http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 12. http://www.hcn.org/issues/309/15867 Elaborate marijuana gardens, created and managed by Mexican drug lords, are turning California’s public lands into a dangerous, illegal, industrial-style landscape No publisher Adam Burke Enforcement pot-growing on public lands illegal activities on public lands Mexican drug lords drug cartels Ed Plantaric law enforcement An Bureau of Land California Bureau of Narcotics Management Federal Employees Dave Burns lands crime public Marijuana planting 2010-02-05T08:31:23Z 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/42.2/dangerous-game Western game wardens are hampered by huge territories, increased responsibilities and continuing budget cuts. No publisher Deborah Sullivan Brennan wildlife hunting poachers California Department of Fish and Game law enforcement Western game wardens Kyle Chang quagga mussels 2010-02-05T08:50:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.13/crime-crackdown-in-indian-country A federal attempt to improve public safety on four reservations has gotten off to a rocky start. No publisher Emilene Ostlind and John Lancaster Bureau of Indian Affairs police Northern Arapaho Indian reservations crime Operation Alliance Wind River Indian Reservation law enforcement High-Priority Performance Goal for Indian Country 2010-08-04T15:10:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/the-great-new-mexican-juniper-massacre On public land in New Mexico, firewood-hunters have illegally cut down hundreds of old-growth juniper trees, much to the dismay of the Bureau of Land Management and environmental activists. No publisher Jonathan Thompson rural economy Pueblo badlands juniper old-growth piñon-juniper firewood illegal woodcutting law enforcement BLM Hispanic woodcutting poverty New Mexico Bureau of Land Management Navajo 2012-09-13T15:04:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/347/17026 The brutal murder of a Japanese tourist shines an unwelcome spotlight on the social problems plaguing Arizona’s beautiful but troubled Havasupai Reservation No publisher John Dougherty Tomomi Hanamure violence crime American Indians Havasupai Indian Reservation Havasu Falls Indian culture BIA Native Americans Wescogame Randy poverty Billy Wescogame Sr. Mooney law enforcement social problems Bob Falls Navajo Falls meth abuse McNichols 2010-08-06T19:49:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16461 A rancher whose grazing permit in Colorado’s Routt National Forest was usurped by this year’s Rainbow Family gathering decries the environmental damage left in its wake No publisher Sharon Salisbury O'Toole Forest Service Sharon Salisbury O’Toole ranchers Rainbow Family Rainbow gathering grazing permits First Amendment rights culture clashes Clark Colorado law enforcement counterculture hippies riparian areas grazing rights camping permits 2010-02-05T09:34:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16690 Worms at work; stupid hunter tricks; fighting starlings with falcons; cemetery soccer; Schweitzer’s dang-tootin’; Mount Rushmoo No publisher Betsy Marston Andrew Hurst Wyoming Game and Fish Western odd news Live Nude Worms Humor hunting laws Dubois recycling worms Pinedale law enforcement compost As the Worm Turns starling Wyoming poaching California EPA hunters red Associated Press 2010-09-14T22:37:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17089 Mike Beagle urges public-land agencies to ticket land-wrecking off-road riders. No publisher Mike Beagle Off-road vehicles public lands ATVs law enforcement Forest Service BLM 2010-02-05T09:43:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/342/16906 Something’s fishy in California; dolphins do Rambo; big bad wolf wasn’t wild; conspicuous consumption in Boulder; déjà vu all over again in Interior Department; ski bum is dead, long live ski bums; not everything stays in Vegas. No publisher Betsy Marston domestic hybrid wolves underwater Western odd news Humor livestock suspicious packages wolves dolphins in military law enforcement Grass Valley-Nevada City Union Billings Gazette Stephanie Boyles rural news PETA security sea lions U.S. Navy 2010-08-16T22:50:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.6/a-poachers-menagerie Some of the more dramatic recent arrests involving wildlife trafficking in the Western U.S. are briefly described. No publisher Craig Welch rare insects wildlife trafficking smuggling endangered wildlife rare plants law enforcement U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2010-04-07T19:23:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-novel-solution-to-the-drug-problem A police officer suggests that all drugs should be legalized and regulated, except for meth – and that meth dealers ought to be punished unmercifully. No publisher Rich Wandschneider sensible drug laws drug war marijuana drug smuggling meth speed Mexico drug violence police prison lobby Prohibition crime drug busts Illegal drugs drug users prison reform law enforcement cops Ben Butzein meth dealers alcohol and tobacco lobby drug cartels drug legalization Mexican border violence 2012-01-03T20:44:59Z News Article