High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Fifty summers and 360 degrees http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.16/fifty-summers-and-360-degrees Nancy Hood has spent 50 summers watching for fires from lookouts in the smoky Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California. No publisher Erin Halcomb Hallie Daggett Fire lookouts Nancy Wood Siskiyou Mountains Women in the Forest Service 2010-02-05T08:32:03Z News Article CSI: Critter Crime http://www.hcn.org/issues/365/17546 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s forensic lab in Ashland, Ore., tackles wildlife crime from around the world. No publisher Erin Halcomb poaching Ed wildlife crime U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Espinoza Ken Goddard Pepper Trail wildlife forensics 2010-10-28T23:22:17Z News Article My, what a small family tree you have http://www.hcn.org/issues/355/17257 In the Northern Rockies, gray wolves may be in danger of inbreeding. No publisher Erin Halcomb wolf reintroduction wildlife genetics Gray wolves inbreeding 2010-08-25T22:32:51Z News Article The new land rush http://www.hcn.org/issues/353/17193 In the Rocky Mountain West, old mining claims are suddenly the newest real estate hot spots. No publisher Erin Halcomb and Jonathan Thompson San Juan Mountains development Mining claims Rocky Mountain real estate 2010-08-27T22:22:58Z News Article John Nichols and his 19th miracle http://www.hcn.org/issues/348/17061 Writer John Nichols is still fighting the good fight in Taos, N.M. No publisher Erin Halcomb Milagro writers New Mexico John Nichols Beanfield Taos 2010-07-30T18:26:19Z News Article Weathering the academic storm http://www.hcn.org/issues/347/17031 Dan Donato, whose controversial study on salvage logging sparked an academic firestorm, talks about his research and all it provoked No publisher Erin Halcomb fire wildfires John Logging Sessions environmental issues science Dan Donato Biscuit Fire forestry forest fires Oregon State ecology research conifer re-growth politics salvage logging University 2010-08-06T19:52:03Z News Article Oregon internees to get honorary degrees http://www.hcn.org/articles/17023 Japanese Americans forced to leave college during World War II will get a "symbolic apology." No publisher Erin Halcomb internment Japanese Americans universities internment camps World War II 2010-02-05T09:27:30Z News Article Ravens to threaten tortoises nevermore http://www.hcn.org/articles/16962 The U.S. FIsh and Wildlife Service is pondering ways to protect rare desert tortoise from ravenous ravens. No publisher Erin Halcomb Wildlife Legislation USFWS ravens desert tortoise predation 2010-02-05T08:40:06Z News Article The Klamath dams by the numbers http://www.hcn.org/articles/16935 A new report shows salmon-killing dams would cost less to remove than to keep. No publisher Erin Halcomb Dams And Water Supply Projects Klamath dams salmon FERC fish ladders relicensing 2010-02-05T08:40:04Z News Article Lewis’ Web http://www.hcn.org/issues/343/16920 Wyoming microbiologist Randy Lewis is fascinated by spiders – particularly by the remarkable silk they produce. No publisher Erin Halcomb Wyoming life scientific research Insects Science Spider- microbiology arachnids family life rural life Lewis spiders spider silk Cindy scientists dragline University of Wyoming silk gene sequencing Randy Lewis California Institute of Technology spiderwebs 2010-08-13T22:29:45Z News Article The Gila's Monster http://www.hcn.org/articles/16932 Along the upper Gila in New Mexico, conservationists and the state squabble over managing the river's water. No publisher Erin Halcomb Dams And Water Supply Projects Gila River New Mexico dams water rights water supply project wells 2010-02-05T08:40:04Z News Article A wolf’s life http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16867 The wolf known as B-7 – the last surviving member of a group of Canadian wolves released in Idaho in 1995 – has died. No publisher Erin Halcomb wolves wolf 2010-08-17T23:12:02Z News Article Help is on the way for the nation’s forest workers http://www.hcn.org/articles/16885 The Forest Service is making changes that promise to improve the quality of life for the workers who thin and restore the nation's forests. No publisher Erin Halcomb National Forest Service Forest Service workers pineros forests restoration contractors 2010-02-05T09:40:29Z News Article Dear Friends http://www.hcn.org/issues/339/16810 HCN hosts panel discussion in Berkeley about the West’s political future; notes from readers Mark Salvo and Michael Green. No publisher John Mecklin and Erin Halcomb High Country News board of directors Dear Friends Paonia Colorado Jon Christensen panel discussions environmental journalists George Miller John Leshy Bruce Hamilton Interior Department Sierra Club William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Rhea Su 2010-02-05T09:17:30Z News Article Dear Friends http://www.hcn.org/issues/338/16778 New winter interns Erin Halcomb and Michelle Blank; HCN wins Utne press award; Crystal Zevon visits; corrections. No publisher Michelle Blank, Erin Halcomb and Jodi Peterson High Country News Dear Friends Paonia Colorado Erin Halcomb Michelle Blank HCN interns AmeriCorps fire lookouts North Cascades National Park Student Conservation Association Ultimate Frisbee Utne magazine Utne Independent Press Award indepen 2010-02-05T09:17:24Z News Article