http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 8. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/who-will-be-the-west2019s-new-boss The Interior secretary is the nation's top wildlife manager and federal landlord, managing 507 million acres, 600 dams and 68 percent of the nation's energy reserves. No publisher Rocky Barker Dirk Kempthorne Western politics John McCain Interior Department Cabinet appointments Barack Obama Interior secretary 2010-02-05T08:38:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/308/15850 With the federal government dragging its feet, Western states are beginning to take action to deal with greenhouse gas emissions and global warming No publisher April Reese Politics State Legislatures Climate Change Global warming climate change state legislatures federal government renewable energy greenhouse gases renewable portfolio standards Janet Napolitano Arnold Schwarzenegger Bill Richardson Dirk Kempthorne ethanol alternative fuels public transp Science 2010-02-05T08:31:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/280/14926 The Bush administration gives governors 18 months to ask the Forest Service to protect roadless areas in their states, but the states will have to pay for the costly and complex petition process No publisher Laura Paskus Roads and Roadless Areas Roadless areas national forests Forest Service Ann Veneman Bush administration Heritage Forests Campaign Rob Vandermark Ted Kulongoski Dirk Kempthorne Western states governors Clinton roadless rule Mike Domeck Chris Wood Campaign for America 2010-02-05T09:20:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16531 Dirk Kempthorne and luxury RVs; The Farmer Wants a Wife, maybe; no rules (or bras) at Sturgis; look before you pee; hard-working Washington pot-growers; Arizona’s biggest marijuana farm; with defense lawyers like this one, who needs a prosecutor?; and big bird with a bad grip No publisher Betsy Marston Humor Western odd news Dirk Kempthorne luxury RVs Inspire Allure Intrigue Country Coach Inc. Jay Howard national parks American Idol The Farmer Wants a Wife reality shows Central Valley California ranchers farmers sheepherders Richard Je 2011-11-30T19:45:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16413 New Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne junks Gale Norton’s controversial Park Service proposal; New Mexico’s Nantac Mexican wolf pack killed; Justice Department removes Judge Royce Lamberth from Indian trust case No publisher Jodi Peterson Dirk Kempthorne Gale Norton Interior Department National Park Service Rob Arnberger Coalition of National Park Service Retirees national park management park recreation conservation Mexican wolves Nantac pack Hon Dah pack U.S. Fish and Wildlif 2011-11-13T00:53:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16353 Newly appointed Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has a chance to use his deal-making abilities to bring change to the way Western public lands are managed No publisher Rocky Barker Public Lands Federal Employees Appointed Officials Dirk Kempthorne Cecil Andrus Stewart Udall Bruce Babbitt Gale Norton Interior Department Interior secretaries government officials Idaho governors U.S. senators John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Bill Clinton George W. Bush Bush environmental po 2011-11-12T02:30:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16242 The National Fire Plan, the Healthy Forests Initiative and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act are explained and compared No publisher Kathie Durbin Logging Fire National Fire Plan Healthy Forests Initiative Healthy Forests Restoration Act Western Governors’ Association Bush administration Congress logging fire prevention thinning John Kitzhaber Dirk Kempthorne firefighting buget categorical exclusion 2011-11-11T19:59:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16556 Two trends are almost as dangerous as the idea of directly selling off the public lands: land transfers done in the name of economic development, and the outsourcing of jobs in the federal land-management agencies. No publisher John Freemuth development Public lands selling Interior Department sprawl Dirk Kempthorne Craig hab Zion National Park Utah BLM land swaps growth Forest Service St. George desert tortoise land transfers second homes off public lands federal lands Larry 2010-10-26T22:41:24Z News Article