http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.19/is-there-a-way-through-the-wests-bitter-wild-horse-wars Activists push compromise as the controversial federal mustang management program reaches a breaking point, with more horses in captivity than roam the range. No publisher Dave Philipps wild horses ranchers mustangs PZP BLM Wild Horse and Burro program invasive species Dave Philipps 2012-11-19T16:30:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.19/is-there-a-way-through-the-wests-bitter-wild-horse-wars/feds-reluctant-to-kill-wild-horses Slaughter and euthanasia aren’t politically feasible ways to deal with the glut of wild horses in captivity. No publisher Dave Philipps wild horses horse slaughter mustangs BLM Wild Horse and Burro program horse euthanasia 2012-11-07T18:54:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15868 The same solitude that attracts nature-lovers to the West’s public lands attracts lawbreakers as well – particularly a growing number of Mexican marijuana-growers No publisher Greg Hanscom Federal Employees Public lands BLM crime law enforcement marijuana growing drug runners drug cartels Mexican drug lords Forest Service Ann Melle U.S. drug policy murder rape drug trafficking pot growing Civilian Conservation Corps volunteerism backcountry 2010-02-05T08:31:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15877 The BLM’s failure to plug security holes in its computers, especially those dealing with Indian trust fund accounts, means that most of the agency’s Web sites have been closed to the public for the past six months No publisher Emma Brown Native Americans BIA BLM Bureau of Land Management Indian trust accounts security concerns computer problems Royce Lamberth Elouise Cobell Nada Culver BLM Web sites The Wilderness Society BLM Action Center Linda Baker Upper Green Valley Coalition Keith Harper class-a 2010-02-05T08:31:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15905 A provision in the new energy bill promises funding to speed up the oil and gas permitting process in BLM offices – without costing the industry an extra penny No publisher Emma Brown Public Lands BLM Oil and Gas oil and gas industry drilling permits permit applications energy industry energy bill budget Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forest Service Bureau of Indian Affairs Craig Thomas Orrin Hatch hardroc 2010-02-05T08:31:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15941 The long and carefully planned campaign to protect the Ojito Wilderness in New Mexico holds useful lessons for wilderness activists across the West No publisher Laura Paskus Legislation Ojito Wilderness New Mexico wilderness legislation Richard Pombo Congress George W. Bush BLM Coalition for New Mexico?s Wilderness Martin Heinrich Zia Pueblo Tom Udall Jeff Bingaman Pete Domenici Heather Wilson House Resources Committee Wil 2010-02-05T08:31:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/high-country-views-big-solar-marches-on Cally Carswell talks with HCN contributing editor Judith Lewis about the muscle the feds are putting behind solar energy development on public land. No publisher Cally Carswell BLM renewable energy High Country Views California solar 2011-01-20T15:27:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/lawyer-laird-lucas-talks-about-how-he-fights-for-the-west The environmental lawyer battles big industries and government agencies in the courtroom on behalf of the nonprofit Advocates for the West. No publisher Steve Bunk BLM environmental organizations attorneys nonprofit organizations Western Watersheds Project Advocates for the West environmental laws environmental lawsuits Forest Service environmental litigation Endangered Species Act Laird Lucas Department of Interior Land and Water Fund of the Rockies conservation activists 2012-01-18T23:42:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.8/high-noon Environmentalists are arguing passionately over large-scale solar development on California's Mojave Desert. No publisher Judith Lewis energy transmission lines solar energy Jim Harvey BrightSource Energy BLM Mojave Desert Sierra Club Ivanpah Valley desert ecosystems 2010-02-05T08:37:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.20/While-you-were-voting-.. While the nation is distracted by the election, the Bush administration races ahead with environmental policy changes. No publisher Sarah Gilman Western Oregon Plan Revision Logging Renewable energy BLM Interior Department Endangered Species Act Bush environmental policy Secure Rural Schools and Community Act 2010-02-05T08:38:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/368/17636 Protecting environmentally sensitive Western lands from the current oil and gas frenzy is a challenge to the conservationists who file protests with the BLM. No publisher Paul Larmer lands energy development Oil and gas leasing BLM recreational tree climbing public 2010-08-02T22:33:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/368/17640 Conservationists can file formal protests when the BLM wants to auction off public land to energy companies, but the differences between regional management plans and styles make the protest game little more than a crapshoot. No publisher April Reese energy development wildlife management oil and gas leases Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership BLM drilling Bush environmental policy 2010-08-02T20:10:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/372/17743 On public lands throughout the West, hikers, bikers, horseback riders and off-roaders compete for trail space, while beleaguered land-managers struggle to come up with workable forest management plans. No publisher Sarah Gilman road public trails hikers access BLM Forest Service public lands management ORVs National forest management plans 2010-07-22T22:25:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17410 Wyoming moves to protect Adobe Town – but will the feds follow suit? No publisher James Yearling BLM Wyoming Adobe Town 2010-02-05T08:40:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/16991 Q and A with Ann Morgan, the former Colorado director of the BLM, who recently testified before Congress about the agency's push to open its lands to drilling. No publisher Paul Larmer BLM Ann Morgan public lands energy development 2010-02-05T08:40:08Z News Article