http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 13. http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/obamas-record-on-western-environmental-issues/a-closer-look-at-obamas-judges-federal-agencies-and-approach-to-science-and-secrecy A closer look at Obama's impact on federal judges, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Energy Department and the Forest Service, as well as his administration's approach to science and secrecy. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit and Ray Ring Stephen Chu Obama environmental policy Fish and Wildlife Service Energy Department Office of Science and Technology Policy Forest Service scientific integrity policy Barack Obama Obama energy policy federal judges 2011-02-09T21:32:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/obamas-record-on-western-environmental-issues Not everybody is happy, but the Obama administration is making slow but steady progress in dealing with the West's environmental issues. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit Kettleman City Raul Grijalva Ken Salazar Obama environmental policy oil and gas leases Fish and Wildlife Service BLM Interior Department Clinton environmental policy Barack Obama PEER California Obama energy policy Bush environmental policy EPA 2011-02-07T15:01:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.22/firebrand-ways Longtime activist Kieran Suckling talks about the Center for Biological Diversity. No publisher Tony Davis Mexican wolf reintroduction Earth First! Rendezvous Peter Galvin Fish and Wildlife Service conservation groups Center for Biological Diversity environmental lawsuits Kieran Suckling 2010-02-05T09:58:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17786 The Tejon Ranch agreement, which will allow a housing development to be build in the midst of rare condor critical habitat, is a disaster for the endangered birds, according to Noel Snyder and David Clendenen. No publisher Noel Snyder and David Clendenen development Condor Recovery Team Tejon Mountain Village critical habitat Tejon Ranch agreement Fish and Wildlife Service consensus California condor David Clendenen endangered species Communities Noel Snyder U.S. 2010-02-05T09:27:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/348/17070 “Bow Wow Vows”; commingling with trains; nothing to laugh about at the Fish and Wildlife Service; Proctor & Gamble beats the devil; Dobie Clean-Up; an “A” for chutzpah No publisher Betsy Marston Dogs train accidents Fish and Wildlife Service Proctor & Gamble trash cleanup; Azia Kim 2010-02-05T09:30:19Z 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/289/15185 Recent decisions not to list as endangered the white-tailed and black-tailed prairie dogs and the greater sage grouse open the door to increased energy exploration and development in the West No publisher Ray Ring Threatened and Endangered Species Endangered Species Act endangered ecosystems habitat white-tailed prairie dog black-tailed prairie dog greater sage grouse threatened wildlife Fish and Wildlife Service BLM oil and gas drilling Bush environmental policy Bush energy policy S 2010-02-05T09:22:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/280/14930 In an effort to avoid litigation, environmentalists and farmers come together with federal and state agencies to address a wildlife crisis on the Platte River No publisher Andrew Beck Grace Wildlife Birds Rivers Platte River Central Platte sandhill crane piping plover interior least tern Wyoming Water Development Commission Mike Besson wildlife river management irrigation well pumping agriculture environmentalists Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau 2010-02-05T09:20:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/263/14397 Fish and Wildlife Service biologists in talks with Army Corps over Missouri River; Wyoming rancher Frank Robbins holds protest rally; "Volunteer Grazing Permit Buying Act" in Congress; and Interior ordered to pay tribes $2 million to make up for drilling No publisher Laura Paskus Fish and Wildlife Service Craig Manson Missouri River Army Corps of Engineers Frank Robbins Worland BLM grazing issues grazing buyouts Voluntary Grazing Permit Buyout Act Interior Department Indian trust funds drilling royalties 2010-02-05T09:55:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16357 The recent deaths of 10 wolves in eastern Arizona are a wrenching example of everything that has gone wrong with the troubled Mexican wolf recovery program No publisher Allison Gerfin Threatened and Endangered Mexican wolf Hon Dah pack White Mountain Apaches wolf recovery program Endangered Species Act northern Rockies gray wolf Fish and Wildlife Service Victoria Fox Curt Mack wildlife biologists John Morgart wolf reintroduction public lands grazing 2011-12-08T23:26:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16355 The Gunnison sage grouse has been denied endangered species protection, and biologists like Clait Braun fear the species may be doomed No publisher Joshua Zaffos Birds Gunnison sage grouse endangered birds threatened birds rare species Clait Braun Endangered Species Act greater sage grouse Fish and Wildlife Service Gunnison River Basin western Colorado West Nile virus habitat Erin Robertson Center for Nativ 2011-11-12T02:43:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/318/16177 Although logging has declined drastically in the Pacific Northwest, it’s not necessarily the fault of the Endangered Species Act or the northern spotted owl. No publisher Kathie Durban Forests Logging Companies Threatened and Endangered Endangered Species Act critical habitat northern spotted owl public land logging logging communities timber industry National Forest Management Act threatened species rare wildlife national forests Fish and Wildlife Service George Weyerhaeuser 2011-12-15T17:07:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/344/16944 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tries an end-run around the Endangered Species Act; a leaked draft would weaken the bedrock law by changing the regulations that implement it rather than the law itself. No publisher Jodi Peterson Threatened and endangered Environmental Policy Act rare species Richard Pombo Sean Skaggs National Bush administration Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Interior Department Joan Jewett James Lynch threatened species Endangered Species Act Mark Stermitz politics lawsuits 2010-08-06T22:38:18Z News Article