http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.8/blm-teams-with-researchers-to-protect-midget-faded-rattlesnake Biologists and federal officials hope to direct booming oil, gas and wind development away from the rare reptile in southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Wind power impacts Orianne Society Colorado Wyoming Oil and gas drilling impacts Bureau of Land Management reptile conservation Midget faded rattlesnake 2013-05-22T16:41:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/a-new-collaboration-has-idaho-ranchers-and-the-blm-fighting-fire-together Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged. No publisher Emily Guerin fire Bureau of Land Management ranching collaboration Idaho 2013-05-15T15:37:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.5/secret-getaways-of-the-national-landscape-conservation-system A desert hiker finds a lot to like in little-known Bureau of Land Management gems. No publisher Craig Childs Gold Butte Canyons of the Ancients desert hike Sonoran Desert National Monument Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Agua Fria National Monument National Landscape Conservation System Bureau of Land Management National Conservation Area 2013-04-09T17:37:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/the-blm-fights-for-the-southwest2019s-last-free-flowing-river A federal agency asserts its water rights to the San Pedro river in a case that might eventually lead to limits on growth in Arizona. No publisher Tony Davis Sierra Vista Tribute project aquifer pumping water rights San Pedro River Bureau of Land Management groundwater pumping Cochise County aquifers groundwater 2013-02-28T22:38:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.22/blm-plans-for-the-national-petroleum-reserve-alaska A controversial proposal for the nation’s biggest chunk of public land aims to allow energy development -- and protect wildlife. No publisher Jodi Peterson Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas Alaska Bureau of Land Management caribou National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska 2013-01-07T15:39:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/abbeys-road-retired-blm-chief-gives-one-last-look-across-the-range Bob Abbey, recently retired from the Bureau of Land Management, discusses democracy, energy development, and agency culture. No publisher Joshua Zaffos Bureau of Land Management Bob Abbey Treasured Landscapes Sagebrush Rebellion 2012-10-01T15:17:50Z 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/44.1/detente-in-the-rancher-v.-environmentalist-grazing-wars Buying out grazing permits from willing ranchers could help solve conflicts over grazing on public lands. No publisher Jodi Peterson Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility rural economy ranchers John Barrasso National Environmental Policy Act public lands grazing Forest Service Brian Ertz Bureau of Land Management Grazing allotments buying out grazing permits Bush environmental policy Public Lands Council John Horning WildEarth Guardians cattle grazing sheep grazing livestock grazing Grazing Improvement Act federal lands management grazing lawsuits Western Watersheds Project Obama environmental policy agriculture legislative gridlock grazing laws rural communities Endangered Species Act Omnibus Public Lands Management Act Rep. Adam Smith bighorn sheep sheepherders grazing wars 112th Congress overgrazing Rural Economic Vitalization Act range improvements 2012-01-29T18:08:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.22/protecting-wildlife-corridors-remains-more-theory-than-practice There's a growing understanding of the scientific importance of wildlife migration corridors, but protecting them is a huge political challenge. No publisher Mary Ellen Hannibal Wildlands Network mule deer seasonal migration wildlife habitat Wyoming Fish and Game grizzly bears Pinedale Anticline Forest Service elk Bureau of Land Management Southern Great Plans Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool landscape connectivity Wildlife Conservation Society Jonah Field Rush Holt Ken Salazar Wyoming pronghorn Yellowstone to Yukon private land migration private property owners habitat mapping oil and gas drilling migratory birds Mark Gocke Washington Connected Landscapes Project megalinkages of habitat private land conservation Western Governors’ Association conservation easements habitat connectivity wildlife biology Endangered Species Act Landscape Conservation Cooperatives wildlife migration corridors energy development U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Path of the Pronghorn bison Kenyon Fields animal migration wildlife overpass Center for Large Landscape Connectivity Rob Ament 2011-12-30T18:02:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/blm-experiments-with-camouflage-to-hide-renewable-power-structures The Bureau of Land Management is working with landscape architects and camouflage experts to better disguise renewable energy infrastructure on public lands. No publisher Kimberly Hirai Terry Del Bene Department of Energy Sherry Roche Tom Lahti oil and gas drilling camouflage design Otak Western public lands Bureau of Land Management renewable energy infrastructure visual resource experts Kate Schwarzler 2011-11-04T14:58:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.11/a-fee-dodging-retiree-forces-a-national-forest-to-rethink-access-charges A retired geophysicist named Jim Smith successfully challenges Arizona's Coconino National Forest on access fees. No publisher Daniel Kraker public land access fees hiking Jim Smith Fee demo program Red Rock Pass outdoor recreation Forest Service Bureau of Land Management Western Slope No Fee Coalition 2011-07-06T14:33:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.22/the-blms-conservation-experiment Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tells the BLM to get serious about managing the National Landscape Conservation System. No publisher Emilene Ostlind Bureau of Land Management Interior Department National Landscape Conservation System outdoor recreation Ken Salazar 2010-12-22T15:25:13Z 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/the-joy-of-cx Assistant editor Sarah Gilman explains why we should care about categorical exclusions. No publisher Marty Durlin Bureau of Land Management Oil and gas permits Sarah Gilman Categorical exclusions Oil and gas drilling 2010-02-05T08:59:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.20/who2019ll-clean-up-when-the-party2019s-over There are efforts to reclaim oil and gas drilling sites, but many fear it’s too little, too late. No publisher April Reese Gas and oil reclamation Gas boom Bureau of Land Management Gas drilling Gas and oil leasing 2010-02-05T08:58:48Z News Article