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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-truth-about-wolves-is-hard-to-find">        <title>The truth about wolves is hard to find</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-truth-about-wolves-is-hard-to-find</link>        <description>Some hunters claim wolves are killing too many deer and elk in northwestern Montana, but the facts indicate otherwise -- although those facts are easily lost in all the emotional rhetoric.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Christina Nealson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Montana deer and elk population</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves in Northern Rockies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>anti-wolf activists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wolf trapping</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolf effects on ecosystem</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>predators</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>trappers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana wolf management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves and livestock</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolf reintroduction</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-24T19:18:35Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wolf-management-in-idaho-is-not-ready-for-prime-time">        <title>Wolf management in Idaho is not ready for prime time</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wolf-management-in-idaho-is-not-ready-for-prime-time</link>        <description>The controversy that flared when a trapper posted a photo of himself with a dying wolf proves that Idaho and other Western states are incapable of managing wolves without the help of the Endangered Species Act.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Michael J. Robinson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Idaho wolf management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>viral photos</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wolf trapping</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves in Northern Rockies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>predators</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolf effects on ecosystem</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Idaho Department of Fish and Game</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolf reintroduction</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-24T19:16:49Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/when-wolf-trapping-goes-viral">        <title>When wolf-trapping goes viral</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/when-wolf-trapping-goes-viral</link>        <description>When a trapper posted photos of himself with a dying wolf on Facebook, the resulting angry, hate-filled uproar on the Internet accomplished nothing useful.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Erin Zwiener</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>animal-rights movement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Idaho wolf management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Internet controversies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wolf trapping</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Footloose Montana</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Facebook</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>trappers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>political rhetoric</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>anti-wolf activists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>pro-life movement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>political extremists</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-24T19:18:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.6/big-game-tag-auctions-raise-big-bucks-for-western-states">        <title>Big game tag auctions raise big bucks for Western states</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.6/big-game-tag-auctions-raise-big-bucks-for-western-states</link>        <description>Hunting tag auctions may get too pricey for a lot of Western hunters, but they also raise significant money for conservation projects.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Marian Lyman Kirst</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>license tag auctions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bighorn sheep</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Big game hunting</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western state wildlife conservation</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-04-11T17:34:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>Infographic</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15724">        <title>Island's pig problem pits animal-rights activists againstconservationists</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15724</link>        <description>A plan to eradicate thousands of feral pigs from Southern
California’s Santa Cruz Island has animal rights activists up
in arms</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tony Barboza</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Parks And Monuments</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wildlife
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                    <dc:subject>Hunting/Trapping</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Santa Cruz Island</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>feral pigs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Channel Islands National
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                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>The Nature Conservancy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Park
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                    <dc:subject>Kate Faulkner</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Prohunt</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>In Defense of Animals</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Elliot
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                    <dc:subject>Santa Cruz Island fox</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>animal rights movement</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunting</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-30T22:35:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15723">        <title>Ferret recovery pioneer moves on</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15723</link>        <description>District Ranger Bill Perry, who led the effort to help
restore endangered black-footed ferrets, is leaving South
Dakota’s Buffalo Gap National Grassland for a job in
Washington, D.C.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tom Domek</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Forest Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Threatened And Endangered Species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bill Perry</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wall District ranger</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Buffalo Gap National
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                    <dc:subject>black-footed ferrets</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered
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                    <dc:subject>Mike Rounds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Heather
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                    <dc:subject>Sierra Club</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>prairie dogs</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-30T22:34:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15796">        <title>To Save the Wild Bison</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15796</link>        <description>In To Save the Wild Bison, Mary Ann Franke traces the controversial history of Yellowstone National Park’s wild bison herd</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wildlife Management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Bison</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>buffalo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yellowstone National Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mary Ann
Franke</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>brucellosis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>American Indians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Park Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>park management</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-03-05T23:15:22Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/it2019s-time-23-000-elk-got-off-the-dole">        <title>It’s time 23,000 elk got off the dole</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/it2019s-time-23-000-elk-got-off-the-dole</link>        <description>Wyoming needs to stop feeding elk in winter in order to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Bruce Smith</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>elk</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>winter</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>feeding wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>chronic wasting disease</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming elk feeding grounds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Elk Refuge</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-02-17T17:21:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/western-game-wardens-go-after-poachers">        <title>Western game wardens go after poachers </title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/western-game-wardens-go-after-poachers</link>        <description>Overstretched game wardens like Colorado's Tom Knowles rely on tips from hotline informants to catch elusive poachers.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Larry Keller</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Poachers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Idaho Fish and Game</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife smuggling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Missouri Department of Conservation,</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>elk hunters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>out-of-state hunters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California Department of Fish and Game</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Tom Knowles</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Park Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Operation Game Thief</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bear gallbladder black market</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunting licenses</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>poaching in parks</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunting tags</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>game wardens</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>antler poaching</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Idaho Citizens Against Poaching</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Derek Crockett</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Derek Buzzard</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Craig Buzzard</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Brian Shinn</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-23T00:16:59Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/why-do-people-yearn-to-possess-wolves-and-other-wild-animals">        <title>Why do people yearn to possess wolves and other wild animals?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/why-do-people-yearn-to-possess-wolves-and-other-wild-animals</link>        <description>Human beings seem to have an insatiable desire to own or at least manipulate wild animals.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>captive wolves</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wild animals in captivity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>captive bears</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>exotic pets</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>grizzly reintroduction</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Western wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Cascade Range grizzly bears</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>captive mountain lions</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Roadside zoos</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>captive bobcats</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-10T21:11:05Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wolf-on-a-picnic-table">        <title>Wolf on a picnic table</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wolf-on-a-picnic-table</link>        <description>Is a more-or-less trained and captive wolf anything at all like a truly wild wolf?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Charles Finn</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>captive wolves</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wild animals in captivity</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>human-animal encounters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Barry Lopez</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolf-dog hybrids</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>exotic pets</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>zoos</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>predators</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wolves</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Of Wolves and Men</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>captive wildlife</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-09T14:32:00Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/when-the-bear-comes-too-close-to-home">        <title>When the bear comes too close to home</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/when-the-bear-comes-too-close-to-home</link>        <description>It's easy to love wild animals like bears until they actually start eating your chickens and coming a little too close to your family for comfort.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Dev Carey</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>small farms</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bear-proofing garbage</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>western Colorado</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>rural life</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>animal damage control</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>eggs</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Chickens</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>predators</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>black bears</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>human-animal encounters</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-09T14:30:50Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/at-last-yellowstone-bison-catch-a-break">        <title>At last, Yellowstone bison catch a break</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/at-last-yellowstone-bison-catch-a-break</link>        <description>Montana is finally working on ways to deal with stray Yellowstone bison without killing them outright or keeping them indefinitely quarantined for fear of brucellosis. </description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Mike Leahy</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>brucellosis</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yellowstone bison</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Fort Belknap Reservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>American Indians</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Fort Peck Reservation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>bison quarantine</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Native Americans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Brian Schweitzer</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gros Ventre tribe</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>buffalo</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Sioux, Assiniboine</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-10-25T19:49:34Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.15/tribes-use-land-conservancies-to-reclaim-ancestral-grounds">        <title>Tribes use land conservancies to reclaim ancestral grounds</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.15/tribes-use-land-conservancies-to-reclaim-ancestral-grounds</link>        <description>The Kumeyaay Indians of Southern California are among the tribes using new strategies to reclaim rights to their lands.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pattie Logan</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land trusts</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Native Americans</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>federal fee-to-trust program</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land conservancies</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Kumeyaay Indians</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-09-09T15:13:13Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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                    <dc:subject>wildlife management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>PG&amp;E bankruptcy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>river restoration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>land management</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Humbug Valley</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-09-22T16:31:06Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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