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An unsung army of students maintains our national
parks http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1909 The Student Conservation Association has been sending
thousands of young volunteers to help maintain national parks since
1957.No publisherMichelle McclellanOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:32ZNews ArticleGetting outside all around the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1906 A state-by-state directory describes some of the many
outdoor education programs in the West.No publisherMichelle McclellanOutdoor2010-02-05T10:04:31ZNews ArticleA small fish takes a big hit http://www.hcn.org/issues/61/1900 An irrigation district's water diversion from the Rio
Grande in New Mexico wipes out an estimated 70 percent of the
endangered silvery minnow population.No publisherMichelle McclellanEndangered2010-02-05T10:04:28ZNews ArticleA sampling of the West's collaborative efforts http://www.hcn.org/issues/59/1853 A directory of some Western consensus groups is followed
by a bibliography of consensus-building materials.No publisherMichelle McclellanConsensusAdvocacy Groups2010-02-05T10:04:09ZNews ArticleA wet winter misses the Southwest http://www.hcn.org/issues/59/1831 Although much of the West had an unusually wet winter,
fires are already starting to rage across the dry Southwestern
states.No publisherBill Taylor And Michelle Mcclellan2010-02-05T10:03:59ZNews ArticleFarmers feel burned by clean air regs http://www.hcn.org/issues/58/1811 Eastern Washington grass farms are upset by an announced
phaseout of the practice of late-summer field burning, after clean
air activists complain.No publisherMichelle McclellanAir Pollution2010-02-05T10:03:49ZNews ArticlePhoenix will try to save desert wash http://www.hcn.org/issues/58/1807 Arizona tells the city of Phoenix that it must come up
with $25 million to preserve the nearby state-owned Cave Creek
Wash.No publisherMichelle McclellanState Lands2010-02-05T10:03:47ZNews ArticleNavajos win round in coal mine war http://www.hcn.org/issues/58/1806 Navajos win a court victory against Peabody Coal Company's
strip mine on the reservation, citing pollution and desecrated
burial sites.No publisherMichelle McclellanEnvironmental LawsNative Americans2010-02-05T10:03:47ZNews ArticleLocals sickened by bison slaughter http://www.hcn.org/issues/58/1802 Locals object to the killing of 350 bison for brucellosis
prevention after they wander into West Yellowstone, Mont., from
Yellowstone National Park.No publisherMichelle McclellanHunting/Trapping2010-02-05T10:03:44ZNews ArticleMalpractice as usual http://www.hcn.org/issues/57/1779 Taxpayers pay and managers are rewarded when Forest
Service officials in California hand out timber contracts without
adequate environmental review.No publisherMichelle McclellanNational Forest Service2010-02-05T10:03:33ZNews ArticleWild Wyoming under siege http://www.hcn.org/issues/56/1747 Environmentalists and sportsmen gather in Rock Springs,
Wyo., to discuss the problems caused by increasing oil and gas
development.No publisherMichelle McClellanOil and Gas2010-09-20T21:37:20ZNews ArticleThey did it themselves http://www.hcn.org/issues/55/1731 Federal employees and outside experts under the auspices
of AFSEEE develop a management plan for the Columbia Basin - a
volunteer effort that cost taxpayers nothing.No publisherMichelle Mcclellan2010-02-05T10:03:03ZNews Article