High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. ‘Tributary issue' could force a seven-stateshowdown http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15789 Nevada is fighting with the four Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico over its right to use water from the Colorado River’s tributaries, in particular the Virgin and the Muddy rivers No publisher Matt Jenkins Dams And Water Supply Projects Patricia Mulroy Southern Nevada Water Authority water supply projects Colorado River Compact Colorado River Basin Jim Lochhead tributaries BLM Virgin River Muddy River Eric Kuhn Colorado River Water Conservation District Scott Balcomb Gale No 2012-03-05T23:19:08Z News Article Writing a comment letter? Better make it good http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15611 The Bureau of Land Management is tightening its standards on what it considers worthwhile, "substantive" public comments from citizen activists No publisher Matt Jenkins Public Lands BLM Environmental public comment environmental activists environmental groups federal agencies environmental impact statements drilling oil and gas Wyoming Outdoor Council The Wilderness Society Bruce Pendery National Environmental Policy Act Tova Woyciecho Advocacy Groups 2011-05-16T23:10:54Z News Article Will the BLM Web site shutdown ever end? 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 Wilderness: The new anti-nuclear weapon http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16147 The designation of a new wilderness area in Utah – the Cedar Mountain Wilderness -- may make it harder for nuclear power plant operators to ship radioactive waste to the Skull Valley Goshute Indian Reservation No publisher Matt Jenkins Nuclear Waste Wilderness Areas Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area nuclear waste radioactive waste waste shipments hazardous waste disposal Goshute Reservation Skull Valley Goshutes Jim Hansen BLM Scott Groene Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance wilderness bills Rob Bishop Privat 2010-02-05T08:57:10Z News Article Wilderness wallows in rural county http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15479 Despite local support for the creation of a Badlands Wilderness Area east of Bend, Ore., the Deschutes County Commission votes to take no action at all on the matter No publisher Mike Van Meter Wilderness Legislation Badlands wilderness study area wilderness designation BLM mountain biking Deschutes County Commission Oregon Natural Desert Association Tom DeWolf Bill Marlett off-road vehicles Ron Wyden Greg Walden 2010-02-05T09:24:32Z News Article Wilderness is the place that can make or break you http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16993 Aron Ralston, who famously lost his arm in a Utah canyon, argues for the preservation of that canyon and others like it. No publisher Aron Ralston Recreation Aron Ralston Utah wilderness canyon country wilderness America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act outdoor recreation hiking accidents wild lands slot canyons BLM 1964 Wilderness Act Utah public domain Kaiparowits Plateau Book Cliffs San Rafael Swell 2010-02-05T09:43:13Z News Article Why I won't tell the BLM what I think about Otero Mesa http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14845 The writer won’t try to influence the Bureau of Land Management; he’s convinced it wants to speed oil and gas drilling on Otero Mesa No publisher Robert Rowley BLM Oil and Gas 2010-02-05T09:42:52Z News Article Whose rules rule on Otero Mesa? http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15334 New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is fighting to keep the oil and gas industry away from Otero Mesa, but the federal government is equally determined to let the drilling begin No publisher Laura Paskus Oil And Gas Bill Richardson Otero Mesa New Mexico oil and gas industry drill rigs drilling energy Joanna Prokup Stephen Capra New Mexico Wilderness Alliance BLM George W. Bush Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission New Mexico Oil Conservation Division 2010-02-05T09:23:47Z News Article While you were voting … 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 Where the rubber leaves the road http://www.hcn.org/articles/17627 Colorado's new off-road vehicle bill expands enforcement No publisher Evelyn Schlatter BLM national forests off-road vehicles Off Road Vehicles 2010-02-05T09:27:45Z News Article When mud-boggers rip up the land, penalize them 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 When can the BLM say 'no'? http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16514 BLM and Forest Service officials say they have little power to prevent drilling in an area once it’s been OK’d for leasing, but critics say the government simply refuses to use its power No publisher Jodi Peterson Public Lands BLM Oil and Gas Forest Service oil and gas leases drilling energy policy Duane Spencer San Miguel River drilling protests John Leshy Interior Department Clinton environmental policy Mark Rey Agriculture Department Christie Achenbach Grand Staircase-Esca 2011-11-30T18:50:32Z News Article Western legislatures grab for control of public lands 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 We're still throwing horses overboard http://www.hcn.org/wotr/were-still-throwing-horses-overboard America’s wild horses deserve our protection, and our respect. No publisher Deanne Stillman wild horses Horse Latitudes public lands Wild Horse Annie Paul Revere Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act mustangs BLM wild burros conquistadors American history 2010-07-13T21:08:02Z News Article We need a solution to too many wild horses http://www.hcn.org/wotr/we-need-a-solution-to-too-many-wild-horses Wild horses are beautiful and romantic, but there isn't room for them on the West's overgrazed public lands. No publisher Jodi Peterson wild horses public lands mustangs Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act Wild Horse Annie BLM wild burros 2010-07-02T15:46:38Z News Article