill expansion seeks to safeguard its own backyard — and everyone else’s.
Inspired by ice • Artists are capturing the life and death of glaciers up close.
Notes on becoming a rock • Laura Aguilar’s nude self-portraits provide a dose of geologic inspiration.
Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.
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