High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 8. Whose rules rule on Otero Mesa? http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15334 New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is fighting to keep the oil and gas industry away from Otero Mesa, but the federal government is equally determined to let the drilling begin No publisher Laura Paskus Oil And Gas Bill Richardson Otero Mesa New Mexico oil and gas industry drill rigs drilling energy Joanna Prokup Stephen Capra New Mexico Wilderness Alliance BLM George W. Bush Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission New Mexico Oil Conservation Division 2010-02-05T09:23:47Z News Article Energy companies rush the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/283/15014 In Wyoming, Gov. Dave Freudenthal tries to put the brakes on the oil and gas leasing rush, but the drilling frenzy continues across the West No publisher Matt Jenkins Oil and Gas Upper Green River Basin oil and gas drilling energy exploration BLM leases Forest Service Bridger-Teton National Forest Dave Freudenthal Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance Tom Darin Jonah Field Book Cliffs Otero Mesa Jack Morrow Hills Red Des 2010-02-05T09:21:13Z News Article Oil money rules in the West's mini-Middle East http://www.hcn.org/issues/277/14820 Two Democratic governors – Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming and Bill Richardson of New Mexico – find themselves caught between the money that comes from the energy industry and the environmental impacts of oil and gas development No publisher Paul Krza Politics Elected Officials Oil And Gas Wyoming New Mexico oil and gas industry Dave Freudenthal Bill Richardson energy industry renewable energy Western Resource Advocates environmental activists Otero Mesa Powder River Basin Wyoming Outdoor Council Dan Heilig Randy Udall John Ni 2010-02-05T09:57:50Z News Article New Mexicans take a stand against oil and gas http://www.hcn.org/issues/271/14653 In New Mexico, ranchers like Tweeti Blancett are working with environmentalists to keep oil and gas drillers away from Otero Mesa No publisher Bobby Magill Oil and Gas Otero Mesa New Mexico Tweeti Blancett Bill Richardson Steve Capra New Mexico Wilderness Alliance oil and gas drilling Bush energy policy Harvey E. Yates Company coalbed methane energy development J. Steven Griles Campaign to Protect America’s 2010-02-05T09:56:47Z News Article President Bush should consider a “land grab“ of his own http://www.hcn.org/issues/270/14635 A visit to Arizona’s new Agua Fria National Monument – one of those designated by Clinton at the end of his presidency – points up the failure of the Bush administration to protect and preserve the public lands No publisher Paul Larmer Politics Elected Officials Agua Fria National Monument Phoenix Arizona Bill Clinton George W. Bush Bush environmental policy public lands San Rafael Swell Utah Roan Plateau Colorado Otero Mesa New Mexico oil and gas drilling Bush energy policy 2010-02-05T09:56:40Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/257/14196 Interior Department’s top lawyer, William Myers, under investigation for conflict of interest; Kane County, Utah, goes after BLM road signs; pro-property rights Paragon Foundation joins enviros in fighting to protect New Mexico’s Otero Mesa; and compromis No publisher Matt Jenkins William Myers Interior Department Kane County Utah Paragon Foundation Otero Mesa New Mexico Wilderness Alliance California zero-emission vehicles 2010-02-05T10:13:23Z News Article Falcon's future rests on a definition http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16416 Endangered aplomado falcons already in New Mexico may lose protection under a controversial Fish and Wildlife Service plan to release captive-bred birds as a "nonessential experimental population." No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Threatened and Endangered Species Birds Aplomado falcons endangered birds U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Otero Mesa Endangered Species Act Kendal Young Elizabeth Slown captive-bred falcons bird populations raptors biologists bird counts 2011-12-08T23:29:59Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15718 Judge Dee Benson reconsiders the Norton-Leavitt 2003 wilderness settlement; New Mexico’s Otero Mesa back on the oil and gas auction block; former NOAA administrator James Lecky accused of doctoring science in controversial biological opinion No publisher Matt Jenkins Dee Benson Gale Norton Mike Leavitt wilderness settlement BLM wilderness Otero Mesa oil and gas industry Harvey E. Yates Co. Bill Richardson energy industry NOAA Fisheries Service San Francisco Bay Delta salmon steelhead endangered fish doc 2012-03-30T22:22:32Z News Article