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Managed retreat in a mountain town • Homeowners in Ruidoso, New Mexico, are signing up to move out of harm’s way.

Bureau of Indian Affairs faces reorganization • The planned shake-up would deepen funding and staff cuts.

DANCING WITH DEAD POOL • The megadrought forces a reckoning at Glen Canyon Dam.

Utah’s controversial new mountain lion study • Why the state is planning to kill ‘as many cougars as possible.’

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A RIVER ROBBED OF SEDIMENT • More than a century of dredging by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has transformed the Columbia River estuary at the expense of tribal and aquatic communities.

The Way of the River • An unprecedented approach to restoration is taking shape on Oregon’s McKenzie River.

How to touch a star • The electrifying allure of a tide pool creature.

Plants make good neighbors • To feel at home in a new landscape, get to know the local flora.

The surprising socialist history of the Rocky Mountains • How the West’s reddest states were influenced by socialism.

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

#IAM THE WEST • CAMERON COCHEMS (HE/HIM) Transportation Security Administration lead officer and Idaho regional vice president for AFGE TSA Local 1127 Boise, Idaho