High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. What the FRAC do we know? http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/what-the-frac-do-we-know Congress introduces two bills to oversee hydraulic fracturing. No publisher jeffc Public Lands Bad Judgment Anti-government sentiment Energy Water Archaelogy Environmental Protection Agency pollution 2009-06-10T20:36:51Z Blog Post No entrance fees http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/no-entrance-fees ...for a limited time only. No publisher jeffc Public Lands National Park Service Amusements Small Towns 2009-06-03T19:59:29Z Blog Post Slums and tent cities http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/tent-city-solutions An urban planner's dream? No publisher jeffc Public Lands Unintended consequences Western Culture Growth Poverty Class Warfare Politics pollution 2009-03-23T21:00:31Z Blog Post The rich black allure http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/the-rich-black-allure Obama administration discards Bush oil shale leases; plans for its own. No publisher terrays Public Lands Energy Bad Judgment 2009-03-04T20:08:54Z Blog Post Mo' Money... http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/Mo-Money.. ...mo' solutions? No publisher jeffc Public Lands Energy Water Politics Education Wind 2009-02-19T17:19:26Z Blog Post Managing a busted climate http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/duct-tape-and-tipping-points A federal report warns abrupt ecosystem changes will pose new challenges for resource agencies No publisher terrays Climate change Apocalypse Public Lands 2009-01-27T17:40:04Z Blog Post The Bush administration is moving to mine our heritage http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14221 Mike Dombeck and Chris Wood blast the Bush administration for trying to mine the West’s untouched public lands No publisher Mike Dombeck and Chris Wood Public Lands mining Bush public land 2010-02-05T09:29:12Z News Article Sacred cows in the public’s paradise http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15863 The writer seeks beauty in a valley called Paradise but finds cows instead No publisher John Wall Public Lands 2010-02-05T09:27:49Z News Article The BLM wields fork and spatula over the West's wildlands http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15216 The writer says the "Great Barbecue" of the 1920s is back: The federal government is leasing land for oil and gas as fast as it can No publisher Matt Jenkins Public Lands Wilderness Oil and Gas 2010-02-05T09:44:37Z News Article Waypoints of the heart http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16400 The writer loves geocache hunts — and wishes everything in life were that simple No publisher Julianne Couch Public Lands Geocaching 2010-02-05T09:40:48Z News Article Public acres for sale http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16142 President Bush revives a proposal to sell off public lands managed by the BLM and the Forest Service as part of his 2007 budget No publisher Brett Wilkison Public Lands Forest Service Politics Budget BLM George W. Bush 2007 budget public land sales Richard Pombo Jim Gibbons Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 rural schools Max Baucus Conrad Burns education funding Janine Blaeloch Western Lands 2010-02-05T08:57:06Z News Article Energy companies score massive refund checks http://www.hcn.org/issues/313/16009 A federal judge has ordered the government to buy back offshore oil and gas leases that energy companies say can’t be developed, leading some to wonder if the BLM will have to do the same with leases in potential wilderness areas No publisher Matt Jenkins Public Lands BLM Oil and Gas Eric Bruggink offshore drilling oil and gas leases energy industry Peter Douglas California Coastal Commission Peter Aengst The Wilderness Society Tom Sansonetti Gale Norton Mike Leavitt Earthjustice public lands wilderness areas Dee Be 2010-02-05T08:56:26Z News Article BLM boosts winter drilling http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15974 The BLM wants to allow oil and gas companies to drill near Pinedale, Wyo., in wintertime, and some conservationists think the change may actually help declining mule deer populations No publisher Emma Brown Public Lands BLM Oil and Gas Mule deer winter drilling bans wildlife protection Questar Anschutz Shell Ultra Deena McMullen Hall Sawyer biologists Western EcoSystems Technology Inc. directional drilling well pads Vern Stelter Wyoming Department of Game and Fish Pe 2010-02-05T08:56:12Z News Article Oil drillers get 'one-stop shopping' at no extra cost http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15905 A provision in the new energy bill promises funding to speed up the oil and gas permitting process in BLM offices – without costing the industry an extra penny No publisher Emma Brown Public Lands BLM Oil and Gas oil and gas industry drilling permits permit applications energy industry energy bill budget Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forest Service Bureau of Indian Affairs Craig Thomas Orrin Hatch hardroc 2010-02-05T08:31:36Z News Article Learning from Moab's example http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15539 In the North Fruita Desert of western Colorado, the BLM has come up with a plan to enable motorized and non-motorized recreationists to share the outdoors No publisher Jodi Peterson and J.M. McCord Public Lands BLM Off Road Vehicles Outdoor recreation public lands North Fruita Desert mountain bikers off-highway vehicles ORVs hikers horseback riders land management Jim Cooper Grand Junction BLM office off-roaders 2010-02-05T09:24:54Z News Article