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	<title>News from the Grand Canyon Trust</title>
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	<description>News about conservation issues affecting the Colorado Plateau</description>
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		<title>Arizona public lands; a primer for GOP debate participants</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/arizona-public-lands-a-primer-for-gop-debate-participants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ‘Purpose’ Of Arizona Public Lands — A Primer For The GOP Candidates At Tonight’s Debate By Public Lands Team on Feb 22, 2012 at 10:03 am By Jessica Goad, Manager of Research and Outreach, Center for American Progress Action &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/arizona-public-lands-a-primer-for-gop-debate-participants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coconino County supervisor Taylor says uranium mining in the Grand Canyon region is unwise</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/coconino-county-supervisor-taylor-says-uranium-mining-in-the-grand-canyon-region-is-unwise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/coconino-county-supervisor-taylor-says-uranium-mining-in-the-grand-canyon-region-is-unwise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon region is unwise By Carl Taylor (originally appeared in Capitol Times on 2/20) I am the Coconino County supervisor whose district includes a portion of the Grand Canyon. I do not speak for the &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/coconino-county-supervisor-taylor-says-uranium-mining-in-the-grand-canyon-region-is-unwise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An open letter to Grand Canyon Trust members about our adventure trips</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may know, each spring and autumn the Grand Canyon Trust runs a variety of adventures for our members and supporters.  The purpose of these trips is for us to meet our members, and for our members to meet &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/an-open-letter-to-grand-canyon-trust-members-about-our-adventure-trips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Program gearing up for fieldwork season</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/volunteer-program-gearing-up-for-fieldwork-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it is still technically winter, the volunteer program is keenly aware of the approaching spring. Come early March, we will host our first group of volunteers. We will be in full fieldwork mode from then through October, taking people &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/volunteer-program-gearing-up-for-fieldwork-season/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interior Secretary announces 20 year uranium mining withdrawal at Grand Canyon</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/interior-secretary-announces-20-year-uranium-mining-withdrawal-at-grand-canyon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/interior-secretary-announces-20-year-uranium-mining-withdrawal-at-grand-canyon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Grand Canyon Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great News! On January 9, 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar ordered a twenty-year moratorium on thousands of new mining claims that threaten to industrialize watersheds that drain directly into Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. The ban was achieved &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/interior-secretary-announces-20-year-uranium-mining-withdrawal-at-grand-canyon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Socioeconomic study planned for Colorado River in Grand Canyon</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/socioeconomic-study-planned-for-colorado-river-in-grand-canyon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colorado River in Grand Canyon The Trust has begun development of a Socioeconomic Program for all resources on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. This is being done in partnership with other stakeholders within the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/socioeconomic-study-planned-for-colorado-river-in-grand-canyon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greater Canyonlands film project moves forward</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/greater-canyonlands-film-project-moves-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notes from the field Time has slowed way down just before dawn. It’s twenty-six degrees outside and we are waiting for the sun, for the light more than warmth, to color the immense landscape stretched out below us. Bill Mitchell, &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/greater-canyonlands-film-project-moves-forward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Implementation of 4FRI draws near</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/implementation-of-4fri-draws-near/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stakeholders of the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) – a 2.4 million-acre effort to restore Arizona’s ponderosa pine forests – are eagerly awaiting implementation of the project’s first phase.   In August 2011, the U.S. Forest Service released a Request for &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/implementation-of-4fri-draws-near/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grand Canyon Trust Uranium Campaign Chronicle</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/grand-canyon-trust-uranium-campaign-chronicle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/grand-canyon-trust-uranium-campaign-chronicle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grand Canyon Trust Uranium Campaign Chronicle: 2007 – Jan. 2012 Beginning in 2006, the price for uranium began to rise. As a result, thousands of new claims were filed within watersheds that drain directly into Grand Canyon National Park and the &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/grand-canyon-trust-uranium-campaign-chronicle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CEQ &amp; Forest Service announce project to improve efficiency of federal environmental reviews, 4FRI to be pilot</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/ceq-and-forest-service-announce-project-to-improve-efficiency-of-federal-environmental-reviews/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/ceq-and-forest-service-announce-project-to-improve-efficiency-of-federal-environmental-reviews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; CEQ and Forest Service Announce Project to Improve Efficiency of Federal Environmental Reviews WASHINGTON &#8211; The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today announced a new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Pilot project under an initiative launched in March 2011 &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/ceq-and-forest-service-announce-project-to-improve-efficiency-of-federal-environmental-reviews/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Flagstaff area national monuments celebrate Arizona Centennial with fee free day</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/flagstaff-area-national-monuments-celebrate-arizonas-centennial-with-fee-free-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/flagstaff-area-national-monuments-celebrate-arizonas-centennial-with-fee-free-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[                   100 Years, 100 Miles:                      Flagstaff Area National Monuments                 Celebrate Arizona’s Centennial, 1912-2012                                           with a Fee Free Day and Special Event                           FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA – The National Park Service congratulates the great state of Arizona on 100 remarkable years &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/flagstaff-area-national-monuments-celebrate-arizonas-centennial-with-fee-free-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Partnership Advancing Science on the North Rim of Grand Canyon</title>
		<link>http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/historic-partnership-advancing-science-on-the-grand-canyons-north-rim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, AZ &#8211; Against the stunning backdrop of the Kaibab Plateau and Vermilion Cliffs, a pioneering partnership has been forged to bolster the science guiding resource management and public lands stewardship along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. On &#8230; <a href="http://www.grandcanyontrust.org/news/2012/02/historic-partnership-advancing-science-on-the-grand-canyons-north-rim/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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