http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 14. http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16535 Mountain bikers are finally winning respect, along with increased access to trails, but a growing breed of gonzo riders with heavy, fast, high-tech bikes -- and a thirst for riding in wilderness – could threaten all that. No publisher Patrick Farrell Bicycling Assoc Patrick Farrell fire roads bike trails Mountain biking Mount Tamalpais Municipal Water District hikers illegal trails Jacquie Phelan horseback Marin International Mountain cyclists riders mountain bike history Mountain Biking Marin Headlands 2010-10-26T22:09:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16240 Former California Rep. Pete McCloskey says the need to defend the environment is behind his decision to run against Richard Pombo in the Republican primary No publisher Patrick Farrell Elections Congress Pete McCloskey Richard Pombo Republican primary elections Abramoff scandal Endangered Species Act National Environmental Policy Act public land sales anti-environmentalists Republican party Wayne Johnson Yolo County Lodi California 2010-02-05T09:33:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15814 Perchlorate, a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel, has been found in drinking water wells, but that won’t stop the development of West Creek, a planned community northeast of Los Angeles No publisher Patrick Farrell Water Pollution Land Use And Planning Los Angeles County West Creek perchlorate planned communities development Newhall Land and Farming Co. Valencia Water Co. groundwater pollution drinking water wells water supply Whittaker-Bermite Lynne Plambeck Marlee Lauffer environmental ac 2012-02-14T17:34:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15811 In Craig, Colo., Moffatt County Sheriff Buddy Grinstead fights an epidemic of methamphetamine use on the oil and gas rigs No publisher Patrick Farrell Communities Communities in Transition Oil And Gas Methamphetamine meth crank speed drug abuse drug addiction small towns Buddy Grinstead sheriff’s departments oil and gas industry drill rigs roughnecks crime rates jails Bonnie Roesink Tony Peck drug rehab job safety Dave Freudenthal dr 2010-02-05T09:26:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15793 Ordinary Wolves, Seth Kantner’s extraordinary debut novel, is the coming-of-age story of a young man on the remote Alaskan tundra No publisher Patrick Farrell Human Beings And Nature Arctic region Alaskan tundra Eskimos wolves autobiographical novels first novels fiction coming-of-age stories Anchorage Alaska 2012-03-05T23:09:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15722 Assistant Interior Secretary Rebecca Watson blames environmental protests for hobbling gas drilling in the Rocky Mountains, but much of the delay comes from problems with the industry’s applications No publisher Patrick Farrell Oil And Gas Oil and gas industry drilling permits Rebecca Watson BLM Interior Department The Wilderness Society energy companies drilling protests Peter Morton 2012-03-30T22:32:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15690 More than half the windmills on California’s Altamont Pass will shut down for two months this winter so migrating birds can pass safely through the area No publisher Patrick Farrell Wildlife Birds Renewable Energy wind power Altamont Pass birds bird migration windmills renewable energy wind turbines Tristan Grimbert enXco Jeff Miller Center for Biological Diversity birds of prey 2012-04-09T19:17:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15689 New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici says he wants to give more money to the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program – if the program will trim its membership and put itself under federal authority No publisher Patrick Farrell Water Rivers Consensus Pete Domenici Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program silvery minnow southwestern willow flycatcher endangered species consensus groups Kara Gillon Alliance for the Rio Grande Heritage David Probst New Mexico Department of Advocacy Groups 2012-04-09T19:14:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15687 Environmentalists and ORV groups accuse the BLM of dragging its feet over implementing a plan to protect an endangered flower in California’s Clear Creek Management Area No publisher Patrick Farrell Plants Endangered Species BLM Clear Creek Management Area California George Hill Hollister field office BlueRibbon Coalition California Native Plant Society Don Amador endangered plants Endangered Species Act off-road vehicles San Benito evening primrose 2012-04-09T19:12:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15686 Utah’s Great Salt Lake is loaded with mercury, and scientists are trying to figure out whether Nevada’s gold mines are part of the problem No publisher Patrick Farrell Mining Gold Pollution Great Salt Lake mercury methylmercury pollution toxins eared grebes brine shrimp gold mining Environmental Protection Agency David Jones waste management Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Barrick Goldstrike Mine Placer Dome Cortez 2012-04-09T19:10:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15619 The Washington State Department of Transportation is planning to build innovative wildlife passages and over-crossings on a 15-mile section of I-90 east of Seattle No publisher Patrick Farrell Roadkill wildlife crossings habitat roadkill interstates road improvement animal protection highway safety Washington State Department of Transportation Wenatchee National Forest Tony Clevenger Kim Vaughn highway design wildlife culverts wildlife over 2010-02-05T09:25:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15617 California sea lions ate so many chinook salmon at Bonneville Dam this year that some fishermen are calling for the removal and even killing of the protected mammals No publisher Patrick Farrell Wildlife Threatened And Endangered Salmon Chinook salmon fishing industry Native Americans American Indians California sea lions endangered species protected sea mammals salmon runs Columbia Inter-Tribal Fish Council Olney Patt Jr. Marine Mammal Protection Act 2010-02-05T09:25:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15580 The aging chemical weapons stored at the Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot will stay in Colorado and be destroyed on site No publisher Patrick Farrell Chemical Weapons Pueblo Chemical Depot Colorado Pueblo Army Depot chemical weapons mustard gas shells Defense Department Army United States military weapons destruction weapons incineration Wayne Allard Mitch McConnell Better Pueblo Ross Vincent Pentagon Military 2011-03-18T23:50:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15542 The National Park Service has agreed to explore opening some of the parks to mountain biking No publisher Patrick Farrell Parks And Monuments Tourism And Recreation Mountain Biking National Park Service International Mountain Biking Association Mark Eller off-road vehicles trails wilderness George Barnes Sierra Club Al Nash 2010-02-05T09:24:56Z News Article