http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 61 to 75. http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15941 The long and carefully planned campaign to protect the Ojito Wilderness in New Mexico holds useful lessons for wilderness activists across the West No publisher Laura Paskus Legislation Ojito Wilderness New Mexico wilderness legislation Richard Pombo Congress George W. Bush BLM Coalition for New Mexico?s Wilderness Martin Heinrich Zia Pueblo Tom Udall Jeff Bingaman Pete Domenici Heather Wilson House Resources Committee Wil 2010-02-05T08:31:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15889 Two recent guidebooks – Mike Coltrin’s Sandia Mountain Hiking Guide and The Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains by Robert Julyan and Mary Stuever – are excellent guides to the trails and histories of the mountains outside Albuquerque No publisher Laura Paskus Human Beings And Nature Sandia Mountains Mike Coltrin Robert Julyan Mary Stueber field guides natural history plants wildlife birds hiking trails Albuquerque New Mexico wildflowers Crest Trail Movie Trail Ed Abbey Kirk Douglas Lonely Are The Brave archaeology 2010-02-05T08:31:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15809 In the city of Albuquerque, underdog candidate Eric Griego, a critic of sprawl, challenges incumbent Mayor Marty Chavez, a pro-growth booster No publisher Laura Paskus Communities Land Use And Planning Elections Albuquerque New Mexico Martin Chavez Eric Griego sprawl development growth land use and planning elections mayors cities campaign finance reform minimum wage Montano Bridge Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque West Side city councils 2010-02-05T09:26:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15748 Silvery minnows had a good run this year on New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande, but an increase in the number of dead fish has prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to raise the "incidental take" numbers allowed for the species No publisher Laura Paskus Endangered Silvery minnows endangered fish Endangered Species Act U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Middle Rio Grande incidental take numbers Pete Domenici Jim Brooks Fisheries Resources Office Letty Belin 2012-03-08T22:16:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15717 Congressman Richard Pombo’s task force tears into the National Environmental Policy Act No publisher Laura Paskus Reservations And Economic Development Elouise Cobell John McCain Indian trust accounts Interior Department Bureau of Indian Affairs Native Americans Senate Indian Affairs Committee energy industry reservation land timber industry Rapid City Journal Baker Massacre Navajo Reservatio 2012-03-30T22:18:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15684 Mexican wolf dies during checkup; another fish kill on the Klamath; Bush nominates H. Dale Hall to be new head of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service No publisher Laura Paskus Mexican wolves wolf reintroduction U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wolf F511 Klamath River fish kills fathead minnow Klamath tui chub yellow perch endangered suckers fish die-offs H.Dale Hall Gale Norton George W. Bush Bush environmental poli 2012-04-09T19:02:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15652 Arizona’s San Pedro River dries up; Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility is having trouble disposing of rockets; Bush nominates industry lawyer Granta Nakayama to head EPA’s enforcement division No publisher Laura Paskus San Pedro River Arizona drought rivers groundwater pumping Fort Huachuca Robin Silver Center for Biological Diversity Chris Smith USGS Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Washington Demilitarization Co. chemical weapons destruction pull 2012-04-17T21:48:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15633 In DeVoto’s West, Edward K. Muller has collected 22 of Bernard DeVoto’s entertaining and thought-provoking Harper’s magazine columns about the West No publisher Laura Paskus Media Western Culture Bernard DeVoto Edward K. Muller Harper’s columnists water use Western life public lands grazing media 2010-02-05T09:25:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15616 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it does not have to consider new scientific information about genetics when preparing recovery plans for rare species No publisher Laura Paskus Threatened and Endangered Species Wildlife endangered species act threatened species rare animals rare plants. Genetics science scientific research U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department H. Dale Hall Judge Michael Hogan coho salmon Ralph Morgenweck Jeff Curtis Trout Unlimited sil 2010-02-05T09:25:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15612 Army Corps of Engineers will have to release water from Columbia and Snake river dams to help salmon; Montana mining ban is not a property "taking"; kinks in plan to drill for natural gas at Colorado nuclear site. No publisher Laura Paskus Judge James Redden Army Corps of Engineers dams Columbia River Snake River salmon endangered fish Endangered Species Act NOAA Bureau of Reclamation steelhead Montana mining ban cyanide heap leach mining gold mining property takings Canyon R 2011-05-16T23:18:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15609 If there’s a theme in this summer reading issue, it’s that of crossings, an idea that really hit home when a group of people from Kazakhstan recently spent time at High Country News No publisher Laura Paskus Media Kazakhstan ISAR former Soviet Union Soviet republics journalists environmental activists citizen diplomacy coal miners Zhanay Sagintayev environmental issues Kazakhstani environmental problems pollution extractive industry freedom of press w 2011-05-16T22:57:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15594 In Rio Grande, editor Jan Reid has assembled a marvelous collection of essays and photos about the Southwest’s Great River No publisher Laura Paskus Rivers Rio Grande anthologies Jan Reid photographers John Reed Charles Bowden Gloria Anzaldua Cecilia Balli Paul Horgan Latino culture American Southwest 2011-03-31T22:30:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15578 The Navajo Nation has banned uranium mining on the reservation, but that may not stop an already-approved mining project No publisher Laura Paskus Native Americans Reservations Uranium Navajo Nation Joe Shirley Jr. Navajo Tribal Council uranium mining Navajo reservation mining ban in situ leach uranium mining Hydro Resources Inc. sovereignty American Indians Eric Jantz New Mexico Environmental Law Center Nuc 2011-03-18T23:46:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15575 Gale Norton blasts environmentalists; California farmworkers sprayed with pesticides; ranchers have to keep paying beef checkoffs No publisher Laura Paskus Gale Norton environmentalists American Wildlife Conservation Partners NRA Boone and Crockett Club hunting groups Bakersfield California pesticides farmworkers helicopter spraying agriculture farming accidents ranchers beef checkoff Departme 2011-03-18T23:30:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15537 Fish farms spread sea lice to wild salmon; Intermountain Rural Electric Association votes to exempt itself from Colorado’s renewable energy standard; New Mexico rancher Kit Laney is leaving the country No publisher Laura Paskus Wild salmon fish farms sea lice salmonids renewable energy Intermountain Rural Electric Association renewable portfolio standard Colorado Amendment 37 electric co-ops Kit Laney ranchers Forest Service Catron County New Mexico 2010-02-05T09:24:53Z News Article