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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/semi-wild-in-the-new-west">        <title>Semi-wild in the new West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/semi-wild-in-the-new-west</link>        <description>Semi-wild rural landscapes, where humans mingle with wildlife, are a richer source of biodiversity than many Westerners realize. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Paul Larmer </dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>birdwatchers</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>habitat</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>raptors</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>irrigation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bird counts</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>Gunnison sage grouse</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:37:55Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/271/14656">        <title>Biology: The missing science</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/271/14656</link>        <description>Studies by Montana’s Andrew Hansen and
Colorado’s Rick Knight offer some of the first scientific
evidence that preserving ranch lands provides important benefits to
surrounding ecosystems</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jon Christensen</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Agriculture</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Livestock Ranching</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Biodiversity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Andrew Hansen</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rick Knight</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>ranch lands</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>open space</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gunnison sage grouse</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clait Braun</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gunnison
County Ranchland Conservation Legacy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Susan Lohr</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife biology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ecology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Science</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:56:49Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16355">        <title>On a wing and a prayer</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16355</link>        <description>The Gunnison sage grouse has been denied endangered
species protection, and biologists like Clait Braun fear the
species may be doomed</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Joshua Zaffos</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Birds</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>endangered birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>threatened birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rare species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Clait Braun</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>greater sage
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                    <dc:subject>Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gunnison River Basin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>western
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                    <dc:subject>West Nile virus</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>habitat</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Erin Robertson</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for
Nativ</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-12T02:43:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16678">        <title>Two weeks in the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16678</link>        <description>Interior Deputy Secretary Julie MacDonald 'edited' Fish
and Wildlife reports to change scientists’ conclusions;
Platte River Cooperative Agreement comes together; railroad wants
to blast avalanches in Glacier National Park; largest biodiesel
refinery bein</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Bush appointees</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Julie MacDonald</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>white-tailed prairie dog</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Neb</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Interior Department</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Platte River Cooperative Agreement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>politicized science</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Dirk</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gunnison sage grouse</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kempthorne</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gunnison’s prairie dog</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-09-14T22:00:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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