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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/killing-for-conservation-in-national-parks">        <title>Killing for conservation in national parks</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/killing-for-conservation-in-national-parks</link>        <description>Getting weeds out of the national parks is an endless war that can never be won, but many Park Service employees are willing - and happy - warriors. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Amy Whitcomb</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>park rangers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>marijuana</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Park Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Amy Whitcomb</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sequoia National Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kings Canyon National Park</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-19T20:31:51Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/it-may-be-high-noon-for-tumbleweed">        <title>It may be High Noon for tumbleweed</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/it-may-be-high-noon-for-tumbleweed</link>        <description>The tumbleweed may seem like a Western icon, but actually it's an invasive nuisance that scientists are struggling to control.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Emilene Ostlind</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Tumbleweed</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>exotic plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western culture</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Russian thistle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bio-control</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-05-18T17:08:13Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/todays-garden-plants-can-be-tomorrows-invasives">        <title>Today's garden plants can be tomorrow's invasives</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/todays-garden-plants-can-be-tomorrows-invasives</link>        <description>Some popular ornamental garden plants have become invasive, particularly in California.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ilsa Setziol</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>exotic plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Invasive garden plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>arundo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ornamental plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>fountain grass</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>English ivy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-04-27T14:34:31Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/as-seas-rise-cities-retreat">        <title>As seas rise, cities retreat</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/as-seas-rise-cities-retreat</link>        <description>Climate change is threatening West Coast cities. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Nathan Rice</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>exotic plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Invasive garden plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>arundo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ornamental plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>fountain grass</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>English ivy</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-10T18:42:46Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Infographic</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17736">        <title>My love affair with dandelions</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17736</link>        <description>Jeannie Pomeroy’s lifelong love affair with
dandelions blooms anew with every spring.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jeannie Pomeroy</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Jeannie Pomeroy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>gardening</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>spring</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>small town living</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>dandelions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>flowers</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:47:21Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17218">        <title>Why bad people do good things for our public
lands</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17218</link>        <description>Rob Pudim is a basically selfish guy who also works very
hard as a volunteer on the public lands.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Rob Pudim</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Rob Pudim</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>volunteerism</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public lands</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ecosystem
restoration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mediterranean sage</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:44:21Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17137">        <title>A dustup over weed control</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17137</link>        <description>The BLM’s plans to spray nearly a million acres with
herbicides have some environmentalists fuming, but biologists and
land managers welcome the policy.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>herbicides</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:47Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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America</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15767</link>        <description>John Leland’s book, Aliens in the
Backyard, discusses both the dangers and the benefits
arising from the vast number of exotic species in North America
– including human beings</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Other Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Agriculture</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Exotic</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Exotic species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>botany</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>biology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>animals</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Asian tiger mosquitoes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>eucalyptus trees</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Japanese cherry trees</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>honeybees</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>carrots</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>imported plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>imported animals</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>introduced
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                    <dc:subject>ecology</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:26:11Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14756">        <title>Laboring for the environment</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14756</link>        <description>The challenge of restoring one overgrazed, weed-choked
pasture is a good example of the kind of work that needs to be done
in the West, to the benefit of both workers and the
environment</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Paul Larmer</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Advocacy Groups</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Environmental</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Socio-Economics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Paonia</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>overgrazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ecological restoration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>labor unions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental issues</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>restoration work</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>New
Deal</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:57:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/260/14321">        <title>Heard Around the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/260/14321</link>        <description>Desert residents vs. desert sand; really overdue library
books; Ken Lay’s Aspen real estate woes; sage grouse vs. jets
in Wyoming; "emergency phone" calls in North Dakota; gardener named
Gardener vs. Laramie, Wyo.; and Oregon driver vs. bee</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Betsy Marston</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Humor</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western odd news</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sun City</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Palm
Desert</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Coachella Valley Preserve</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>overdue library books</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Lay</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Aspen real estate</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sage grouse</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jackson Hole Airport</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gov. John
Hoeven</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Laramie</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pete Gardiner</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John
Nunes</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T10:14:03Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/346/17018">        <title>Tipping the scales towards native species</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/346/17018</link>        <description>In Unnatural Landscapes, Ceiridwin Terrill travels to four
arid sites to show how scientists fight to protect indigenous
organisms from invasive species</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Aaron Gilbreath</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>feral pig</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Unnatural Landscapes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Phil</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>biologists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pister</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>exotic species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Owens pupfish</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Louisiana crawfish</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Concordia University</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>thistle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Invasive species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Russian</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>scientists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>iceplant</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ceiridwin Terrill</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-08-06T20:59:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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