High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 4. Norton eases road claims http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16238 Outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton has opened the door for counties and states to claim control of roads crossing federal lands No publisher Matt Jenkins RS 2477 Gale Norton Interior Department public lands county roads 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Kristen Brengel Wilderness Society Paul Sunderland San Juan County Colorado county rights movement road maintenance road building 2011-11-07T18:51:31Z News Article Cows versus condos -- Northwest style http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15511 Some say that Washington’s Forests and Fish rules could be so hard on small timber farms that the owners are likely to sell out to development, to the detriment of salmon and other wildlife No publisher Lissa James Fish Salmon Logging Forests and Fish plan Endangered Species Act salmon logging national forests road building Washington Forest Protection Association Washington Forest Law Center Peter Goldman NOAA Fisheries habitat conservation plans steam buffers Washington s 2012-03-30T21:49:54Z News Article In the Washington woods, managers face a catch-22 http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15510 The Forests and Fish plan was supposed to help both salmon and the timber industry in Washington State, but clauses in the agreement may tilt it against wildlife No publisher Lissa James Fish Salmon Logging Forests and Fish plan Endangered Species Act salmon logging national forests road building Washington Forest Protection Association Washington Forest Law Center Peter Goldman NOAA Fisheries habitat conservation plans steam buffers Washington s 2012-03-30T21:46:12Z News Article Confessions of a Methane Floozy http://www.hcn.org/issues/337/16753 An environmentalist who owns royalty interest in New Mexico oil and gas wells heads down to the San Juan Basin to talk to rancher Tweeti Blancett, driller Tom Dugan and others about the moral complexities inherent in Americans’ energy use No publisher Hannah Nordhaus El Paso pipeline Gas Company well pads Oil and Gas San Juan Basin ozone levels Hannah Nordhaus gas field royalties oil and gas drilling tight sand formations environmental dam New Mexico Coalbed Methane road building coalbed methane pollution El Paso Natural groundwater 2010-09-01T23:25:57Z News Article