http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.6/new-books-from-friends-of-high-country-news Jeff Chen visits; new books from Florence Williams, Laura Pritchett, Alan Kesselheim and Fred Anderson; Jamie Williams is new president of The Wilderness Society; corrections. No publisher Jodi Peterson Laura Pritchett Jamie Williams Alan Kesselheim Jeff Chen Paonia, Colorado Florence Williams The Wilderness Society Pick Up America High Country News 2012-04-11T17:17:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/solar-power-works-best-when-it-stays-small-and-local Industrial-style, large-scale solar developments on Western public lands are simply not the right way to go. No publisher Janine Blaeloch Ken Salazar public lands development Solar Done Right Big Solar public utilities industrial solar Energy Department Interior Department Call to Action for Energy Democracy small-scale solar electricity grassroots movements Natural Resources Defense Council The Wilderness Society solar power 2012-04-12T16:39:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.7/the-most-influential-conservationist-youve-never-heard-of The Sierra Club's Debbie Sease has spent three decades on Capitol Hill, fighting for the West. No publisher John Aloysius Farrell environmental activists Washington, D.C. Debbie Sease environmental politics David Foreman Sierra Club lobbyists The Wilderness Society Tim Mahoney Earth First! 2011-05-09T15:15:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/green-gearheads-rev-it-up The Wilderness Society should sponsor off-road driving teams to reach out to that culture. No publisher Ray Ring public lands The Wilderness Society off-road vehicles snowmobiles advocacy groups 2010-02-05T09:54:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/not-so-dead-on-arrival Thanks to the incompetence of the Bush administration and the tenacity of environmental lawyers, the Roadless Rule has survived for 8 years. No publisher Rob Inglis Natural Resources Defense Council National Environmental Policy Act Judge Clarence Brimmer The Wilderness Society Roadless Rule Judge Elizabeth LaPorte 2010-02-05T09:31:49Z News Article 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15877 The BLM’s failure to plug security holes in its computers, especially those dealing with Indian trust fund accounts, means that most of the agency’s Web sites have been closed to the public for the past six months No publisher Emma Brown Native Americans BIA BLM Bureau of Land Management Indian trust accounts security concerns computer problems Royce Lamberth Elouise Cobell Nada Culver BLM Web sites The Wilderness Society BLM Action Center Linda Baker Upper Green Valley Coalition Keith Harper class-a 2010-02-05T08:31:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15184 Utah’s attempt to take over backcountry roads begins to unravel, largely because of problems stirred up by the attempt to claim the remote Weiss Highway in Juab County as an R.S. 2477 road No publisher Tim Westby R.S. 2477 Utah BLM Juab County Norton-Leavitt agreement county roads public lands Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Heidi McIntosh wilderness General Accounting Office Olene Walker The Wilderness Society Earthjustice Maloy Dodds Mark Habb 2010-02-05T09:22:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/283/15022 Lakeview, Ore., survived the drop in the timber economy by learning to take care of its forests No publisher Greg Hanscom Logging Communities Lakeview Oregon Fremont Sawmill Fremont-Winema consensus collaboration environmental movement forest ecology Richard Hart The Wilderness Society Mike Anderson Lake County Resource Initiative 2010-02-05T09:21:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14975 Mining claims, hardrock mining, public lands, Environmental Working Group, Western Mining Action Project, Roger Flynn, National Mining Association, Luke Popovich No publisher Jodi Peterson BLM The Wilderness Society BLM Action Center Bureau of Land Management public lands oil and gas drilling grazing logging mining Bill Beagle 2010-02-05T09:21:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/270/14638 The upcoming 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act is being celebrated with "Wilderness Hero" award nominations, sponsored by a range of conservation groups No publisher Jodi Peterson Advocacy Groups Wilderness Legislation Wilderness Act wilderness hero award Campaign for America’s Wilderness Sierra Club The Wilderness Society wilderness preservation 2010-02-05T09:56:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16265 Despite the promises of the Healthy Forests Act, the Bush administration has proposed sweeping cuts to community fire programs in the West No publisher Sarah Gilman Politics Budget Fire George W. Bush Healthy Forests Act fire prevention forest fires firefighters wildfires The Wilderness Society Tom Fry Forest Service national forests wildland-urban interface federal budget thinning Western forests State Fire Assistance Prog 2011-11-10T23:40:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15722 Assistant Interior Secretary Rebecca Watson blames environmental protests for hobbling gas drilling in the Rocky Mountains, but much of the delay comes from problems with the industry’s applications No publisher Patrick Farrell Oil And Gas Oil and gas industry drilling permits Rebecca Watson BLM Interior Department The Wilderness Society energy companies drilling protests Peter Morton 2012-03-30T22:32:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15513 Forest Service insiders say President Bush’s Council on Environmental Quality has added new corporate-style rules to the agency’s forest-planning program No publisher Greg Hanscom National Forest Service Forest Service Dale Bosworth Mike Dombeck forest management plans Bush administration Bush environmental policy James Connaughton President’s Council on Environmental Quality The Wilderness Society Mike Anderson Margaret Hartzell Environmental 2012-03-30T22:32:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/336/16727 Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., does an about-face and moves to protect New Mexico’s Valle Vidal from oil and gas drilling No publisher April Reese Matt Letourneau Lands Congress Oil and Gas Senate Energy The Wilderness Society Coalition for the Valle Sangre de Albuquerque City Council Valle Vidal Vida Pete Domenici Valle Vidal Protection Act Cristo Mountains Martin Heinrich Dave Alberswerth New Mexico wilderness Public 2010-09-09T20:21:46Z News Article