http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 7. 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/issues/43.5/rural-oregon-timber-county-seeks-economic-revival-through-renewables Rural Lake County, Ore., has gone from a timber economy to one based on producing - and exporting - renewable energy. No publisher Lee van der Voo renewable energy Lake County Resources Initiative biomass small towns geothermal wind power rural communities solar power 2011-03-28T15:04:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15715 The military’s plan to close Cannon Air Force Base is being fought by nearby Clovis, N.M., a community that, like many in the West, has become spectacularly dependent on a single industry No publisher Paul Larmer Military; Military Bases And Other Lands Communities in Transition Paonia Colorado Clovis New Mexico Cannon AFB socio-economics rural communities small towns economies industry coal mining economic dependence Western towns U.S. military base closures 2010-02-05T09:25:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16963 Now that logging no longer provides enough money to support Oregon’s libraries, Pepper Trail says it’s up to citizens to decide to keep their state’s bookshelves filled and accessible. No publisher Pepper Trail public lands education Self-Determination tax base quality of life public libraries Logging communities Oregon socio-economics Communities Socio-economics books Forest Service taxes rural communities Bureau of Land Management logging communities Secure Rural Schools and Community budgets 2010-02-05T09:43:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/345/16966 Tiny Vilas, Colo., thought it was a great idea to open an online school and enroll at-risk students from far-away Denver – but neither the students nor the school district ended up scoring well at report card time No publisher Samuel Western Hope Online Academy Colorado Idaho student enrollment students online teaching Baca at-risk County schools Idaho Distance Education Academy poverty Springfield rural communities Deary Communities Bill Gates education Vilas RE-5 school district 2010-08-06T21:26:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16689 Today’s rural West with its monster homes and Hummers sorely needs a group like PAOBHA, People Against Ostentatious and Boorish Housing No publisher Laura Pritchett rich people humor rural communities Hummers social equity real estate second homes Al Laura Pritchett Gore monster homes luxury homes Socio-Economics housing 2010-09-14T22:35:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15608 A writer takes a 1,600-mile Greyhound bus ride from Salt Lake City into Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, and listens to the stories of the Westerners he meets No publisher Tim Westby Western Culture Greyhound bus bus travel road trips Western U.S.A. bus routes rural communities transportation bus terminals bus service small towns human encounters 2011-05-16T23:05:30Z News Article