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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.14/saving-threatened-utah-prairie-dogs-on-private-property">        <title>Saving threatened Utah prairie dogs -- on private property </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.14/saving-threatened-utah-prairie-dogs-on-private-property</link>        <description>Can a new approach to conservation help landowners and endangered species coexist?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Nathan Rice</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wildlife habitat</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Exchange Program</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Conservation banking</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Growth and development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Utah prairie dogs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Prairie dog relocation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Conservation incentives</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Threatened wildlife</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-08-29T15:37:27Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <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/issues/43.22/protecting-wildlife-corridors-remains-more-theory-than-practice">        <title>Protecting wildlife corridors remains more theory than practice</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.22/protecting-wildlife-corridors-remains-more-theory-than-practice</link>        <description>There's a growing understanding of the scientific importance of wildlife migration corridors, but protecting them is a huge political challenge.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Mary Ellen Hannibal</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wildlands Network</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>mule deer</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>seasonal migration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife habitat</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming Fish and Game</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grizzly bears</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pinedale Anticline</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>elk</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bureau of Land Management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Southern Great Plans Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>landscape connectivity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wildlife Conservation Society</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jonah Field</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rush Holt</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming pronghorn</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yellowstone to Yukon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>private land migration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>private property owners</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>habitat mapping</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>oil and gas drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>migratory birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mark Gocke</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Washington Connected Landscapes Project</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>megalinkages of habitat</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>private land conservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western Governors’ Association</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>conservation easements</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>habitat connectivity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife biology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Landscape Conservation Cooperatives</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife migration corridors</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>energy development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Path of the Pronghorn</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bison</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kenyon Fields</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>animal migration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife overpass</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Center for Large Landscape Connectivity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rob Ament</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-12-30T18:02:52Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>Doug Zimmer</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Chris Servheen</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yellowstone grizzlies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Natural Resources Defense Council</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Grizzly Wars</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bill Gaines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hair snag stations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Scott Fitkin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Grizzly Bear Outreach Project</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Louisa Willcox</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Cascade Range grizzly bears</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Aja Woodrow</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service biologists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife biologists</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-23T16:22:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.15/flights-of-fancy-cities-work-to-improve-habitat-for-migrating-birds">        <title>Flight risks: Cities reduce hazards for migrating birds</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.15/flights-of-fancy-cities-work-to-improve-habitat-for-migrating-birds</link>        <description>Four Western cities receive grants to improve habitat for the millions of migratory birds that pass through urban areas every year.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Marian Lyman Kirst</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>bird deaths</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Migratory bird routes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>domestic cats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Urban Bird Treaty Program</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bird habitat</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-09-14T17:38:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Infographic</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/settlements-prompt-federal-decisions-on-hundreds-of-endangered-species">        <title>Settlements prompt federal decisions on hundreds of endangered species</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/settlements-prompt-federal-decisions-on-hundreds-of-endangered-species</link>        <description>In a settlement with environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to make listing decisions about more than 250 imperiled candidate species.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Marian Lyman Kirst</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>endangered species candidate list</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Threatened and endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Christ's paintbrush</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sonoran Desert tortoise</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western yellow-bellied cuckoo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>WildEarth Guardians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>North American wolverine</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-08-15T19:35:01Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Infographic</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/bullies-get-their-way-in-new-mexicos-wolf-recovery-program">        <title>Bullies get their way in New Mexico's wolf recovery program</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/bullies-get-their-way-in-new-mexicos-wolf-recovery-program</link>        <description>The state backs out of work to help restore wolves to the Southwest after a new governor appoints anti-wolf advocates to the its Game and Fish Commission.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Laura Paskus</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>New Mexico Game and Fish Commission</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Susana Martinez</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mexican wolves</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-06-30T17:00:15Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.1/the-latest-northern-spotted-owl">        <title>The latest: Northern spotted owl</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.1/the-latest-northern-spotted-owl</link>        <description>According to scientific reviewers, Obama's new draft for managing the northern spotted owl is better than Bush's plan but still flawed.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jodi Peterson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>old-growth forest</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Northern spotted owl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush environmental policy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-01-19T20:00:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/real-hunters-get-the-lead-out">        <title>Real hunters get the lead out</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/real-hunters-get-the-lead-out</link>        <description>Lead bullets are harmful to hunters as well as to the environment.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Paul W. Hansen</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>big game</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>lead bullets</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>neurotoxins</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hunters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental Protection Agency</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>copper bullets</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>lead poisoning</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-01-14T15:56:01Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/ocelots-in-arizona">        <title>Ocelots in Arizona?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/ocelots-in-arizona</link>        <description>The first confirmed ocelot sighting in Arizona in 50 years spurs an update of a federal recovery plan.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Richard Mahler</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Ocelots</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Macho B</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>jaguars</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sergio Avila</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizona Game and Fish</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sky Island Alliance</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-12-17T20:09:08Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.10/one-tough-sucker">        <title>One Tough Sucker</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.10/one-tough-sucker</link>        <description>Human beings are the greatest threat -- and the only hope -- for the Colorado River's razorback sucker. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Hillary Rosner</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Paul Marsh</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tom Burke</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado River Basin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Abraham Karam</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>razorback sucker</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-07-07T22:04:01Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/a-poachers-menagerie">        <title>A poacher's menagerie</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/a-poachers-menagerie</link>        <description>Some of the more dramatic recent arrests involving wildlife trafficking in the Western U.S. are briefly described.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Craig Welch</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>rare insects</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife trafficking</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>smuggling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rare plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>law enforcement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-04-07T19:23:40Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/nature-for-profit">        <title>Nature-for-profit</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/nature-for-profit</link>        <description>As the economy has globalized, illegal trafficking of wildlife has gotten worse in the West. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sarah Gilman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wildlife trafficking</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Craig Welch</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Black market</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered species</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-05-17T22:17:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.4/new-world-order">        <title>The bald eagle paradox</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.4/new-world-order</link>        <description>What happens when the recovery of an endangered species threatens the survival of other species?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Isabelle Groc</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>bald eagle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>common murre</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>salmon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Steller sea lions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>raptors</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-03-05T19:49:35Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17097">        <title>When is a barred owl a red herring?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17097</link>        <description>Pepper Trail says shooting barred owls is not going to
help the northern spotted owl.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pepper Trail</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Northern spotted owl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>barred owls</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>old-growth forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife
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