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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/the-gray-area-a-conversation-with-artist-renee-couture">        <title>The gray area: a conversation with artist Renee Couture</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/the-gray-area-a-conversation-with-artist-renee-couture</link>        <description>An Oregon artist reinterprets the region's timber wars. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sierra Crane-Murdoch</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Renee Couture</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>artist</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Where do we go from here?</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forestry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>art</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Roseburg</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-05-10T15:32:50Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country">        <title>Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country</link>        <description>Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thrive in the Northwest?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Nathan Rice</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>spotted owl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Glendale</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Roseburg</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Northwest Forest Plan</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>timber</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-05-06T15:22:27Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country/northwest-forest-plan-timeline">        <title>Northwest Forest Plan timeline</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country/northwest-forest-plan-timeline</link>        <description>A brief history of the Northwest Forest Plan</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Nathan Rice</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>spotted owl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Glendale</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Roseburg</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Northwest Forest Plan</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>timber</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-26T22:13:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.20/a-washington-tribe-and-a-timber-company-wrestle-over-a-forests-future">        <title>A Washington tribe and a timber company wrestle over a forest's future </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.20/a-washington-tribe-and-a-timber-company-wrestle-over-a-forests-future</link>        <description>The Port Gamble S'Klallam are protecting their treaty rights to fish and shellfish in Port Gamble Bay, using laws to limit development, much to the frustration of timber company-turned-developer Pope Resources.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Joshua Zaffos</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Port Gamble</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Port Gamble S’Klallam</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Treaty rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Salmon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Fisheries</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Private timber land</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pope Resources</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>The Boldt Decision</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>timber</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-12-13T16:52:38Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.20/tilting-the-balance-of-power">        <title>Tilting the balance of power</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.20/tilting-the-balance-of-power</link>        <description>Tribal efforts to hold on to heritage and right past wrongs continue in Port Gamble, Washington. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sarah Gilman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Salmon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Port Gamble S’Klallam</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pope Resources</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Port Gamble</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Fisheries</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Private timber land</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Treaty rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>The Boldt Decision</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>timber</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-11-21T21:02:39Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/face-it-all-forests-are-sluts">        <title>Face it: All forests are "sluts"</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/face-it-all-forests-are-sluts</link>        <description>If an allegedly untouched piece of woodland is "virgin forest," what does that make a forest that’s been logged or burnt or otherwise used by humans over the years?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sharon Friedman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>botany</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>lodgepole pine</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sexist language</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>virgin forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forestry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>national forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>timber industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forest fires</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>clear-cuts</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>human use of forests</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-13T14:40:16Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.10/states-work-conservation-into-trust-lands-management">        <title>States work conservation into trust lands management </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.10/states-work-conservation-into-trust-lands-management</link>        <description>Urban sprawl helps spur new efforts at compromise in managing state trust lands.
</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Nathan Rice</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Washington Department of Natural Resources</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western state trust lands</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Blanchard Mountain</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>outdoor recreation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Community Forest Trust</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>timber industry</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-06-22T14:24:28Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forest protection</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jon Tester</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Beaverhead-Deerlodge Partnership</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/sen-testers-montana-bill-is-a-true-collaborative">        <title>PRO: Sen. Tester's Montana bill is a true collaborative effort</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/sen-testers-montana-bill-is-a-true-collaborative</link>        <description>Montana's wildlands as well as its people are well served by the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Bruce Farling</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forest protection</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jon Tester</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>consensus</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Beaverhead-Deerlodge Partnership</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2009</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:55:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-sucker-punch-to-the-stomach-when-trees-turn-red">        <title>A sucker punch to the stomach: When trees turn red</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-sucker-punch-to-the-stomach-when-trees-turn-red</link>        <description>Colorado's bark beetle epidemic is unlike anything that has ever happened to the state in its brief history.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Allen Best</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>lodgepole pine</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bark beetles</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:50:58Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.14/a-slow-moving-disaster">        <title>A slow-moving disaster</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.14/a-slow-moving-disaster</link>        <description>As bark beetles ravage Rocky Mountain forests, communities like Granby, Colo., have to adjust to a radically different landscape. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Hillary Rosner</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>lodgepole pines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bark beetles</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-06-15T23:06:39Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.12/taking-control-of-the-machine">        <title>Taking control of the machine</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.12/taking-control-of-the-machine</link>        <description>Loggers and environmental activists are determined to restore Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, with or without the help of the Forest Service.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring </dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>collaboration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>timber</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:31:54Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.10/forestry-from-the-inside">        <title>Forestry from the inside  </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.10/forestry-from-the-inside</link>        <description>The newspaper columns collected in Mary Stuever’s The Forester’s Log give an insider’s view of the challenges facing Western forests today.  </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Irene Wanner</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>The Forester's Log</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forest management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mary Stuever</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forest fires</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:04:32Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17297">        <title>The BLM plays with fire in Oregon</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17297</link>        <description>Pepper Trail says the BLM’s preferred alternative
for an Oregon forest will only increase the risk of
wildfire.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pepper Trail</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Pepper Trail</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregon forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildfire</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:47:32Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17052">        <title>Epiphanies on the range</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17052</link>        <description>As teacher Phil Brick travels the West with 21 of his
students, he encourages them to ask difficult questions about
environmental issues.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Phil Brick</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Whitman College</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental issues</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>education</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public
lands</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>salmon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>logging</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:43:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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