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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/conservation-agreements-try-to-head-off-endangered-species-listings">        <title>Conservation agreements try to head off endangered species listings </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/conservation-agreements-try-to-head-off-endangered-species-listings</link>        <description>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.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Joshua Zaffos</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>WildEarth Guardians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ranchers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>private land conservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>species recovery</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>critical habitat</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>farmers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>dunes sagebrush lizard</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rare birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>greater sage grouse</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Candidate conservation agreements</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>imperiled species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>candidate conservation agreements with assurances</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>southern Idaho ground squirrel</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gunnison sage grouse</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sage grouse leks</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-06-01T14:44:32Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/extreme-green">        <title>Extreme Green</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/extreme-green</link>        <description>Uncompromising environmental groups like the Center for Biological Diversity do more harm than good with their lawsuits, according to some critics. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ted Williams</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>wildlife protection</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kierán Suckling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ranchers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunting and fishing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental lawsuits</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental movement</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-07-25T19:47:47Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.22/firebrand-ways">        <title>'Firebrand ways' </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.22/firebrand-ways</link>        <description>Longtime activist Kieran Suckling talks about the Center for Biological Diversity.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tony Davis</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Mexican wolf reintroduction</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Earth First! Rendezvous</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Peter Galvin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>conservation groups</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental lawsuits</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kieran Suckling</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:58:32Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.12/even-hard-liners-want-to-experiment-in-arizona">        <title>Even hard-liners want to experiment in Arizona </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.12/even-hard-liners-want-to-experiment-in-arizona</link>        <description>The Center for Biological Diversity and the Grand Canyon Trust are working with a French timber entrepreneur to restore Arizona's unhealthy forests. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>forest restoration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Grand Canyon Trust</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pascal Berlioux</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:31:54Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15484">        <title>Blades, birds and bats: Wind energy and wildlife not a
cut-and-dried issue</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15484</link>        <description>Wind farms are working to make their turbines less
hazardous to birds and bats</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Hilary Watts</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Renewable Energy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wind power</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wind energy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wind farms</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>birds and wind
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                    <dc:subject>bats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>raptors</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bird mortality</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bat Conservation
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                    <dc:subject>Ed Arnett</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jeff
Miller</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>raptor killings</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Laurie
Jodziewicz</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ame</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:24:35Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/292/15300">        <title>Rancher wins big in libel suit against enviros</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/292/15300</link>        <description>Arizona rancher and investment banker Jim Chilton wins a
$600,000 judgment for libel against The Center for Biological
Diversity</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Mitch Tobin</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Grazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Public Lands</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jim Chilton</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>libel</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>damages</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>lawsuits</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>overgrazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public lands grazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered
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                    <dc:subject>Kraig Marton</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Robert Royal</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kieran Suckling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Advocacy Groups</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:23:31Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14762">        <title>Cougar hunt creates uproar</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14762</link>        <description>Following a flurry of sightings and a much-publicized,
ill-starred hunt for mountain lions in Sabino Canyon near Tucson,
Arizonans push for changes in how the state manages its big
cats</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tony Davis</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Hunting/Trapping</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mountain lions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>cougars</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>predators</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizona Game and Fish Department</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Janet Napolitano</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Defenders of
Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>human-mountain lion
encounters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>javelinas</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sabino Canyon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tucson</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizo</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:57:24Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/268/14565">        <title>Congress overrules the courts</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/268/14565</link>        <description>Even when environmentalists win in the courtroom, Congress
can overturn the court’s interpretation of an existing law by
passing a new one</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Laura Paskus</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Congress</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Judicial System</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Judicial system</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>court system</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental
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                    <dc:subject>environmental lawsuits</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Migratory Bird Treaty Act of
1918</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pentagon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Earthjustice</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Peter Galvin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Letty Belin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Geoffrey Fettus</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>NRDC</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>nuclear
waste</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:56:17Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/258/14239">        <title>Follow-up</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/258/14239</link>        <description>Navajos shortchanged by oil and gas companies; Department
of Homeland Security buys Playas, N.M., as training ground for
response to terrorist attacks; Earthjustice sues to get details on
Interior Secretary Gale Norton’s anti-wilderness deal with
Utah Gov</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Laura Paskus</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Navajo Nation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>oil and gas pipelines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Homeland Security</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Phelps Dodge</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Playas</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>N.M.</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Earthjustice</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gale Norton</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mike
Leavitt</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Utah wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kieran
Suckling</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T10:13:40Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15690">        <title>Birds get a break from blades</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15690</link>        <description>More than half the windmills on California’s
Altamont Pass will shut down for two months this winter so
migrating birds can pass safely through the area</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Patrick Farrell</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Renewable Energy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wind power</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Altamont Pass</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bird migration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>windmills</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>renewable energy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wind turbines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tristan Grimbert</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>enXco</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jeff Miller</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>birds of
prey</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-09T19:17:16Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14953">        <title>A Thirst for Growth</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14953</link>        <description>In Sierra Vista, Ariz., a partnership of developers,
environmentalists and government agencies is trying to keep the San
Pedro River alive, while at the same time allowing for continued
growth in this burgeoning Sunbelt city</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tony Davis</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Sierra Vista</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Upper San Pedro Partnership</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sewage treatment</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>recharge plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>water conservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Partnership</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Land Use And</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>western water use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Advisory Committee</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>San Pedro River</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Communities</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sustainable yield</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rivers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Fort H</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>aquifers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>groundwater pumping</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-25T18:01:48Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.7/the-most-influential-conservationist-youve-never-heard-of/profile-bethany-cotton-center-for-biological-diversity">        <title>Profile: Bethany Cotton, Center for Biological Diversity</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.7/the-most-influential-conservationist-youve-never-heard-of/profile-bethany-cotton-center-for-biological-diversity</link>        <description>Bethany Cotton loves working for the environment, but misses life out West.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Bethany Cotton</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Biological Diversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental movement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Washington, D.C.</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-04-28T16:37:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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