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Bears Ears cuts also sideline tribes • The presidential proclamation slashed the monument by 90% and ended the first-of-its-kind tribal land commission.

Preventing human-wildlife conflicts before they start • In Bozeman, a ‘wildlife first responder’ is developing a tool for coexistence.

Arctic Alaska at a crossroads • Land transfers around the remote Dalton Highway could pave the way for industrialization.

Solar skepticism on the Navajo Nation • A large-scale renewable energy project exposes gaps in lease and tax policies, and leaves questions about regulations on Diné land.

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Desert Sage • ON THE ROAD IN THE BORDERLANDS WITH WRITER AND ETHNOBOTANIST GARY PAUL NABHAN

California’s Aqueduct Empire • HOW POST-WAR OPTIMISM BUILT THE STATE’S MASSIVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

Even cowgirls get the Instagram blues • A Montana rancher wonders what is lost in her urge to share her Western life online.

How to construct a queer cosmology • Recent exhibits across the Southwest focus on LGBTQ+ artists and their alternative spiritualities.

Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.

#IAM THE WEST • Teton Adaptive program manager, ShelterJH board secretary and GAP (Girls Actively Participating) program lead Jackson Hole, Wyoming