http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 151 to 165. http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.14/going-to-the-gasroots In western Colorado, oil and gas companies mobilize in a publicity blitz to pack a Grand Junction hearing about proposed changes to the state’s natural gas drilling rules. No publisher Sarah Gilman Wildlife Protection Energy Industry Colorado Oil And Gas Conservation Commission Colorado Drilling Rules Colorado Petroleum Association 2011-06-08T01:13:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.14/two-weeks-in-the-west “Drill here, drill now!” on the ground and in Western politics; Northern Rockies wolves protected again – and on the move; Obama backs Second Amendment; gas pains in the West; plutonium spill in Boulder. No publisher Sarah Gilman Oil and Gas Natural gas Gasoline Mark Udall Barack Obama Endangered Species Bob Schaffer Wolves 2010-02-05T09:27:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/372/17743 On public lands throughout the West, hikers, bikers, horseback riders and off-roaders compete for trail space, while beleaguered land-managers struggle to come up with workable forest management plans. No publisher Sarah Gilman road public trails hikers access BLM Forest Service public lands management ORVs National forest management plans 2010-07-22T22:25:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/371/17711 Western communities get their hands dirty, growing food and pushing for local production; growers deal with frosts and costs; bees still in trouble; action on Farm Bill but not on immigration; and California’s Tejon Ranch is more or less preserved. No publisher Sarah Gilman Local food production Tejon Ranch Western orchardists California condors federal Farm Bill bees Western agriculture farming 2010-07-23T23:11:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17690 Wind and solar energy projects ramp up across the West; Conservation Reserve Program ramps down; the West’s volcanic history; potatoes are good for you. No publisher Sarah Gilman Western geology volcanoes electricity energy alternative energy Wind power Mount St. Helens Conservation Reserve Program renewable solar power 2010-07-26T22:22:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/369/17666 Development threatens inholdings in national parks and forests; a few wilderness bills move through Congress; oil and mining booms in the West; W.R. Grace sets up trust for its victims; Homeland Security dodges enviro laws for border barriers; coal power No publisher Sarah Gilman coal power plants border fence wilderness National park inholdings chinook fishing legislation Forest Service Mount Emmons molybdenum 2010-07-26T22:44:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/368/17638 Despite a cold winter, the West is still warming; the Southern Nevada Water Authority has wild ideas about water; renewable energy is on a roll, but expensive Western resorts are not; neglected Forest Service roads make a mess in the Pacific Northwest. No publisher Sarah Gilman Southern Nevada Water logging roads renewable energy real estate slump Authority Global warming in the West Forest Service water shortages wolves 2010-08-02T22:29:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/367/17603 A good time to buy a McMansion – cheap; lawmakers wrangle over development; “eco-terrorism” in suburbia; EPA head honcho in trouble; cleaning up dirty Western air – and a few dirty Western politicians. No publisher Sarah Gilman and Jodi Peterson Earth Liberation Stephen Johnson Western real estate political scandals pollution Front air Housing slump EPA 2010-08-11T22:52:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17586 In The Animal Dialogues, Colorado author Craig Childs writes of chance encounters with wild animals. No publisher Sarah Gilman human-animal wildlife Craig Childs The Animal Dialogues interactions nature camping and hiking predators 2010-10-27T19:59:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17576 Nasty chemicals in the Western air; drilling dust; EPA gets tougher on mercury; wildlife agency reconsiders habitat for Canada lynx and protection for sage grouse and white-tailed prairie dogs; and Grand Canyon gets a man-made flood. No publisher Sarah Gilman mercury Air pollution in national parks Grand Glen Canyon Dam gas drilling Canyon floods endangered species lynx habitat pollution 2010-10-27T19:48:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/362/17454 EPA stymies California’s attempt to cut tailpipe emissions; the West is growing but not sure where its next meal or drink of water will come from; increasing amounts of ammonium – and guns – in the parks; avalanche fatalities are up. No publisher Sarah Gilman and Jodi Peterson national parks global warming Western population growth avalanche fatalities carbon emissions EPA 2011-02-14T23:09:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/342/16903 In The Ice Cave: A Woman’s Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic, Lucy Jane Bledsoe chases her own wild fears across the landscape in search of a state of grace. No publisher Sarah Gilman Human beings and nature autobiography hiking Lucy Jane Bledsoe women adventurers The Ice Cave Uinta Mountains essays grizzly bears outdoor recreation mountaineering Mojave Desert Antarctic fear women’s lives camping 2010-08-16T22:38:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16328 A bill introduced by Colorado Rep. John Salazar could make it easier for environmental groups and others to clean up pollution at thousands of orphaned hardrock mines No publisher Sarah Gilman Pollution Mining pollution hardrock mining gold mining silver mining mine reclamation abandoned mines John Salazar mine cleanup Clean Water Act Animas River Stakeholders mining industry environmental groups groundwater water pollution acid mine draina 2011-11-11T23:18:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16265 Despite the promises of the Healthy Forests Act, the Bush administration has proposed sweeping cuts to community fire programs in the West No publisher Sarah Gilman Politics Budget Fire George W. Bush Healthy Forests Act fire prevention forest fires firefighters wildfires The Wilderness Society Tom Fry Forest Service national forests wildland-urban interface federal budget thinning Western forests State Fire Assistance Prog 2011-11-10T23:40:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16239 Idaho’s Fish and Game Department wants to boost dwindling elk numbers by killing wolves in the Lolo management zone No publisher Sarah Gilman Hunting and Trapping Threatened and Endangered Species Wolves elk population Lolo management zone Idaho Fish and Game Department habitat loss threatened and endangered species predators Suzanne Asha Stone Defenders of Wildlife Jim Unsworth biologists wildlife science Forest Service John Kie Jim 2011-11-07T18:58:23Z News Article