http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 13. http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16329 The Oregon state Department of Fish and Wildlife wants to cut mountain lion numbers by as much as 40 percent over the next five years No publisher Brett Wilkison Hunting Mountain lions cougars Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hunting predator control big cats wildlife problems lion hunters Ron Anglin Lauren Nolfo-Clements Humane Society wildlife biologists scientists Barry Noon Colorado State Universit 2011-11-11T22:41:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16272 The United Farm Workers has signed a contract with agricultural labor-supply company Global Horizons protecting the rights of guest farmworkers No publisher Brett Wilkison Crops United Farm Workers unions farmworkers agriculture Global Horizons guest workers farm labor agricultural supply labor companies contracts workers rights medical care right to air grievances Erik Nicholson Mordechai Orian Washington Departmen 2011-11-11T18:59:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16271 Executives from six of the nation’s largest energy companies have asked federal lawmakers to set mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions No publisher Brett Wilkison Science Climate Change Energy Policy Energy companies global warming greenhouse gas emissions climate change energy policy Congress Pete Domenici Jeff Bingaman Shell General Electric David Doniger Natural Resources Defense Council Marnie Funk Republicans Democrats Senate Energ 2011-11-11T18:57:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16270 Elko County, Nev., has made an agreement with the Forest Service to end the long-running fight over a dirt road in Jarbidge Canyon on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest No publisher Brett Wilkison Advocacy Groups Wise Use Fish Threatened and Endangered Forest Service Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Jarbidge River Jarbidge Canyon South Canyon Road Jarbidge Shovel Brigade Elko County Nevada wise use movement protesters roads road maintenance bull trout fish rivers agreements 2011-11-11T00:04:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16233 Farmers, environmentalists, fishermen and tribes are talking with PacifiCorp officials about the possible removal of four dams on the Klamath River No publisher Brett Wilkison Dams and Water Supply Projects Salmon Klamath River fish kills irrigation fishing industry fishing restrictions Klamath River chinook PacifiCorp dam removal hydropower dams fish ladders Trout Unlimited Chuck Bonham Dave Kvamme dam license renewal Bureau of Reclamation f 2011-11-07T18:28:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16231 A controversial proposed wilderness bill for Utah’s Washington County includes utility corridors, motorized-vehicle trails, and public-land sales designed to accommodate urban growth No publisher Brett Wilkison Legislation Wilderness legislation Harry Reid Nevada wilderness St. George Utah Washington County Alan Gardner Virgin River utility corridors water pipelines public land sales public land swaps Robert Bennett Jim Matheson Deseret Morning News Olene Wal 2011-12-02T17:28:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16145 James Connaughton of the Bush administration’s Council on Environmental Quality says that fishing must be curtailed to save endangered salmon, but salmon advocates say dams are still the real threat to the fish No publisher Brett Wilkison Water Dams Salmon James Connaughton Council on Environmental Quality endangered fish threatened fish dams fishing industry fishermen Bush environmental policy Bush administration Liz Hamilton Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association Glen Spain Pacifi 2010-02-05T08:57:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16142 President Bush revives a proposal to sell off public lands managed by the BLM and the Forest Service as part of his 2007 budget No publisher Brett Wilkison Public Lands Forest Service Politics Budget BLM George W. Bush 2007 budget public land sales Richard Pombo Jim Gibbons Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 rural schools Max Baucus Conrad Burns education funding Janine Blaeloch Western Lands 2010-02-05T08:57:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16116 The BLM adds 11 new categorical exclusions to the National Environmental Policy Act that will make it easier for salvage logging, grazing and energy exploration No publisher Brett Wilkison BLM categorical exclusions National Environmental Policy Act seismic exploration thumper trucks salvage logging grazing permits Heather Feeney Nada Culver The Wilderness Society 2010-02-05T08:56:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16115 A controversial study says only a fraction of cancer cases can be attributed to nuclear fallout in the U.S. No publisher Brett Wilkison Health Problems Nuclear fallout downwinders nuclear bomb tests fallout exposure cancer causes National Cancer Institute National Academy of Sciences Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Tona Henderson Mike Crapo Larry Craig Conrad Burns nuclear compensation C 2010-02-05T08:56:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16085 A federal judge orders three environmental groups to post a $100,000 bond while their appeal of a logging project goes forward No publisher Brett Wilkison Advocacy Groups Environmental Logging Judge Donald Molloy environmental groups logging projects timber harvest 9th Circuit Court Forest Service Ellen Engstedt Montana Wood Products Association Andy Stahl Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Michael Garrity Alliance for 2010-02-05T08:56:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/315/16083 Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., have formed the Congressional Peak Oil Caucus to discuss preparing for life after "peak oil" – when worldwide oil supplies can no longer meet demand No publisher Brett Wilkison Oil and Gas Peak oil oil supplies energy sources Tom Udall Roscoe Bartlett Mark Udall Raul Grijalva renewable energy wind power solar power national energy initiative energy policy Steve Andrews Congressional Peak Oil Caucus Congress U.S. House of Repr 2010-02-05T08:56:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/314/16039 New interns Sarah Gilman and Brett Wilkison; remembering Robert E. "Bob" Wolf; HCN potluck in Tucson No publisher Sarah Gilman, Brett Wilkison and Jodi Peterson High Country News Dear Friends Paonia Colorado Sarah Gilman Brett Wilkison Whitman College Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Nipomo California Sierra magazine Robert E. Wolf Bob Wolf Mark Rey Forest Service National Forest Management Act 2010-02-05T08:56:31Z News Article