http://www.hcn.org RSS feed for the High Country Views Podcast daily 1 2010-03-15T10:43:06Z http://www.hcn.org/articles/theres-still-gold-in-them-thar-hills Soaring prices are driving a new gold rush -- among mining behemoths and small-time prospectors. No publisher Cally Carswell mining gold high country views west of 100 podcast gold prospecting podcast highcountryviews 2012-05-22T17:35:33Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/a-citizen-activist-forces-new-mexicos-dairies-to-clean-up-their-act/a-texas-town-welcomes-dairies-a-new-mexico-activist-fights-them Jana Hughes, of Hobbs, N.M., does not find dairies to be good neighbors. Janet Claborn, of Muleshoe, Texas, has recruited 14 dairies to her town and sees them as an economic development blessing. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Hobbs, N.M. dairy pollution groundwater pollution Janet Claborn Jana Hughes CAFOs High Country Views CAFO pollution dairies manure pollution podcast Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Muleshoe, Texas pollution 2011-11-23T22:30:19Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/articles/lessons-for-the-colorado-river-from-drought-stricken-australia/brad-udall-on-australian-water-reform Lessons from Australia for the Colorado River Basin No publisher Cally Carswell water Brad Udall High Country Views podcast Colorado River 2011-10-07T16:39:35Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.15/junk-rule-pits-rural-ideals-against-suburban-standards/a-day-among-junk-connoisseurs San Juan County, N.M., is a haven for junk cars -- and for the guys who fix them up. No publisher Sierra Crane-Murdoch High Country Views podcast 2011-09-06T19:27:36Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west/jonathan-thompson-on-the-wests-chinese-stimulus-package Jonathan Thompson talks with Cally Carswell about how foreign demand is influencing the West's latest extractive boom. No publisher Cally Carswell oil and gas High Country Views podcast mining globalization 2011-07-26T19:48:48Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.11/hydrofracked-one-mans-quest-for-answers-about-natural-gas-drilling/abrahm-lustgarten-on-fracking An interview with ProPublica energy and environment reporter Abrahm Lustgarten. No publisher Cally Carswell natural gas High Country Views oil and gas fracking water Louis Meeks podcast Safe Drinking Water Act Pavillion, Wyoming 2011-09-14T22:34:58Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.9/how-the-gray-wolf-lost-its-endangered-status-and-how-enviros-helped/an-interview-with-carter-niemeyer-author-of-wolfer-a-memoir Emilene Ostlind talks with Niemeyer about his years tracking, capturing, relocating and removing wolves in the Northern Rockies, and his perspective on wolf management. No publisher Emilene Ostlind Carter Niemeyer High Country Views podcast wolves ESA 2011-06-06T19:08:14Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.3/jeff-rice-collects-natures-noises/jeff-rice-on-documenting-the-west-in-sound Hear the sounds Jeff Rice collects around the West and learn about why he does it. No publisher Cally Carswell and Stephanie Paige Ogburn Utah High Country Views Jeff Rice Western Soundscape Archive sounds 2011-03-01T16:44:12Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.3/how-my-thoughts-on-wolves-have-changed/craig-medred-on-predator-prey-science Both proponents and opponents of predator control claim to have science on their side. But the actual science -- and all of its complexities -- is often lost in the debate. No publisher Cally Carswell predator control bears High Country Views Alaska wolves podcast 2011-02-19T00:17:44Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/fast-times-at-californias-petroleum-high/inside-taft-high Teacher Ted Pendergrass and his students take us inside the first high school in the country devoted to oil production. No publisher Molly Samuel Taft, California High Country Views oil education podcast 2011-02-15T17:35:06Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/obamas-record-on-western-environmental-issues/judith-lewis-mernit-on-obamas-enviro-record Judith Lewis Mernit talks with Cally Carswell about how the Obama administration's policies are impacting the West. No publisher Cally Carswell High Country Views podcast Barack Obama environmental policy 2011-02-10T20:14:20Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-a-conversation-with-michael-berman Writer Pat Toomay talks with landscape photographer Michael Berman about his craft and the draw of the desert. No publisher Cally Carswell and Stephanie Paige Ogburn High Country Views Gila wilderness photography 2011-01-31T16:22:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-big-solar-marches-on Cally Carswell talks with HCN contributing editor Judith Lewis about the muscle the feds are putting behind solar energy development on public land. No publisher Cally Carswell BLM renewable energy High Country Views California solar 2011-01-20T15:27:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-anticline-deer-decline Emilene Ostlind talks with former federal biologist Rollin Sparrowe about energy development on the Pinedale Anticline and its impact on wildlife. No publisher Emilene Ostlind and Cally Carswell Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership wildlife mule deer natural gas energy Pinedale Anticline Bureau of Land Management podcast High Country Views 2010-12-10T19:47:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-winning-the-west Jonathan Thompson breaks down the 2010 midterm elections in the West. No publisher Cally Carswell politics High Country Views podcast 2010 elections 2010-10-21T20:25:12Z News Article