High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 8. Is wildfire always a question of when? http://www.hcn.org/wotr/is-wildfire-always-a-question-of-when An innkeeper remembers the fires that roared through her beloved Chiricahua Mountains. No publisher Susan Nunn wildfires forest fires forest health Horseshow Two Fire Chiricahua Mountains drought 2011-07-21T15:21:13Z News Article Rural California schoolkids learn from fire-damaged forest http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/California-schoolkids-learn-from-fire-damaged-forest A rural California school builds an innovative curriculum around a nearby forest and the fire that burned it down in 2007. No publisher Jane Braxton Little Greenville High School wildfires ecology Plumas National Forest forest health Sidney Deschenes Moonlight Fire education 2011-02-16T15:33:00Z News Article Fast Times at California's Petroleum High http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/fast-times-at-californias-petroleum-high A day in the life of the U.S.'s first high school academy devoted to oil production. No publisher Jeremy Miller Greenville High School wildfires ecology Plumas National Forest forest health Sidney Deschenes Moonlight Fire education 2011-02-14T15:52:49Z News Article Not quite so SAD http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.20/not-quite-so-sad Sudden aspen decline appears to be slowing in Colorado, but the trees' glory days may be past. No publisher Cally Carswell climate change drought forest health Sudden Aspen Decline aspens 2010-11-17T20:05:18Z News Article Two Weeks in the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16448 Dying aspens; healthier Gila trout; salmon blamed for electric bills; greens and motorheads reach wilderness entente; last big anti-Grand Staircase lawsuit tossed out; Southern Nevada Water Authority buys Warm Springs Ranch; Data: Water can soak you; and No publisher Staff News Briefs Aspen die-off Western forests forest health trees Phil Kemp Dolores Ranger District Gila trout U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stream restoration New Mexico Council of Trout Unlimited endangered fish threatened fish recreational fishing Cathy 2011-11-21T23:26:19Z News Article The wisdom of the ground troops http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15502 If the folks who run the Forest Service listened to the wisdom of their people on the ground, disasters like the Biscuit Fire logging project would be less likely to occur No publisher Paul Larmer National Forest Service Salvage logging Biscuit fire Mark Rey forest management fire planning forest health forest fires national forests Forest Service Bush administration Bush environmental policy 2012-03-30T19:05:10Z News Article Energy workers, union members protest drilling http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16386 In Wyoming, oil and gas workers and the Wyoming AFL-CIO have joined environmentalists, ranchers and homeowners in protesting the sale of energy leases in the Wyoming Range of Bridger-Teton National Forest No publisher Allison Gerfin protests Oil and Gas Wyoming Trout Unlimited mule deer Jeff Boula Wyoming AFL-CIO elk hunting Tom Reed moose BLM forest health energy leases Oil and gas grizzly Range outdoor recreation Bridger-Teton National Forest drilling leases fishermen wolves 2010-10-18T22:26:57Z News Article Of salvage logging and salvation http://www.hcn.org/issues/337/16765 If we truly want to "salvage" our forests – and the rest of our environment – we need to think beyond salvage logging, and acknowledge that the value of dead trees cannot be measured in board-feet alone No publisher Pepper Trail Government Accounting Office thinning Logging log wildlife habitat microhabitats tree-cutting insect infestation fires growth forest Biscuit Fire forest health damaged trees forest snags old burned Salvage logging hazard-tree removal timber 2010-09-02T22:41:45Z News Article