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                    <dc:subject>Sycamore Canyon</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-05-15T22:43:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-ben-kennedy">        <title>Seeking Ben Kennedy: a quest to find a mysterious Montana philanthropist</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-ben-kennedy</link>        <description>The writer goes in search of a mysterious Montana philanthropist</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>J. Malcolm Garcia</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Ben Kennedy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>philanthropy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-05-03T15:12:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/river-home">        <title>River home: an essay on life on the Arkansas River</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/river-home</link>        <description>The author makes his home on--and in-- the Arkansas River</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eduardo Rey Brummel</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>hometown</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arkansas River</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Eduardo Rey Brummel</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>community</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Salida</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-30T15:25:57Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>erotic landscape</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>love</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bruneau</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sex</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-03-18T15:29:07Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>family paddle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>family hike</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>parents</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yellowstone</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yukon</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-03-15T19:49:33Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Alaska</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-03-13T04:39:35Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>ancestors</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-03-01T16:10:56Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Bill Bilverstone</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>climate change denial</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-12-21T15:53:17Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>trib</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bull trout</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-12-07T16:03:25Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>John Daniel</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Coast Range</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rogue River Journal</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Eugene, Oregon</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-11-07T18:34:34Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Four Mile Canyon fire</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Fire evacuation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Urban-wildland interface</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-11-09T15:24:57Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>




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