http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.7/champions-go-both-ways The Obama administration appoints environmentalists to some important positions in the Interior Department and other agencies. Also: The West faces a growing shortage of food-supply animal veterinarians. No publisher Ray Ring Obama administration Bush administration Obama Interior Department veterinarians 2010-02-05T08:58:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.22/nonprofitable-times Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch. No publisher Sarah Gilman Bush administration Environmental groups Grand Canyon Trust Charitable foundations Nonprofit foundations Sierra Club Election 2008 Western Colorado Congress U.S. economic downtown 2010-02-05T08:37:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17564 Former Montana Congressman Pat Williams warns that the Bush administration is playing with fire – literally – in cutting the Forest Service’s budget. No publisher Pat Williams Politics Pat Williams Forest Service Bush administration U.S. budget forest fires land management 2010-02-05T09:46:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16964 The Environmental Protection Agency’s quiet efforts to dismantle its own technical libraries are likely to hamstring scientific research – and freedom of thought – across the nation, Jeff Ruch warns. No publisher Jeff Ruch Science EPA Environmental Protection Agency Bush administration EPA libraries technical libraries scientific research federal budget politicizing science Republican Congress chemical information pesticides chemical libraries Superfund sites freedom of inf 2010-02-05T09:43:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17766 Bush administration finally acknowledges reality of global warming; Montana politics; Yucca Mountain 8,000-page application turned in; J.R. Simplot dies; Telluride wins fight over open space. No publisher Ray Ring Bush administration global warming climate change Yucca Mountain Montana Democratic primary Bob Kelleher J.R. Simplot Telluride open space 2010-02-05T08:39:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16145 James Connaughton of the Bush administration’s Council on Environmental Quality says that fishing must be curtailed to save endangered salmon, but salmon advocates say dams are still the real threat to the fish No publisher Brett Wilkison Water Dams Salmon James Connaughton Council on Environmental Quality endangered fish threatened fish dams fishing industry fishermen Bush environmental policy Bush administration Liz Hamilton Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association Glen Spain Pacifi 2010-02-05T08:57:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/313/16004 Concerned citizens overflow a meeting in Delta, Colo., as a crucial deadline for protecting roadless areas in national forests nears No publisher Matt Jenkins Roads and Roadless Areas Roadless national forests Forest Service BlueRibbon Coalition Brian Hawthorn citizen activists Western Colorado Congress off-road vehicles Clinton roadless rule Clinton administration Bush administration George W. Bush Ann Veneman Department o 2010-02-05T08:56:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15969 After Michele DeHart of the Fish Passage Center in Portland, Ore., publicly supported a plan to protect salmon, angry lawmakers led by Sen. Larry Craig yanked the center’s funding No publisher Rocky Barker Water Dams Salmon Michele DeHart Fish Passage Center Larry Craig salmon endangered fish dams hydropower Judge James Redden Army Corps of Engineers Bonneville Power Administration biologists Patty Murray Bert Bowler Idaho Rivers United Bush administration Chi 2010-02-05T08:56:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15792 Many environmentalists say the Yellowstone grizzly is a long way from being recovered, and that delisting the bear is premature and could spell disaster for the species No publisher Doug Honnold Parks And Monuments Wildlife Management Threatened And Endangered Species Endangered Species Act grizzly bear Yellowstone National Park Greater Yellowstone ecosystem delisting grizzlies wildlife management hunting genetic inbreeding habitat protection Bush administration bear population whitebark pine global warming 2010-02-05T09:26:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15655 The Bush administration has reclassified mining waste as "fill," and now a gold mine plans to dump its waste directly into an Alaskan lake No publisher Tony Barboza Pollution Bush administration Clean Water Act mining wastes water pollution Lower Slate Lake Coeur Alaska Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. Kensington Mine Juneau Empire Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Kat Hall mine tailings Bush environmental policy 2010-02-05T09:25:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15536 Facing severe budget cuts, the Forest Service is selling off property, and considering closing some recreation sites it considers too expensive to maintain No publisher Michael Milstein National Forest Service Forest Service public lands ranger stations recreation sites campsites land sales government auctions budget cuts Richard Sowa Hank Kashdan Bush administration George W. Bush Healthy Forests Initiative Deschutes National Forest Winema Nation 2010-02-05T09:24:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15432 This winter’s weird weather has everybody talking, but nobody wants to tackle the big question: Is global warming finally hitting the West? No publisher Greg Hanscom Science Climate Change Global warming climate change science media weather climate variability meteorology ski industry snow drought mudslides jet stream Rush Limbaugh Fox News Wasatch Mountains Cascade Mountains Bush administration Bush environmental policy U 2010-02-05T09:24:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15380 Old Westerners and New Westerners are equally hypocritical when it comes to caricaturing each other and not looking at themselves No publisher Jim Stiles Communities in Transition Old West New West Ed Abbey hypocrisy grazing small towns Western culture rural lifestyle cowboys off-road vehicles mountain bikes wilderness hunting Dick Cheney cultural divide conflict recreation SUVs Bush administration land ethics 2010-02-05T09:24:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15325 Union of Concerned Scientists talks to concerned Fish and Wildlife Service employees; Mexican wolf reintroduction upheld in Southwest; 2002 Klamath fish kill means fewer salmon to catch and eat in future No publisher Laura Paskus Union of Concerned Scientists Fish and Wildlife Service Bush administration Bush environmental policy government scientists Mexican wolf reintroduction Coalition of Arizona/New Mexico Counties for Stable Economic Growth Klamath River salmon fish 2010-02-05T09:23:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15324 David Tenny of the Department of Agriculture has used his discretionary powers to alter the master plan for Colorado’s White River National Forest, lessening its protections for water and wildlife. No publisher Bob Berwyn National Forest Service White River National Forest Mozart Creek Forest Service Keystone Ski Area Vail Resorts David P. Tenny Canada lynx Denver Post Bush administration Breckenridge Vail Arapahoe Basin forest planning Rep. Bob Smith Mark Rey Harris Sherman Arnol 2010-02-05T09:23:41Z News Article