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Deb Haaland visits Bears Ears; scientists study what makes wildfire smoke toxic; the fight to save old-growth forests in British Columbia; the first urban wildlife refuge in the Southwest; grasshoppers and an opera in Glacier National Park; and other recent news from the West.

In Southwestern cities, being poorer means enduring more heat; Missouri River tribes regain rights to river land; new voices in Snake River dams debate; solar panels on California canals would have multiple benefits; a wind farm in coal country; and other recent news from the West.

Tribes contest a gold mining project near Death Valley; western states spar for water from the Colorado River, declines in butterflies are linked to climate chance in the West; Oregon has new carbon cap program; and other environmental reads from across the American West.

The department of the Interior rescinds grazing rights in Oregon; marine shippers are turning down American agricultural exports; a clam crisis in California; and other environmental reads from across the American West.