http://www.hcn.org daily 1 2008-07-21T07:21:19Z This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/7V1KmhF8nu4/a-new-collaboration-has-idaho-ranchers-and-the-blm-fighting-fire-together Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/7V1KmhF8nu4" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Emily Guerin fire Bureau of Land Management ranching collaboration Idaho 2013-05-08T15:28:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/a-new-collaboration-has-idaho-ranchers-and-the-blm-fighting-fire-together http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/RNJ0T6y7sW0/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thrive in the Northwest?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/RNJ0T6y7sW0" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Nathan Rice logging Oregon Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act spotted owl Glendale Roseburg Northwest Forest Plan timber 2013-05-06T15:22:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/ALdNTrd8fbM/seeking-ben-kennedy The writer goes in search of a mysterious Montana philanthropist<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/ALdNTrd8fbM" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher J. Malcolm Garcia Ben Kennedy philanthropy Montana 2013-05-03T15:12:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-ben-kennedy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/uP55TI6XxsA/the-forest-service-fights-placer-mining-with-an-obscure-law A little-known 1955 law gives the Forest Service a way to shut down placer mining claims along some Western rivers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/uP55TI6XxsA" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Marshall Swearingen North Fork Clearwater River placer mining Forest Service Gold Idaho 2013-05-01T15:30:19Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/the-forest-service-fights-placer-mining-with-an-obscure-law http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/fy61iOOxOGQ/necessary-evil-a-review-of-boom-bust-boom A book review of Bill Carter's Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story about copper, the metal that runs the world<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/fy61iOOxOGQ" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Mark Apel copper Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story about copper, the metal that runs the world Bill Carter Pebble Mine Bisbee, AZ 2013-04-26T22:13:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/necessary-evil-a-review-of-boom-bust-boom http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/lNMEH2cVwx0/trappers-catch-a-lot-more-than-wolves Mountain lions, eagles, bobcats, geese and domestic pets have all been accidentally caught -- and killed -- by wolf trappers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/lNMEH2cVwx0" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Jodi Peterson trapping hunting Wyoming Montana wolves Idaho 2013-04-26T22:13:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/trappers-catch-a-lot-more-than-wolves http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/LxclAMS4FwY/historic-northwest-forest-plan-needs-a-careful-overhaul The Northwest Forest Plan, no 20 years old, faces pressures new and old, with no easy fix in sight.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/LxclAMS4FwY" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Paul Larmer 2013-04-26T22:13:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/historic-northwest-forest-plan-needs-a-careful-overhaul http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/ZicnhnjubeI/bigger-fires-and-evolving-threats-force-changes-in-the-northwest-forest-plan Dynamic forests require flexible management<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/ZicnhnjubeI" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Nathan Rice megafires Okanagan climate change Washington spotted owl Cascades drought 2013-04-26T22:13:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country/bigger-fires-and-evolving-threats-force-changes-in-the-northwest-forest-plan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/1h4n087Y3Zc/the-latest-mixed-messages-about-nuclear-power-safety Ex-nuclear regulatory commission chief says no U.S. nuclear plants are safe, while California's San Onofre plant plans to restart<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/1h4n087Y3Zc" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Sarah Jane Keller nuclear power Southern California Edison Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gregory Jaczko San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station 2013-04-26T22:13:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/the-latest-mixed-messages-about-nuclear-power-safety http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/7ya21A0hJGk/spread-the-word-and-get-an-exclusive-hcn-poster "Friends" campaign offers the new Colorado River Basin poster; Craig Childs wins Orion Book Award; John Dougherty produces "Cyanide Beach" documentary on mine pollution.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/7ya21A0hJGk" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Jodi Peterson poster Colorado River Ed Marston referral friends Betsy Marsyon 2013-04-26T22:13:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/spread-the-word-and-get-an-exclusive-hcn-poster http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/7tXrkp-lQXY/the-gray-area-a-conversation-with-artist-renee-couture An Oregon artist reinterprets the region's timber wars.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/7tXrkp-lQXY" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Sierra Crane-Murdoch Renee Couture logging artist Where do we go from here? Oregon forestry art Roseburg 2013-04-29T20:06:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/the-gray-area-a-conversation-with-artist-renee-couture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/U2w5H6EwzJ8/northwest-forest-plan-timeline A brief history of the Northwest Forest Plan<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/U2w5H6EwzJ8" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Nathan Rice logging Oregon Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act spotted owl Glendale Roseburg Northwest Forest Plan timber 2013-04-26T22:13:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country/northwest-forest-plan-timeline http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/Rz1ynWnBXJg/a-review-of-passage-to-wonderland A history professor re-treads photographer Joseph Stimson's 1903 journey from Cody, Wyo., to Yellowstone.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/Rz1ynWnBXJg" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Staff photography Yellowstone Joseph Stimson Michael Amundson 2013-04-26T22:13:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/a-review-of-passage-to-wonderland http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/rJufqImMu2k/parched-lives-in-a-parched-land-a-review-of-the-ordinary-truth Jana Richman's novel of a Nevada family divided by conflict over water<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/rJufqImMu2k" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Michael Engelhard The Ordinary Truth water Jana Richman Nevada 2013-04-26T22:13:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/parched-lives-in-a-parched-land-a-review-of-the-ordinary-truth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~3/ZpbxDkA__A4/the-latest-a-cautious-cave-re-opening After closing all Western caves to protect bats from deadly white-nose syndrome, the Forest Service re-opens certain caves<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/current-issue/~4/ZpbxDkA__A4" height="1" width="1"/> No publisher Sarah Jane Keller white-nose syndrome Caving bats Forest Service 2013-04-26T22:13:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/the-latest-a-cautious-cave-re-opening