High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Let's hear it for a bipartisan-minded Republican http://www.hcn.org/wotr/lets-hear-it-for-a-bipartisan-minded-republican Ronald Reagan conserved the environment while also being a Republican. No publisher Jim DiPeso RINO conservation Ronald Reagan 2013-01-02T16:17:32Z News Article On the prowl with Oregon's pygmy owls http://www.hcn.org/articles/on-the-prowl-with-oregons-pygmy-owls Biologist John Deshler knows more about pygmy owls than just about anyone. Writer Nick Neely spent a fascinating day with Deshler tracking, capturing and measuring the owls in Portland's Forest Park. No publisher Nick Neely John Deshler pygmy owls conservation sensitive species Forest Park Conservancy Portland's Forest Park 2012-07-16T17:21:31Z News Article Power of the picture http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.13/power-of-the-picture High Country News photographer Morgan Heim joins the International League of Conservation Photographers to document the gasfields and the wildlands around Pinedale, Wyo. No publisher Jonathan Thompson photography conservation oil and gas drilling 2010-02-05T08:40:13Z News Article Red Mountain miracle http://www.hcn.org/articles/17224 In southern Colorado, conservation groups find a way to save 9,000 high-altitude acres from second-home development. No publisher Morgan Heim and Jonathan Thompson Access And Inholding mining development mining claims second homes conservation Trust for Public Land 2010-02-05T09:40:03Z News Article 'Miss Fish Hatchery' http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16359 Wildlife conservation biologist Jenn Logan has a soft spot for the less-glamorous endangered species like razorback suckers and boreal toads No publisher Scott Gates Threatened and Endangered Jenn Logan wildlife biologists conservation endangered species boreal toad razorback sucker roundtail chub redbelly dace endangered fish rare fish threatened species frogs minnows Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility Alamosa Colorado 2010-02-05T09:34:05Z News Article California, here we come http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16263 California has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation No publisher Paul Larmer Energy Coal Communities in Transition California Rocky Mountains changing communities demographics Californication water use water supply clean energy coal-fired power plants conservation environmental movement pollution air quality Ray Ring Magic Valley Idaho Denver Salt Lak 2010-02-05T09:33:38Z News Article Got Sun? Go Solar http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16161 In Got Sun? Go Solar, writers Rex A. Ewing and Doug Pratt explain how to carry out home renewable energy projects No publisher Staff Renewable Got Sun? Go Solar Rex A. Ewing Doug Pratt PixyJack Press renewable energy conservation energy efficiency do-it-yourself projects photovoltaic systems solar energy 2010-02-05T08:57:14Z News Article The difficulties of cohabitation http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16109 Despite its problems and failures – many of them arising from the conflict between the United States’ growing population and our declining wildlife habitat – the Endangered Species Act is a necessary law No publisher Paul Larmer Communities Communities in Transition Threatened and Endangered Endangered Species Act Richard M. Nixon Congress wildlife Richard Pombo population growth Arizona population Nevada population demographics Tony Davis ecosystems ecology animals plants critical habitat conservation environmental laws 2010-02-05T08:56:55Z News Article A long walk into hope http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15890 Bill McKibben’s new book, Wandering Home, is a hopeful account of a leisurely hike across northeastern America, as relevant to the West as it is to the East No publisher George Sibley Recreation Camping And Hiking Human Beings And Nature Bill McKibben The End of Nature global warming hiking camping backcountry travel personal history memoirs nature Wendell Berry Ed Abbey wilderness wild landscapes natural history environmental movement conservation 2010-02-05T08:31:32Z News Article Wyoming's unsung wilderness heroes http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15630 In Ahead of Their Time, editors Broughton Coburn and Leila Bruno collect the stories of the heroes and heroines of the Wyoming wilderness movement No publisher Karen Mockler Wilderness areas Wyoming wilderness anthologies Broughton Coburn Leila Bruno Todd Wilkinson Chris Madsen Tom Bell High Country News environmental movement conservation activists 2010-02-05T09:25:32Z News Article The World's Water 2004-2005: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15455 The World’s Water 2004-2005, edited by Peter Gleick, is the fourth installment of an annual report that covers water issues that span the globe No publisher Staff Peter Gleick freshwater water supply drinking water water development Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Security climate change farming conservation sustainability 2010-02-05T09:24:25Z News Article Looking outside the box http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15154 In this issue, High Country News ventures outside its usual box to look at 10 serious issues facing the West in the next four years No publisher Paul Larmer George W. Bush High Country News federal government environmental issues conservation social activists media sprawl population growth immigration 2010-02-05T09:22:08Z News Article Think global (warming,) act local http://www.hcn.org/issues/286/15118 The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, a new Colorado nonprofit, is taking a local approach to the global problem of climate change No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Climate Change Rocky Mountain Climate Organization climate change global warming Stephen Saunders science energy conservation carbon dioxide emissions Science 2010-02-05T09:21:57Z News Article The Sierra gets 'a pocket' for conservation funding http://www.hcn.org/issues/286/15107 California creates the Sierra Nevada Conservancy in order to funnel state money toward buying and protecting land in the region No publisher Lissa James Land Use And Planning Sierra Nevada Conservancy California conservancies Sierra Fund Arnold Schwarzenegger Tim Leslie John Laird Tahoe Regional Planning Agency California Resources Agency Michael Fischer land preservation conservation open space 2010-02-05T09:21:53Z News Article Hunting: It’s not about the gun http://www.hcn.org/issues/284/15062 In the presidential election this fall, sportsmen are likely to be split between those who vote for wildlife, and those who vote for the gun No publisher Tom Reed Politics Hunting/Trapping hunting wildlife guns environmental issues conservation Bush environmental policy National Rifle Association Powder River Basin Pikes Peak Republicans Democrats sportsmen Bill Clinton George W. Bush 2010-02-05T09:21:34Z News Article