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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/does-taking-our-kids-into-the-wild-make-us-dangerous-parents">        <title>Does taking our kids into the wild make us dangerous parents?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/does-taking-our-kids-into-the-wild-make-us-dangerous-parents</link>        <description>The author contends there are more dangers at home.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Alan Kesselheim</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>river safety</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Alan Kesselheim</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>child safety</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Let Them Paddle: Coming of Age on the Water.</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-09-14T18:35:08Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/taking-my-chances-in-grizzly-country">        <title>Taking my chances in grizzly country</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/taking-my-chances-in-grizzly-country</link>        <description>Meeting wilderness on its own terms, without bear spray</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Charles Finn</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>travel in grizzly country</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grizzly country</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bear mauling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness safety</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bear spray</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-09-06T14:53:58Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.2/a-young-wolf-wanders-the-west">        <title>A young wolf wanders the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.2/a-young-wolf-wanders-the-west</link>        <description>OR-7, a young Oregon wolf, has logged some 1,000 miles in his journey through the West, becoming the first wild wolf seen in California since 1924.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tim Lydon</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>OR-7</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western culture and history</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wallowa Mountains</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Great Basin</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Imnaha Pack</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>West Cascades</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>animal migration</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-10T15:14:07Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/the-man-beneath-the-hat-ken-salazars-search-for-middle-ground">        <title>The man beneath the hat: Ken Salazar's search for middle ground</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/the-man-beneath-the-hat-ken-salazars-search-for-middle-ground</link>        <description>Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, a twelfth-generation Latino-American, works politely and quietly but stubbornly to protect the West’s environment in polarized times.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Kate Sheppard</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>political careers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Salazar family history</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John McCain</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Senator Ken Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Republicans, Democrats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama Interior Department</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>renewable energy on public lands</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Department of Natural Resources</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama administration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Interior Department</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>politicians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public-private land conservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Congress</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Blackfoot Challenge</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gov. Roy Romer</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Representative John Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>BLM wild lands protection</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>conservation easement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gulf Coast oil spill</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Grand Canyon uranium mining moratorium</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Agriculture commissioner</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-12-12T15:30:31Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/the-mirage-of-pristine-wilderness">        <title>The mirage of pristine wilderness</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/the-mirage-of-pristine-wilderness</link>        <description>The old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest may not be that old after all - but that doesn't mean they're not big and beautiful.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Emma Marris</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>paleoecology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Douglas fir</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Schmitz Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rainforest</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Old growth</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pacific Northwest forests</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-07T15:02:18Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/out-stealing-rocks-from-special-places">        <title>Out stealing rocks from special places</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/out-stealing-rocks-from-special-places</link>        <description>The author leaves no trace -- but sometimes leaves with a trace of local geology in his pocket.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Brendan Leonard</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>changing West</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>geology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hikers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western landscapes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rock collecting</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>geological souvenirs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>uncles and nieces</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Brendan Leonard</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-04T17:07:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wilderness-and-military-use-can-coexist">        <title>Wilderness and military use can coexist</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wilderness-and-military-use-can-coexist</link>        <description>The U.S. Army has no reason to oppose the proposed Red Table Mountain wilderness in Colorado, because its helicopter training flights could easily be grandfathered in.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Connie Harvey</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>National Wilderness Preservation System</dc:subject>        
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                    <dc:subject>U.S. Army  helicopter training flights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado congressional delegation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness legislation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Red Table proposed wilderness area</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wilderness Act</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-09-28T22:39:11Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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less like a poetic cartoon and more like a gritty crime novel by someone like
Elmore Leonard.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Dennis Hinkamp</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Congress</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>anglers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public lands access</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hikers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>motorized recreation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>oil and gas industry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>mountain bikers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wilderness and Roadless Release Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunters</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-09-27T20:25:14Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/ice-matters">        <title>Ice matters</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/ice-matters</link>        <description>We're not just losing our glaciers; we're unraveling the systems that sustain all life on earth.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tim Lydon</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Hot Times</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Alaskan wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>water supply</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sumdum Glacier</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>glaciers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-10T18:43:42Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-way-the-west-was-can-be-seen-again">        <title>The way the West was can be seen again</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-way-the-west-was-can-be-seen-again</link>        <description>Watching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back to an unspoiled, wild West.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pepper Trail</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>nature writing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sandhill cranes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>birdwatchers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rowe Sanctuary</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yellowstone</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-04-19T17:11:47Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/finding-place">        <title>Finding place</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/finding-place</link>        <description>A wilderness ranger has spent the last 14 years coming to intimately know -- and love -- a remarkable corner of Alaska.
</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tim Lydon</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Alaska Legislature</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>brown bears</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Alaska glaciers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hiking</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>inholding development</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>forest rangers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-03-08T22:40:23Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/war-on-the-west-the-sequel">        <title>War on The West: The sequel</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/war-on-the-west-the-sequel</link>        <description>Life is going get even harder for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as modern-day Sagebrush Rebels try to re-ignite a “War on the West.”</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Paul Larmer</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Clinton environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ken Salazar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bush energy policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Obama environmental policy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Republicans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bruce Babbitt</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Democrats</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>politics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sagebrush Rebellion</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>political rhetoric</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-01-25T21:00:20Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.1/rethinking-national-parks-and-wilderness">        <title>Rethinking national parks and wilderness</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.1/rethinking-national-parks-and-wilderness</link>        <description>William Tweed takes a loving but critical look at the National Park Service in Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Laura A. Watt</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Sierra Nevada</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>John Muir Trail</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>William Tweed</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>preservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Park Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>outdoor recreation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>parks and monuments</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Uncertain Path</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-01-19T19:53:59Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-episode-9">        <title>High Country Views, episode 9</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-episode-9</link>        <description>Ray Ring and Cally Carswell discuss environmental dealmaking. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Cally Carswell</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>public land</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western Watersheds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>oil and gas</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>High Country Views</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Utah</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Nine Mile Canyon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grazing</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>podcast</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bill Barrett Corporation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ruby Pipeline</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-09-16T20:23:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.3/dayoutth.jpg">        <title>A dark and disjointed journey</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.3/dayoutth.jpg</link>        <description>The short stories in Sam Shepard's new collection, Day out of Days, have an unhinged, distinctly Western flavor. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Traci J. Macnamara</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Charles Goodrich</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>noise</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wilderness</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>elk</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>solitude</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>silence</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-08-31T21:55:50Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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