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    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wyoming-continues-its-state-of-denial">        <title>Wyoming continues its state of denial</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wyoming-continues-its-state-of-denial</link>        <description>Despite hysterical claims to the contrary, wolves are not decimating Wyoming’s elk herds.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Tory and Meredith Taylor</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>outfitters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>hunters</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming elk herds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yellowstone National Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:16:53Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wolves-the-debate-is-seldom-rational">        <title>Wolves: The debate is seldom rational</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wolves-the-debate-is-seldom-rational</link>        <description>The great Western wolf debate is as emotional as ever.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Wendy Beye</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>livestock predation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>livestock</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wyoming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Oregon</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Montana</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Donald Molloy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Idaho</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-07-27T14:58:18Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15560">        <title>Wild Echoes: Encounters With the Most Endangered Animals
in North America</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15560</link>        <description>In Wild Echoes, Charles Bergman
describes his up-close experiences with endangered creatures that
range from black-footed ferrets and California condors to the
manatees of Florida</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Threatened and Endangered Species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Wildlife</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>threatened species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>animals</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ecosystems</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>habitat</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>biology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolves</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>condors</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>black-footed ferrets</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>manatees</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>extinction</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Charles Bergman</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmentalists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>nature</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:25:01Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17097">        <title>When is a barred owl a red herring?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17097</link>        <description>Pepper Trail says shooting barred owls is not going to
help the northern spotted owl.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pepper Trail</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Northern spotted owl</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>barred owls</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>old-growth forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wildlife
recovery</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:43:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/when-doing-the-right-thing-gets-complicated">        <title>When doing the right thing gets complicated</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/when-doing-the-right-thing-gets-complicated</link>        <description>Do we have the right to kill invasive barred owls and their hybrid offspring, even if it will save endangered spotted owls?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Carla A. Wise</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>barred owls</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>biologists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>old-growth forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Spotted owls</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>sparred owls</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:55:46Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/whats-the-best-place-for-big-solar">        <title>What's the best place for Big Solar?</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/whats-the-best-place-for-big-solar</link>        <description>Environmentalists have been too busy squabbling over proposed solar plants to pay much attention to one of the most promising sites: Gila Bend, Ariz.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sarah Gilman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>energy transmission lines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Solar energy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>geothermal power</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ivanpah Solar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>renewable energy</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Big Solar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>climate change</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Arizona</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>desert tortoises</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered desert plants</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>industrial solar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Judith Lewis Mernit</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Mojave Desert</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gila Bend</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>utility-scale solar projects</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>coal power</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Green Path North</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>environmental movement</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2012-05-25T01:39:48Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17576">        <title>Two weeks in the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17576</link>        <description>Nasty chemicals in the Western air; drilling dust; EPA
gets tougher on mercury; wildlife agency reconsiders habitat for
Canada lynx and protection for sage grouse and white-tailed prairie
dogs; and Grand Canyon gets a man-made flood.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Sarah Gilman</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>mercury</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Air pollution in national parks</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Grand</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Glen Canyon Dam</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>gas drilling</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Canyon floods</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>lynx habitat</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>pollution</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-10-27T19:48:14Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/364/17516">        <title>Two weeks in the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/364/17516</link>        <description>HCN looks at the various problems of Western wildlife,
including Northern Rockies wolves, porcupines, fishers, pikas, and
more; and Rocky Mountain National Park tests elk for chronic
wasting disease and also gives out birth control.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ray Ring</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>porcupines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>fishers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rocky Mountain National Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>M-44</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yellowstone wolves</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>pikas</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>global warming</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>elk herd</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-12-17T20:18:26Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/361/17422">        <title>Two weeks in the West</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/361/17422</link>        <description>Greater sage grouse gets another shot at protection;
Colorado River water users ratify new plan; news from around the
West; a high-tech “virtual fence” on the U.S.-Mexico
border runs into problems.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jonathan Thompson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Julie MacDonald</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>white-tailed prairie dog</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>virtual fence</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Greater sage grouse</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>illegal immigration</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California water supply</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-07-21T22:05:36Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16961">        <title>Too much can be asked of a river</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16961</link>        <description>Laura Paskus lives a mile and a half from the Rio Grande,
a river which shares a dubious distinction with India’s
Ganges and China’s Yangze: The three are among the Top Ten
most endangered rivers on the planet.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Laura Paskus</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Weather</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>World Wildlife Fund</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rivers in Trouble</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>top 10 endangered
rivers</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rio Grande</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Albuquerque</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>New Mexico</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ganges</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>India</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Yangtze</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>China</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>pollution</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>drought</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>water use</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>irrigation</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive
species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>exotic species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>cottonwood</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Siberian
elm</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:43:08Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/346/17018">        <title>Tipping the scales towards native species</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/346/17018</link>        <description>In Unnatural Landscapes, Ceiridwin Terrill travels to four
arid sites to show how scientists fight to protect indigenous
organisms from invasive species</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Aaron Gilbreath</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>feral pig</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Unnatural Landscapes</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Phil</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>biologists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pister</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>weeds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>invasive</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>exotic species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Owens pupfish</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Louisiana crawfish</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Concordia University</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>National Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>thistle</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Invasive species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Russian</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>scientists</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>iceplant</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Ceiridwin Terrill</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-08-06T20:59:10Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/361/17440">        <title>The troubled times of the Mexican wolf</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/361/17440</link>        <description>A timeline reveals the complicated, ill-fated story of the
Mexican wolf in New Mexico.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Mexican wolf reintroduction</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T08:38:37Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17093">        <title>The perils of secrecy</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17093</link>        <description>Is the wolverine, the country’s most enigmatic
predator, in danger of extinction, or just misunderstood?</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Eve Rickert</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Threatened and Endangered Species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Endangered Species Act</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>threatened species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jeff Copeland</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Diane
Katzenberger</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>wolverines</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Gulo gulo</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:27:43Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16341">        <title>The life of an enigmatic seabird</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16341</link>        <description>In Rare Bird, author Maria Mudd Ruth
pursues the mystery of the Pacific Northwest’s elusive
marbled murrelet</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Stephen J. Lyons</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Threatened and Endangered</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Maria Mudd Ruth</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>ornithology</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>threatened birds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>old growth forests</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Pacific Northwest</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>seabirds</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Big Basin Redwoods
State Park</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>California</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Douglas fir</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>species recovery</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2011-11-11T23:28:41Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.hcn.org/articles/17220">        <title>The great American cat fight</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/articles/17220</link>        <description>Environmentalists and Fish and Wildlife battle over the
return of the jaguar to Southwestern borderlands.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Morgan Heim</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Threatened and Endangered Species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>jaguar</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>endangered species</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>FIsh and Wildlife Service</dc:subject>        
                    <dc:subject>Jaguar Conservation Team</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:40:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>



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