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![Hoopa Valley Tribe fails to block winter flow project on Trinity River](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/03/attachment-California-water-river.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Hoopa Valley Tribe fails to block winter flow project on Trinity River
The Northern California tribe has been fighting the Bureau of Reclamation over a change in the timing of water releases to restore the river.
![Oregon reaches deal with conservationists over coho salmon habitat](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/03/attachment-salmon-oregon.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Oregon reaches deal with conservationists over coho salmon habitat
Under the agreement, Oregon’s Department of Forestry will expand buffers around habitable waterways throughout the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests.
![Inmate firefighters in Nevada sue over wildfire injuries](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/06/Broadwater-Co-Fire-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Inmate firefighters in Nevada sue over wildfire injuries
Seven inmates injured while mopping up a wildfire near Laughlin, Nevada, in 2021 sued the state for injuries sustained in the effort, claiming they were forced to keep working even after reporting they were hurt.
![Key Oregon House committee takes up bill to criminalize ghost guns](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Guns.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Key Oregon House committee takes up bill to criminalize ghost guns
All three bills come on the heels of pending lawsuits over a law approved by voters in November 2022 that bans high-capacity magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
![White House creates new national monuments in Nevada, Texas](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/03/attachment-public-lands-nevada.jpg?w=980&q=75)
White House creates new national monuments in Nevada, Texas
The announcement comes on the heels of the president's OK for an oil drilling project in Alaska's Western Arctic.
![‘Conspiracy theories’ still dominate Arizona Senate Elections Committee](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/01/attachment-Capitol-Arizona.jpg?w=980&q=75)
‘Conspiracy theories’ still dominate Arizona Senate Elections Committee
Nearly a month after Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes released documents further disproving claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Senate Republicans continue to make such claims in the election committee.
![10th Circuit case pits female bears and grazing cattle in Upper Green River](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/03/attachment-Grizzly-Bear.jpg?w=980&q=75)
10th Circuit case pits female bears and grazing cattle in Upper Green River
As the threatened grizzly bear population grows, interactions with ranchers and cattle have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sign off on up to 72 bear kills over the next decade.
![Tribe’s fight for water in drought-plagued West divides Supreme Court](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/03/attachment-Arizona-Water-Native.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Tribe’s fight for water in drought-plagued West divides Supreme Court
Over 150 years ago the federal government agreed to provide the Navajo Nation with land to live on, but the justices will decide if it must also provide the tribe with the resources to do so.
![Low Lake Mead water level tough on small town](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/03/attachment-Lake-Mead-water-nevada.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Low Lake Mead water level tough on small town
Twenty-three years of drought have dried up tourist dollars for Overton, Nevada. But some residents think the federal government bears some of the blame.
![Tillamook Forest Center reopens for tours after three-year closure](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/03/attachment-Forest-Oregon-Tillamook.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Tillamook Forest Center reopens for tours after three-year closure
Oregon’s Tillamook Forest Center had a chilly but chipper start to its grand reopening on St. Patrick’s Day after a 3-year hiatus spurred by the pandemic.