http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/271/14648 As private lands become the new frontier in the West’s wild real estate frenzy, ranchers are turning to land trusts in places like Gunnison, Colo., to find out how to hold on to their land and keep it open and undeveloped No publisher Jon Christensen Agriculture Livestock Ranching Land Use And Planning Land trusts conservation easements Gunnison County Colorado Crested Butte real estate subdivisions developers development sprawl ranching ranch lands private lands conservation farmland land preservation Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Lega 2010-02-05T09:56:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/279/14897 Collaborative conservation may help revive both endangered prairie ecosystems and the struggling farm communities of the Great Plains No publisher Paul Larmer Agriculture Communities in Transition Great Plains Montana communities economics small town life rural economies collaboration consensus conservation environmental movement 2010-02-05T09:58:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/understanding-agriculture.......and-farmers-too From farm income to carbon sequestration. No publisher Felice Pace Agriculture 2009-01-15T20:27:21Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/thumbs-up-for-wyos-wind-tax It could put wind on par with fossil fuels in the nation's energy colony No publisher Jonathan Thompson Environment Environmental news Agriculture 2010-02-26T16:30:10Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17685 Lisa Upson and Wendy Keefover-Ring believe that Wildlife Services’ predator control program is ugly, ineffective, inhumane and indiscriminate. No publisher Lisa Upson and Wendy Keefover-Ring Wendy Keefover-Ring gunning aerial Lisa Upson ranchers coyotes predator control Wildlife Services wolves Agriculture livestock 2010-02-05T09:43:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/339/16808 Water efficiency has long been touted as a silver bullet for the West’s water problems, but too much efficiency can cause problems of its own, especially in the fragile Colorado River Delta. No publisher Matt Jenkins Pacific Flyway Geronimo Hernandez Irrigation Colorado River Delta ecosystems farmers Mexicali Valley agriculture water supply irrigation Hernandez Renteria water efficiency Miguel canal leakage Riparian Areas and Wetlands endangered species endangered All-American Canal Agriculture flooding 2011-01-20T23:58:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/the-cost-of-progress Five extraordinary women tested for seventy-five peculiar toxins. No publisher jeffc Corporate Power Workers Latinos and diversity Crime Class Warfare Corruption Unintended consequences Mining Bad Judgment Diversity Fire Oceans Immigration Water Poverty Courts Science Nuclear issues Bureau of Reclamation Manufacturing Wildlife Sense of place Corporate greed Small Towns Native Americans Forest management The Border Tribes Labor Wind Youth Latinos Superfund Habitat Voters Climate change Energy Food Growth Fishing Politics Education Agriculture pollution 2009-05-07T19:39:38Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/issues/345/16981 Americans may be sentimental about their horses, but slaughtering unwanted animals with poison is more cruel and a lot less sensible than using them for horsemeat. No publisher Sharon O’Toole horses rendering horse animals Animal ranchers animal rights groups euthanizing Advocacy groups Department of slaughter horsemeat disposal of dead animals landfills humane animal slaughter pet food poison Sharon O’Toole Agriculture HOOFPAC 2010-08-06T21:36:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/set-categories No publisher emilys The Border Public Lands Inside the Movement Irritating websites Corporate Power Hunting Workers Latinos and diversity Recreation Crime Archaelogy Class Warfare Writers Corruption Psychology Mining Bad Judgment Diversity Fire Amusements Oceans Immigration Guns Water National Park Service Defense Poverty Courts NewsBiz Buzz Nuclear issues Drought Uncategorized Large Bridge Parts Wildlife Logging Unintended consequences Ennui Science Youth Forest management OSHA Politics Tribes Ranching Bureau of Reclamation News Shorts Wind Native Americans Latinos Superfund Anti-government sentiment Sense of place Climate change Energy Voters Sexy scientists Food Growth Corporate greed Western Culture Labor Environmental Protection Agency Apocalypse Education Agriculture pollution 2008-07-19T23:33:47Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/issues/268/14560 U.S. District Judge John Coughenour bans the use of 38 pesticides near streams that host endangered runs of salmon and steelhead in Washington, Oregon and California No publisher Jodi Peterson Agriculture Pesticides Salmon salmon steelhead Judge John Coughenour diazinon malathion Earthjustice Patti Goldman Environmental Protection Agency EPA 2010-02-05T09:56:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/270/14619 Western ranchers rejoice when a federal court jury finds that the nation’s largest meatpacker, Tyson/IBP, has illegally squeezed $1.28 billion from independent cattle producers No publisher Ray Ring Stockyards Act Tyson/IBP ranchers beef checkoff independent cattle producers Livestock Ranching beet imports Swift/ConAgra 1921 Packers and meatpackers Judge Lyle Strom corporate control Excel/Ca antitrust legislation corporations Ranching meatpacking industry Agriculture Grazing 2010-11-12T15:44:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17684 Bonnie Kline says Wildlife Services, the federal agency in charge of predator control, helps keep rural economies alive. No publisher Bonnie Kline predator control livestock ranchers coyotes aerial gunning Wildlife Services Bonnie Kline Agriculture wolves 2010-02-05T09:28:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/269/14589 Nearly a decade after Imperial Valley irrigators fought off a water grab by Texans Ed and Lee Bass, the Imperial Valley Irrigation District buys the old Bass property, Western Farms, and the water rights that come with it No publisher Matt Jenkins Agriculture Lawsuits And Water Rights Imperial Valley San Diego Los Angeles California Imperial Valley Irrigation District Metropolitan Water District Ed and Lee Bass Chinatown movie Owens Valley water grab water rights Western Farms Colorado River water USFilter Veolia Environn 2010-02-05T09:56:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/368/17649 Rebecca Clarren talks to migrant farmworker women about a threat they face every day in the fields: sexual harassment and assault by coworkers and bosses. No publisher Rebecca Clarren Awareness Month sexual assault Sexual harassment farmworkers Bandana Project Sexual Assault agricultural labor immigrant women Agriculture 2010-08-02T19:55:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/Outlaws.. Organic farmers? No publisher jeffc Food Politics Bad Judgment Agriculture Corporate Power 2009-03-26T19:20:59Z Blog Post