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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/detente-in-the-rancher-v.-environmentalist-grazing-wars">        <title>Detente in the rancher v. environmentalist grazing wars?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/detente-in-the-rancher-v.-environmentalist-grazing-wars</link>        <description>Buying out grazing permits from willing ranchers could help solve conflicts over grazing on public lands.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jodi Peterson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rural economy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ranchers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Barrasso</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Environmental Policy Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public lands grazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Brian Ertz</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bureau of Land Management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Grazing allotments</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>buying out grazing permits</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Public Lands Council</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Horning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>WildEarth Guardians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>cattle grazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sheep grazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>livestock grazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Grazing Improvement Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>federal lands management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grazing lawsuits</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western Watersheds Project</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>agriculture</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>legislative gridlock</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grazing laws</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rural communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Omnibus Public Lands Management Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rep. Adam Smith</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bighorn sheep</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sheepherders</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grazing wars</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>112th Congress</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>overgrazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rural Economic Vitalization Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>range improvements</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-01-29T18:08:07Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/obamas-record-on-western-environmental-issues">        <title>Obama's record on Western environmental issues </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/obamas-record-on-western-environmental-issues</link>        <description>Not everybody is happy, but the Obama administration is making slow but steady progress in dealing with the West's environmental issues.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Judith Lewis Mernit</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Kettleman City</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Raul Grijalva</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>oil and gas leases</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Interior Department</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clinton environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Barack Obama</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>PEER</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama energy policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>EPA</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-02-07T15:01:49Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.1/the-latest-northern-spotted-owl">        <title>The latest: Northern spotted owl</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.1/the-latest-northern-spotted-owl</link>        <description>According to scientific reviewers, Obama's new draft for managing the northern spotted owl is better than Bush's plan but still flawed.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jodi Peterson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>old-growth forest</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Northern spotted owl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-01-19T20:00:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Utah canyon country</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tim  DeChristopher</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>National Park Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Energy leases</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Paul Larmer</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:36:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/time-to-reform-and-repair">        <title>Time to reform and repair</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/time-to-reform-and-repair</link>        <description>Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Paul Larmer</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Civil disobedience</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Utah canyon country</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tim  DeChristopher</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>National Park Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Energy leases</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Paul Larmer</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:39:20Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Firefighting</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Political corruption</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Federal employees</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:19:38Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Energy industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Larry Svoboda</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Utah BLM</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ozone pollution</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clear Air Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>EPA</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:12:50Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Hunters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mike Leavitt, mercury pollution</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hal Herring</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bugle magazine</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation,</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Dana Perino</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:57:31Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/the-sick-and-tired-west">        <title>Western wish list for Obama</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/the-sick-and-tired-west</link>        <description>Eleven key Westerners speak with HCN about their hopes and worries for an Obama administration.
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                    <dc:subject>Factory farms</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hard-rock mining</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Air pollution</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Public health</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hydraulic fracturing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Water pollution</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Perchlorate</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pesticides</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>EPA</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:57:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/jonathan-thompson">        <title>The Bush legacy: It's not all bad </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/jonathan-thompson</link>        <description>This special issue takes a close look at the Bush administration's  environmental policies and considers what can be done to repair the damage.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Consensus</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental movement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:57:25Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/un-clearing-the-air">        <title>The sick and tired West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/un-clearing-the-air</link>        <description>The EPA under George Bush has put the health of Westerners at risk in order to make life easier for big industry. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Rebecca Clarren</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Air pollution</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Paul Hoffman</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gale Norton</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National monuments</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oil and gas leasing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Park Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Selling off federal lands</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Richard Pombo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act revision</dc:subject>        
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