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/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/44.15/watching-land-swaps-in-idaho-and-the-west Federal land exchanges have come under increased scrutiny over the past decade, both from citizen activists and the Government Accountability Office. No publisher Neil LaRubbio Land developers Western Lands Project Lochsa land swap Tim Blixseth BLM Land swaps Western Pacific Timber Forest Service Public-private land exchanges Government Accountability Office Janine Blaeloch 2012-09-12T15:36:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/in-search-of-camas-a-native-american-food-staple Botanist Madrona Murphy traces long-lost edible wild plant gardens cultivated by the Pacific Northwest's Coast Salish. No publisher Eric Wagner Northwestern Indian diet San Juan archipelago, Washington Native American agriculture Skull Island Madrona Murphy Camas BLM Kwiáht Center for Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea Edible wildflowers Archaeology Coast Salish Ethnobotanists 2012-08-15T13:40:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/in-search-of-camas-a-native-american-food-staple/historic-plant-cultivation-in-northwest-native-tribes Lying to rest a dispute over whether tribal reliance on fish meant they did not garden. No publisher Eric Wagner Northwestern Indian diet San Juan archipelago, Washington Native American agriculture Skull Island Madrona Murphy Camas BLM Kwiáht Center for Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea Edible wildflowers Archaeology Coast Salish Ethnobotanists 2012-08-02T19:14:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/sometimes-environmentalists-miss-the-boat Colorado environmentalists goofed when they opposed a bill that would have harnessed the methane produced by coal mines as a form of renewable energy. No publisher Allen Best Colorado Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Coal mines Electricity Climate change Hot Times Holy Cross Energy Randy Udall Global warming BLM Tom Vessels Renewable energy Fossil fuels Methane 2012-07-16T17:53:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/safari-club-and-the-nra-aim-to-gut-wilderness The so-called "Sportsmen’s Heritage Act" is just another attempt to destroy the Wilderness Act and the land and wildlife it protects. No publisher Talasi Brooks and Kevin Proescholdt Wilderness preservation Endangered Species Act National Rifle Association Sportsmen’s Heritage Act Wildlife habitat Antiquities Act Hunters Anti-environmental movement U.S. House of Representatives BLM James Risch 1964 Wilderness Act H.R. 4089 Safari Club Farm bill amendments Land preservation Marine Mammals Protection Act Senate bill 2066 Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association Environmental Protection Agency 2012-06-21T22:08:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/conservation-agreements-try-to-head-off-endangered-species-listings Candidate conservation agreements try to keep rare species, like Colorado's Gunnison sage grouse, off the endangered species list, or at least healthy enough to lessen the restrictions that come with listing. No publisher Joshua Zaffos BLM WildEarth Guardians ranchers private land conservation species recovery critical habitat farmers Center for Biological Diversity U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dunes sagebrush lizard rare birds greater sage grouse Endangered Species Act Candidate conservation agreements imperiled species candidate conservation agreements with assurances southern Idaho ground squirrel Gunnison sage grouse sage grouse leks 2012-06-01T14:44:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/coping-with-two-headed-fish-and-other-effects-of-selenium Researchers try to determine if unhealthy amounts of selenium are entering Western soil and water due to energy development. No publisher Danielle Venton Kesterson reservoir oil and gas development irrigation wildlife deformities groundwater pollution riparian soil disturbance fish JoAnn Holloway Selenium J.R. Simplot BLM U.S. Geological Survey water pollution Muddy Creek, Wyoming wildlife birds reptiles 2012-05-30T17:41:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.8/western-legislatures-grab-for-control-of-public-lands Some Western states are rekindling the Sagebrush Rebellion and demanding ownership of federal lands -- but it's not just about local control. No publisher Jodi Peterson Western Oil and Gas Conservation Commissions extractive industries land-transfer bills energy industry oil and gas leases state control of public lands BLM selling off federal lands Arizona Legislature public land access Forest Service Sagebrush Rebellion ALEC 2012-05-16T15:19:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/selling-whats-priceless-is-the-nuttiest-idea-of-all Some Western legislators want to sell off our public lands -- an idea that is not only impractical, but contrary to the desires of most Westerners. No publisher Jeff Welsch Cliff Stearns land Denny Rehberg national parks Republican Party BLM Utah Legislature Forest Service Public lands states’ rights Tea Party Sagebrush Rebellion federally owned lands 2012-05-10T19:46:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15651 The Bureau of Land Management rewrote a scientific report critical of its new grazing rules, and two veteran scientists have quit the agency in protest No publisher Tony Davis BLM Grazing government scientists grazing rules U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Erick Campbell Bill Brookes rangeland health cattle ranching riparian health wildlife endangered species grazing allotments public lands Bruce Babbitt Resource Advisory 2012-04-17T21:44:20Z 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/303/15683 Energy and mining companies are paying the salaries of workers at Bureau of Land Management offices around the West No publisher Tony Barboza BLM energy industry mining Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States SWCA Inc. Bob Stringer Vernal BLM office outsourcing public employees drilling permits SUWA Stephen Bloch Harry Reid Andrew Bremner Jody Freeman government cont 2012-04-09T18:40:54Z News Article