http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.19/is-there-a-way-through-the-wests-bitter-wild-horse-wars Activists push compromise as the controversial federal mustang management program reaches a breaking point, with more horses in captivity than roam the range. No publisher Dave Philipps wild horses ranchers mustangs PZP BLM Wild Horse and Burro program invasive species Dave Philipps 2012-11-19T16:30:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.19/is-there-a-way-through-the-wests-bitter-wild-horse-wars/feds-reluctant-to-kill-wild-horses Slaughter and euthanasia aren’t politically feasible ways to deal with the glut of wild horses in captivity. No publisher Dave Philipps wild horses horse slaughter mustangs BLM Wild Horse and Burro program horse euthanasia 2012-11-07T18:54:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/the-great-new-mexican-juniper-massacre On public land in New Mexico, firewood-hunters have illegally cut down hundreds of old-growth juniper trees, much to the dismay of the Bureau of Land Management and environmental activists. No publisher Jonathan Thompson rural economy Pueblo badlands juniper old-growth piñon-juniper firewood illegal woodcutting law enforcement BLM Hispanic woodcutting poverty New Mexico Bureau of Land Management Navajo 2012-09-13T15:04:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.15/watching-land-swaps-in-idaho-and-the-west Federal land exchanges have come under increased scrutiny over the past decade, both from citizen activists and the Government Accountability Office. No publisher Neil LaRubbio Land developers Western Lands Project Lochsa land swap Tim Blixseth BLM Land swaps Western Pacific Timber Forest Service Public-private land exchanges Government Accountability Office Janine Blaeloch 2012-09-12T15:36:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/in-search-of-camas-a-native-american-food-staple Botanist Madrona Murphy traces long-lost edible wild plant gardens cultivated by the Pacific Northwest's Coast Salish. No publisher Eric Wagner Northwestern Indian diet San Juan archipelago, Washington Native American agriculture Skull Island Madrona Murphy Camas BLM Kwiáht Center for Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea Edible wildflowers Archaeology Coast Salish Ethnobotanists 2012-08-15T13:40:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/in-search-of-camas-a-native-american-food-staple/historic-plant-cultivation-in-northwest-native-tribes Lying to rest a dispute over whether tribal reliance on fish meant they did not garden. No publisher Eric Wagner Northwestern Indian diet San Juan archipelago, Washington Native American agriculture Skull Island Madrona Murphy Camas BLM Kwiáht Center for Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea Edible wildflowers Archaeology Coast Salish Ethnobotanists 2012-08-02T19:14:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/sometimes-environmentalists-miss-the-boat Colorado environmentalists goofed when they opposed a bill that would have harnessed the methane produced by coal mines as a form of renewable energy. No publisher Allen Best Colorado Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Coal mines Electricity Climate change Hot Times Holy Cross Energy Randy Udall Global warming BLM Tom Vessels Renewable energy Fossil fuels Methane 2012-07-16T17:53:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/safari-club-and-the-nra-aim-to-gut-wilderness The so-called "Sportsmen’s Heritage Act" is just another attempt to destroy the Wilderness Act and the land and wildlife it protects. No publisher Talasi Brooks and Kevin Proescholdt Wilderness preservation Endangered Species Act National Rifle Association Sportsmen’s Heritage Act Wildlife habitat Antiquities Act Hunters Anti-environmental movement U.S. House of Representatives BLM James Risch 1964 Wilderness Act H.R. 4089 Safari Club Farm bill amendments Land preservation Marine Mammals Protection Act Senate bill 2066 Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association Environmental Protection Agency 2012-06-21T22:08:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/conservation-agreements-try-to-head-off-endangered-species-listings Candidate conservation agreements try to keep rare species, like Colorado's Gunnison sage grouse, off the endangered species list, or at least healthy enough to lessen the restrictions that come with listing. No publisher Joshua Zaffos BLM WildEarth Guardians ranchers private land conservation species recovery critical habitat farmers Center for Biological Diversity U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dunes sagebrush lizard rare birds greater sage grouse Endangered Species Act Candidate conservation agreements imperiled species candidate conservation agreements with assurances southern Idaho ground squirrel Gunnison sage grouse sage grouse leks 2012-06-01T14:44:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/coping-with-two-headed-fish-and-other-effects-of-selenium Researchers try to determine if unhealthy amounts of selenium are entering Western soil and water due to energy development. No publisher Danielle Venton Kesterson reservoir oil and gas development irrigation wildlife deformities groundwater pollution riparian soil disturbance fish JoAnn Holloway Selenium J.R. Simplot BLM U.S. Geological Survey water pollution Muddy Creek, Wyoming wildlife birds reptiles 2012-05-30T17:41:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.8/western-legislatures-grab-for-control-of-public-lands Some Western states are rekindling the Sagebrush Rebellion and demanding ownership of federal lands -- but it's not just about local control. No publisher Jodi Peterson Western Oil and Gas Conservation Commissions extractive industries land-transfer bills energy industry oil and gas leases state control of public lands BLM selling off federal lands Arizona Legislature public land access Forest Service Sagebrush Rebellion ALEC 2012-05-16T15:19:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/selling-whats-priceless-is-the-nuttiest-idea-of-all Some Western legislators want to sell off our public lands -- an idea that is not only impractical, but contrary to the desires of most Westerners. No publisher Jeff Welsch Cliff Stearns land Denny Rehberg national parks Republican Party BLM Utah Legislature Forest Service Public lands states’ rights Tea Party Sagebrush Rebellion federally owned lands 2012-05-10T19:46:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/the-blm-struggles-to-get-ahead-of-oil-and-gas-development-in-the-west Master leasing plans, or MLPs, are a new tool designed to help the Bureau of Land Management better coordinate energy leasing and development in areas that may need special treatment or protection. No publisher Kimberly Hirai public lands Oil and gas leases energy development master leasing plans Wyoming BLM North Park, Colorado Beaver Rim 2012-03-14T14:50:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/can-an-old-mine-become-a-work-of-art The old Ute-Ule mine site outside Lake City, Colo., is under scrutiny by the Hardrock Revision Team, which wants to clean up the mine and yet preserve it as a living and historic work of art. No publisher Laura Pritchett tailings piles Ute-Ule mine 19th century silver mines Lake City, Colorado George Hurd artists phyto-remediation mine cleanup Colorado Art Ranch Ute-Ulay mine old mining sites camera obscuras Grant Pound LKA International Julia Lewandoski Western history Hardrock Revision Ream Linda Wysong BLM hardrock mining Lake City Downtown Improvement and Revitalization Team Colorado history 2011-12-02T16:30:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/feds-attempt-to-speed-complicated-process-of-building-power-lines The Obama administration's electrical transmission permitting agencies are cooperating to speed grid updates and fast track clean energy projects, as demand for power grows. No publisher Sarah Gilman Western transmission projects FERC electrical grid Ken Salazar Rapid Response Team for Transmission electricity power lines Obama environmental policy Gateway West greater sage grouse Obama and the West BLM wind power Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Paul Christensen renewable energy Cassia County Commission transmission lines Obama energy policy Western power line projects solar power 2011-11-16T15:17:31Z News Article