http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/conservative-farmers-agree-to-tax-those-who-deplete-groundwater Amid drought and climate change in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, farmers vote for a new approach to rein in their overpumping of groundwater. No publisher Cally Carswell irrigation farm climate change San Luis Valley taxes aquifer groundwater drought agriculture 2013-04-23T16:32:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/drought-forces-a-new-era-of-agricultural-water-conservation Whether converting open ditches into pipelines or fallowing fields, farmers and ranchers in the West are being forced to change the ways they use water as climate-induced drought tightens its grip. No publisher Paul Larmer irrigation San Luis Valley agriculture groundwater 2013-02-19T15:16:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.11/three-days-in-the-four-corners A loop around the Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet, leads into a land of both historical and geological friction. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Road trips Aztec Ruins Durango Native Americans Navajo Nation Hovenweep Four Corners Southwestern Hispanic culture agriculture Archaeology De-Na-Zin/Bisti Wilderness Area 2012-07-06T17:53:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.7/balancing-fish-and-farms-on-a-washington-estuary A restoration effort at Fisher Slough in Washington's Skagit River Delta has encouraged cooperation between farmers and environmentalists - and might even help endangered chinook salmon. No publisher Eric Wagner salmon fry irrigation smoltification Fisher Slough estuary ecology collaborative groups Skagit River Delta endangered fish Salish fishermen Skagit River Systems Cooperative smolts Skagit Chinook Recovery Plan chinook salmon agriculture Skagit Valley farmers 2012-05-09T14:34:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/residents-of-montanas-high-plains-are-angry-but-not-at-the-real-threats Though climate change and the economy are the issues threatening their livelihoods, many of the High Plains people are angry at almost everything else. No publisher Joe Wilkins Tea Party farmers High Plains climate change 1980s farm crisis right wing politics global warming rural life Joe Wilkins water supply political anger drought eastern Montana agriculture invasive plants Republicans 2012-02-03T14:16:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/detente-in-the-rancher-v.-environmentalist-grazing-wars Buying out grazing permits from willing ranchers could help solve conflicts over grazing on public lands. No publisher Jodi Peterson Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility rural economy ranchers John Barrasso National Environmental Policy Act public lands grazing Forest Service Brian Ertz Bureau of Land Management Grazing allotments buying out grazing permits Bush environmental policy Public Lands Council John Horning WildEarth Guardians cattle grazing sheep grazing livestock grazing Grazing Improvement Act federal lands management grazing lawsuits Western Watersheds Project Obama environmental policy agriculture legislative gridlock grazing laws rural communities Endangered Species Act Omnibus Public Lands Management Act Rep. Adam Smith bighorn sheep sheepherders grazing wars 112th Congress overgrazing Rural Economic Vitalization Act range improvements 2012-01-29T18:08:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/how-can-woofers-stay-on-the-farm Young people are eager to serve as unpaid interns on organic farms, but translating their dreams into a real, self-supporting lifestyle is proving harder. No publisher Dev Carey wwoof.org farmers rural life organic farms Farm interns sustainable lifestyles sustainability straw-bale building education agriculture 2011-10-14T15:37:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/mixing-oil-and-water-in-california Farmers and the oil industry clash over water in Kern County, Calif. No publisher Brian Pollack, This American Land water Kern County produced water agriculture oil 2010-12-06T20:25:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.19/return-of-the-pod-man Arizona farmer Mark Moody raises mesquite trees for food and furniture. No publisher Ariana Brocious mesquite flour mesquite farms Tohono O'odham traditional Sonoran desert foods agriculture Mark Moody 2010-02-05T08:55:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.14/affirmative-actions-1 Three recent Obama nominations draw flak from environmentalists. No publisher Ray Ring Ignacia Moreno Homer Lee Wilkes Justice Department Obama administration Elouise Cobell global warming Interior department Hilary Tompkins Forest Service agriculture 2010-02-05T09:27:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.14/from-corn-to-cabernet A burgeoning wine industry could provide a welcome economic boost to Colorado's Western Slope. No publisher Christie Aschwanden Talbott Farms Stone Cottage Cellars Colorado wine industry Terror Creek Winery wineries grapes Western Slope family farms agriculture 2010-02-05T09:19:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.14/how-yuppies-killed-and-saved-the-family-farm Western Colorado is seeing an unexpected agricultural revival, thanks in part to affluent outsiders creating a market for local food and wine. No publisher Jonathan Thompson organic farming family farms agriculture wineries 2012-08-03T17:20:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.14/chilling-forecast Warming temperatures may put an end to the stone fruit and nut harvest in California's Central Valley. No publisher Ariana Brocious stone fruits nut harvest agriculture Central Valley crops global warming 2010-02-05T08:50:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/coming-home-to-roost When Paulina turns out to be Paul, the killing cone can set things right. No publisher Jodi Peterson food agriculture chickens locavore slaughter 2010-02-05T08:50:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/semi-wild-in-the-new-west Semi-wild rural landscapes, where humans mingle with wildlife, are a richer source of biodiversity than many Westerners realize. No publisher Paul Larmer birdwatchers biodiversity habitat raptors irrigation bird counts agriculture Gunnison sage grouse 2010-02-05T08:37:55Z News Article