http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.8/blm-teams-with-researchers-to-protect-midget-faded-rattlesnake Biologists and federal officials hope to direct booming oil, gas and wind development away from the rare reptile in southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Wind power impacts Orianne Society Colorado Wyoming Oil and gas drilling impacts Bureau of Land Management reptile conservation Midget faded rattlesnake 2013-05-22T16:41:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/two-legs-good-eight-legs-fascinating The author learned to love the spiders she used to kill. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Spiders 2013-04-26T16:37:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/can-pallid-sturgeon-hang-on-in-the-overworked-missouri-river In the dam-locked Upper Missouri, scientists search for signs that the ancient species hasn't reached the end of its line. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Missouri River dams endangered species river renaturalization Lake Sakakawea native fish Fort Peck pallid sturgeon 2012-09-24T14:37:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/can-pallid-sturgeon-hang-on-in-the-overworked-missouri-river/pallids-pr-problem Why don't pallid sturgeon get more love? No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Missouri River dams charismatic megafauna native fish endangered species pallid sturgeon 2012-09-13T15:07:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/even-pests-have-a-purpose We should celebrate the recovery of the California condor, but raise a glass for a lost louse. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst California condor recovery Colpocephalum californici extinction parasites symbiotic relationships avian chewing louse 2012-08-21T19:03:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.11/shooting-at-the-gun-store-in-las-vegas Move over, Elvis impersonators, and step aside, blackjack. Machine gun rentals just may be the next big entertainment fix in Sin City. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Target shooting Tourism Las Vegas The Gun Store Target practice Range shooting Guns 2012-06-19T18:05:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.10/surveying-the-oft-snubbed-and-very-cool-spider-with-citizen-scientists Volunteers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Colorado Spider Survey help scientists gather important data by roaming nooks and crannies across the state, finding and cataloguing Colorado's myriad spiders. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Paula Cushing arachnology spider populations entomology Colorado Spider Survey arachnids citizen science scientists Denver Museum of Nature and Science spider species 2012-06-15T14:55:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/temporal-shift A changing climate forces glacier lilies and hummingbirds to fall out of step No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst 2012-06-11T22:47:10Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/the-power-and-plight-of-the-parasite The California condor's rebound reminds us that no creature is an island No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst 2012-05-30T14:15:00Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/dead-trees-biodiversity-and-the-black-backed-woodpecker Forests ravaged by fires and beetles are unlikely havens for certain species, including the rare black-backed woodpecker. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst 2012-05-29T18:24:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.8/recycling-diesel-emissions-for-farm-fertilizer Canadian farmer Gary Lewis, fed up with the failures of synthetic fertilizer, has invented a system called Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology, a tractor add-on that recycles diesel emissions into fertilizer. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst soil ecologists small farms N/C Quest Inc. industrial agriculture Greg Lewis Bio-Agtive Emissions Technology recycling diesel emissions Western farming farm fertilizers agronomists chemical fertilizers biofuels 2012-05-23T12:00:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/dont-bury-her-deep-in-the-cold-cold-ground A writer’s mother -- like an increasing number of Westerners -- is pretty determined that when her time comes, she wants to go down in flames, via cremation. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst 2012-06-01T21:53:50Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/from-gust-to-gale So-called "grass-roots" opposition to wind may be centrally organized by powerful conservative think tanks and funded by oil and gas No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst 2012-05-14T16:12:33Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/a-towering-problem North America's communication towers rack up 7 million bird deaths a year, a new study reports No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst 2012-04-27T22:50:03Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.6/braving-landfills-and-dodging-avalanches-all-for-the-sake-of-geoscience The intrepid scientific grunts behind the Plate Boundary Observatory roam the West keeping tabs on weird-looking far-flung GPS stations. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst geology geoscience volcano monitoring GPS stations plate tectonics Plate Boundary Observatory earthquakes field engineers 2012-04-18T16:20:49Z News Article