High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 31 to 45. Gas well slated for state park http://www.hcn.org/issues/270/14623 Energen Resources Corp. wants to put a gas well on Navajo State Park in Colorado, near Navajo Lake No publisher Joshua Zaffos Parks and Monuments State Parks Oil and Gas Navajo State Park Colorado Navajo Lake New Mexico oil and gas development well pads drilling Energen San Juan Citizens Alliance Mark Pearson 2010-02-05T09:56:37Z News Article You can’t hurry love in the rural West http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14647 The writer says you can’t hurry love in the rural West No publisher Joshua Zaffos Communities in Transition 2010-02-05T09:41:37Z News Article Clean water changes could sully Western streambeds http://www.hcn.org/issues/265/14461 If the Bush administration pushes through a rule change to the Clean Water Act, three-fourths of the West’s rivers would be unprotected from pollution No publisher Joshua Zaffos Western rivers coalbed methane Bush administration wastewater Clean Water Act Earthjustice Bush environmental policy Pollution 2010-02-05T09:55:45Z News Article ‘Restoration Cowboy’ goes against the flow http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14362 Dave Rosgen has become a popular and influential guru in the field of river restoration and management, but some say his teaching oversimplifies a complex subject No publisher Joshua Zaffos Rivers Dave Rosgen river management river restoration fluvial geomorphology Wildland Hydrology Weminuche River Scott Gillilan David Montgomery 2010-02-05T09:55:13Z News Article Back down the fireline http://www.hcn.org/issues/260/14316 In Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines of American Wildfire, John N. Mclean leads readers through sweaty-palmed human encounters with Western wildfires No publisher Joshua Zaffos Fire Forest fire wildfires firefighting firefighters John N. Mclean Norman Mclean Fire and Ashes Young Men and Fire Mann Gulch fire Sadler Fire Rattlesnake Fire 2010-02-05T10:14:01Z News Article Water law for dummies http://www.hcn.org/issues/259/14286 The Citizen’s Guide to Colorado Water Law by the nonprofit Colorado Foundation for Water Education gives a clear and simple overview of water in the state No publisher Joshua Zaffos Lawsuits And Water Rights Colorado water law Colorado Foundation for Water Education water rights 2010-02-05T10:13:54Z News Article Another roadside detraction http://www.hcn.org/issues/258/14256 New studies from the University of California at Davis show that roads significantly promote the spread of invasive, exotic weeds No publisher Joshua Zaffos Exotic Weeds cheatgrass leafy spurge knapweed Jayne Belnap Jonathan Gelbard Susan Harrison roadless areas 2010-02-05T10:13:46Z News Article Toxic waste looms over village http://www.hcn.org/issues/258/14242 A pile of toxic waste rock is moving dangerously close to Questa, N.M., while the mining company, Molycorp, and the state slowly work out a reclamation plan No publisher Joshua Zaffos Pollution Mining pollution Questa N.M. Molycorp molybdenum mining pollution toxic waste mine reclamation 2010-02-05T10:13:42Z News Article BLM sinks local input to drill Roan Plateau http://www.hcn.org/issues/257/14198 In Western Colorado, locals burned by the oil shale boom 20 years ago are dubious about planned natural gas drilling on the Roan Plateau, especially since the BLM unexpectedly dropped their favorite plan No publisher Joshua Zaffos Oil and Gas Natural gas drilling Roan Plateau energy development oil shale boom BLM Garfield County Colorado 2010-02-05T10:13:24Z News Article A fire maverick is resurrected http://www.hcn.org/issues/256/14181 Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness, a controversial and thought-provoking 1954 study by Omer C. Stewart, has been rediscovered and republished No publisher Joshua Zaffos forest fires history of fires Native Americans Omer C. Stewart 2010-02-05T10:13:18Z News Article Sustainable forestry for beginners http://www.hcn.org/issues/255/14153 Brian Foster’s Wild Logging: A Guide to Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Forestry introduces readers to Western landowners, foresters and loggers, and answers technical questions No publisher Joshua Zaffos Sustainable forestry logging forests 2010-02-05T10:13:06Z News Article Report brandishes cold facts about U.S. energy http://www.hcn.org/issues/254/14111 A new report by the Rocky Mountain Institute called U.S. Energy Facts criticizes current energy policy and urges efficiency and conservation No publisher Joshua Zaffos 2010-02-05T10:12:56Z News Article A ravaged river gets a new life http://www.hcn.org/issues/254/14096 The Nature Conservancy is using the McCarran Ranch, which it recently purchased, as a river-restoration pilot project for Nevada’s Truckee River No publisher Joshua Zaffos 2010-02-05T10:12:51Z News Article Reinstating the heir to the Truckee River http://www.hcn.org/issues/254/14095 The Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout, believed to be extinct for 60 years, may still be alive, but actually restoring the fish to its native Truckee River and Pyramid Lake could prove extremely complicated No publisher Joshua Zaffos 2010-02-05T10:12:50Z News Article Tribes recognized at Little Bighorn http://www.hcn.org/issues/252/14033 This summer, the National Park Service will unveil a memorial to the American Indians who fought Custer at the Little Bighorn No publisher Joshua Zaffos Indian Culture Native Americans 2010-02-05T10:12:30Z News Article