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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/356/17279">        <title>Seeds of change</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/356/17279</link>        <description>Land managers working on post-fire restoration in Utah
have to battle invasive cheatgrass in their efforts to bring back
the native sagebrush.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>wildfires</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sagebrush ecosystem</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public land managers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>post-fire restoration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>cheatgrass</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Milford Flat Fire</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-08-25T21:57:49Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/354/17232">        <title>Raising the bar for lawyers</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/354/17232</link>        <description>Washington has become the third state to require that
would-be lawyers taking the bar exam know more than a little about
Indian law.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>reservations</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Indian law</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Association exam</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Native Americans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Washington State Bar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>tribal sovereignty</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-08-26T22:39:08Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/353/17192">        <title>A dustup over weed control</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/353/17192</link>        <description>Some environmentalists are unhappy about the BLM’s
plans to spray herbicides for weed control, but many public-land
managers say it’s the only way to tackle the invasion of
flammable weeds.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public lands</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>flammable grasses</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>herbicides</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weed control</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-08-27T22:21:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/352/17169">        <title>Dear friends</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/352/17169</link>        <description>Recent visitors to Paonia include bikers, big dogs, and
two Brits who are walking across the country</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert and Jodi Peterson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>High Country News</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Paonia</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Stuart Hamilton</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>David Toolin</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:30:49Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17161">        <title>Pipe dreams</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17161</link>        <description>Leaky irrigation ditches in Washington’s Methow
Valley have made the desert bloom, at the expense of endangered
salmon.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Lawsuits And Water Rights</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>salmon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>dams</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>irrigation ditches</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wells</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>irrigation
districts</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered salmon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>spawning</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:39:58Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17137">        <title>A dustup over weed control</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17137</link>        <description>The BLM’s plans to spray nearly a million acres with
herbicides have some environmentalists fuming, but biologists and
land managers welcome the policy.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>BLM</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bureau of Land Management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>herbicides</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:47Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17104">        <title>Turning the tide</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17104</link>        <description>Washington tribes will receive millions to give up
shellfish-harvesting treaty rights that they’ve never been
able to enjoy.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Socio-Economics</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Native Americans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Puget Sound</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Washington</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>treaties</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>shellfish</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>treaty rights</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17093">        <title>The perils of secrecy</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17093</link>        <description>Is the wolverine, the country’s most enigmatic
predator, in danger of extinction, or just misunderstood?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Threatened and Endangered Species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>threatened species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jeff Copeland</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Diane
Katzenberger</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolverines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gulo gulo</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17075">        <title>Advice from a horse</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17075</link>        <description>An HCN intern goes for a backcountry horse ride, and
learns that while sharing trails can be a challenge, the payoff is
worth it.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Land Use And Planning</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>horses</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>multiple use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>trails</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>national forests</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:37Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17043">        <title>In the Arizona desert, feathers are flying</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17043</link>        <description>Bald eagles are about to be delisted, but conservationists
and the Fish and Wildlife Service are battling over whether
Arizona's desert-nesting eagles should be kept under the wing of
the Endangered Species Act.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Threatened and Endangered Species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bald eagle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>threatened species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:32Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17025">        <title>Can Congress drag the 1872 Mining Law into the 21st
century?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17025</link>        <description>A new bill would end 130 years of public land giveaways
and reform one of the West's most antiquated -- and harmful --
laws.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>1872 Mining Law</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>1872 Mining Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>mining</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hardrock mining</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>public
lands</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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