<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Mike Stark's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-1003772.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:19:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 21:04:31 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tests of Army dirigibles to use drones, missiles</title>
<description><![CDATA[Proving the capability of high-tech military balloons will require buzzing drones, jets and an occasional unarmed surface-to-air missile.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/30/4225597-tests-of-army-dirigibles-to-use-drones-missiles</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/30/4225597-tests-of-army-dirigibles-to-use-drones-missiles</guid><category>us</category><category>military</category><category>tests</category><category>us-news</category><category>dirigibles</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:31:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/77f6c4fe-8e92-49c4-b8a1-fdedfb2575f8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/77f6c4fe-8e92-49c4-b8a1-fdedfb2575f8.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by Ratheon Co. shows a 242-foot-long dirigible being inflated in Utah at the U.S. Air Force's Utah Test and Training Range about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah. The military is planning a series of tests of the helium-filled airships in Utah in the coming years. The work is an effort to prove the abilities of unmanned radar-bearing dirigibles, known as aerostats, to give field commanders a bird's eye view of cruise missiles and other nearby threats. (AP Photo/Ratheon Co., File) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Utah man accused in girls' poisoning deaths</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors in a Utah city will file negligent homicide charges against an exterminator who applied rodent poison that was later linked to the death of two young girls.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/28/4218016-utah-man-accused-in-girls-poisoning-deaths</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/28/4218016-utah-man-accused-in-girls-poisoning-deaths</guid><category>us</category><category>children</category><category>us-news</category><category>pesticides</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:14:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Study starts on S. Utah sage grouse, wind farms</title>
<description><![CDATA[Before wind energy developers come calling on southern Utah, biologists there hope to learn about how it might affect the greater sage grouse.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/19/4177058-study-starts-on-s-utah-sage-grouse-wind-farms</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/19/4177058-study-starts-on-s-utah-sage-grouse-wind-farms</guid><category>business</category><category>wind</category><category>farms</category><category>ut</category><category>sage-grouse</category><category>grouse</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:39:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bd07e66d-db3f-45c5-956a-da5aee1ea240.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="387" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bd07e66d-db3f-45c5-956a-da5aee1ea240.jpg" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated image provided the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service show a wild sage grouse. Before wind energy developers come calling on southern Utah, biologists there hope to learn about how it might affect the greater sage grouse. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are launching a study of the chicken-sized bird across more than 300 square miles in Iron and Beaver counties. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gary Kramer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US military testing high-tech dirigibles in Utah</title>
<description><![CDATA[The skies over the Utah desert are becoming the test site for a new fleet of hulking high-tech dirigibles the U.S. military is hoping will provide battlefield commanders a bird's-eye view of cruise missiles and other threats.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/14/4159018-us-military-testing-high-tech-dirigibles-in-utah</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/14/4159018-us-military-testing-high-tech-dirigibles-in-utah</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>military</category><category>tests</category><category>us-news</category><category>dirigibles</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:34:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/64fb9b80-325c-46e1-b26f-73b3f7e587e0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/64fb9b80-325c-46e1-b26f-73b3f7e587e0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated photo provided by Ratheon Co. shows a 233-foot-long dirigible being inflated in Utah at the U.S. Air Force's Utah Test and Training Range about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City. Two of the high-tech dirigibles - which are designed to detect cruise missiles and other near-ground tests - were launched over Utah on Wednesday April 14, 2010 for the first in a series of tests planned in the state. (AP Photo/Ratheon Co.) NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EPA tightens rules on pesticide linked to deaths</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal officials have moved quickly to clamp down on the use of potent rodent-killing pesticides after one was linked to the deaths of two Utah girls earlier this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/08/4133093-epa-tightens-rules-on-pesticide-linked-to-deaths</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/08/4133093-epa-tightens-rules-on-pesticide-linked-to-deaths</guid><category>us</category><category>children</category><category>us-news</category><category>pesticides</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:45:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>More than 25 hit in rash of Utah BB gun shootings</title>
<description><![CDATA[A rash of drive-by BB gun shootings in the suburbs around Salt Lake City has left police and more than two dozen victims wondering who is carrying out the apparently random attacks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/26/4074624-more-than-25-hit-in-rash-of-utah-bb-gun-shootings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/26/4074624-more-than-25-hit-in-rash-of-utah-bb-gun-shootings</guid><category>us</category><category>gun</category><category>attacks</category><category>us-news</category><category>utah</category><category>salt-lake-city</category><category>bb-gun</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:37:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Saving rare fish may require moving mouth of river</title>
<description><![CDATA[Saving Utah's endangered June sucker may require moving a river.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4031350-saving-rare-fish-may-require-moving-mouth-of-river</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4031350-saving-rare-fish-may-require-moving-mouth-of-river</guid><category>us</category><category>endangered</category><category>river</category><category>fish</category><category>us-news</category><category>ut</category><category>saving-utah</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:13:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Official: Substance at Utah IRS bldg not hazardous</title>
<description><![CDATA[A suspicious substance found at an IRS building in Ogden, Utah, on Monday is not hazardous, an official with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/01/3966428-official-substance-at-utah-irs-bldg-not-hazardous</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/01/3966428-official-substance-at-utah-irs-bldg-not-hazardous</guid><category>us</category><category>building</category><category>irs</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>us-news</category><category>hazmat</category><category>postal-inspection-service</category><category>irs-building</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:43:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New species of dinosaur found in eastern Utah rock</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of the remains, scientists said Tuesday. The bones found at Dinosaur National Monument belonged to a type of sauropod &#8212; long-necked plant-eaters that were said to be the largest animal ever to roam land.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/23/3941139-new-species-of-dinosaur-found-in-eastern-utah-rock</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/23/3941139-new-species-of-dinosaur-found-in-eastern-utah-rock</guid><category>us</category><category>dinosaur</category><category>discovery</category><category>us-news</category><category>dinosaur-national-monument</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:11:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dc4af6fb-28eb-4836-a0c7-da9c817eb75c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dc4af6fb-28eb-4836-a0c7-da9c817eb75c.jpg" width="120" height="54" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the National Park Service on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 shows the right and left views of the complete skull of the newly-discovered dinosaur Abydosaurus mcintoshi. Paleontologists say this new species of dinosaur was found in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah hidden in slabs of sandstone so hard they had to use explosives to free some of the fossils. (AP Photo/National Park Service)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8e049038-3d4c-439b-9fe4-d5567983dc76.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8e049038-3d4c-439b-9fe4-d5567983dc76.jpg" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by Michael W. Skrepnick on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 shows an artist's conception of the newly-discovered dinosaur Abydosaurus mcintoshi feeding on conifer trees. Paleontologists say this new species of dinosaur was found in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah hidden in slabs of sandstone so hard they had to use explosives to free some of the fossils. (AP Photo/ Michael W. Skrepnick) NO SALES; COPYRIGHT 2010 MICHAEL W. SKREPNICK&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Feds: Status of pika will still need watching</title>
<description><![CDATA[The American pika isn't heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there's no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3855322-feds-status-of-pika-will-still-need-watching</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3855322-feds-status-of-pika-will-still-need-watching</guid><category>us</category><category>global</category><category>global-warming</category><category>warming</category><category>science</category><category>us-news</category><category>pika</category><category>global-warming-pika</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:18:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b9e4e243-774c-4813-b0ff-3e215f260f87.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b9e4e243-774c-4813-b0ff-3e215f260f87.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a mountain-dwelling American pika. The American pika, a small mountain-dwelling mammal in the West that can't tolerate the heat could become the first animal in the continental United States to get federal protections primarily because of climate change. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to announce Friday Feb. 5, 2010 whether the American pika will be protected under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/US Geological Survey, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>More states took in expired meds in 2009</title>
<description><![CDATA[A steel mailbox-sized bin in the lobby of a police department in northern Utah was full again, crammed with half-full prescription bottles, over-the-counter cold meds and even an odd topical cream from 1983.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/19/3778878-more-states-took-in-expired-meds-in-2009</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/19/3778878-more-states-took-in-expired-meds-in-2009</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>drug</category><category>us-news</category><category>collectors</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:01:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f4894bed-a0b0-49c6-b99b-d967a0a11801.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f4894bed-a0b0-49c6-b99b-d967a0a11801.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Holly Plotnick and Shanae Perez of the Layton, Utah, Police Department unload unused medicines from a bin in the department's lobby in this Jan. 12, 2010 photo. The department's dropbox &amp;#8212; one of 37 in police stations across Utah &amp;#8212; took in 738 pounds in 2009, a year when several states with take-back programs saw record hauls. (AP Photo/Mike Stark)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d272bd5d-873a-40c1-b2d0-0da4fcbb5025.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d272bd5d-873a-40c1-b2d0-0da4fcbb5025.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated photo provided by the Wyoming Dept of Health shows drugs that have been donated to the state's drug recycling program at the offices in Cheyenne, Wyo. Advocates say the 90 or so drug take-back programs across the country are a good start but not well-funded enough to expand to a mass scale. (AP Photo/Wyoming Dept of Health, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Smog leaves Utah coughing, sneezing and wheezing</title>
<description><![CDATA[A thick layer of smog stubbornly lingering over parts of Utah has fouled the state's air so badly this week that health officials warned people not to exercise outside and some schools kept children inside for recess and sports.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/15/3762929-smog-leaves-utah-coughing-sneezing-and-wheezing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/15/3762929-smog-leaves-utah-coughing-sneezing-and-wheezing</guid><category>us</category><category>air</category><category>pollution</category><category>us-news</category><category>utah</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:46:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/910d743e-6ae4-4fa4-bb84-a1dd4cb80ba5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="231" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/910d743e-6ae4-4fa4-bb84-a1dd4cb80ba5.jpg" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Jan. 12, 2010 file photo shows smog and haze hovering over Salt Lake City. The thick layer of smog stubbornly lingering over Utah has fouled the state's mountain air so badly this week that health officials are warning people not to exercise outside and schools are keeping children inside for recess and sports. The smog is blamed on a weather phenomenon that pins pollution to the valley floors. (AP Photo/ Deseret News, Brian Nicholson, File) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4bba8315-eec9-46a7-bc7b-a629867df055.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="237" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4bba8315-eec9-46a7-bc7b-a629867df055.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Jan. 14, 2010 photo shows the historic City and County Building in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah shrouded in smog. The thick layer of smog stubbornly lingering over Utah has fouled the state's mountain air so badly this week that health officials are warning people not to exercise outside and schools are keeping children inside for recess and sports. The smog is blamed on a weather phenomenon that pins pollution to the valley floors. (AP Photo/Mike Stark)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dirty air: Utah officials urge limit on kids' play</title>
<description><![CDATA[Schools in parts of Utah kept students inside for sports and recess Tuesday after soaring pollution levels prompted state health warnings on driving and outdoor activity.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3747421-dirty-air-utah-officials-urge-limit-on-kids-play</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3747421-dirty-air-utah-officials-urge-limit-on-kids-play</guid><category>us</category><category>quality</category><category>us-news</category><category>utah</category><category>air-quality</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:47:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BLM postpones wild horse roundup in remote Utah</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has postponed plans to round up about 185 wild horses from a western Utah herd.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/07/3727318-blm-postpones-wild-horse-roundup-in-remote-utah</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/07/3727318-blm-postpones-wild-horse-roundup-in-remote-utah</guid><category>us</category><category>horses</category><category>us-news</category><category>utah</category><category>wild-horses</category><category>land-management</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:51:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Deal signed to protect ancient art in Utah canyon</title>
<description><![CDATA[An agreement signed Tuesday is aimed at safeguarding thousands of prehistoric American Indian drawings and carvings from truckers' dust in a famed Utah canyon near where a Colorado company wants to dramatically increase energy development.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/05/3718659-deal-signed-to-protect-ancient-art-in-utah-canyon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/05/3718659-deal-signed-to-protect-ancient-art-in-utah-canyon</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>art</category><category>rock</category><category>drilling</category><category>american-indian</category><category>us-news</category><category>rock-art</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:32:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/70740738-7d68-4e32-a688-9d8299106891.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/70740738-7d68-4e32-a688-9d8299106891.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 30, 2008 file photo, tanker trucks pass petroglyphs in Nine Mile Canyon northeast of Wellington, Utah. An unusual agreement to protect the Utah canyon decorated by ancient American Indian art is expected to allow energy development to move forward. The pact is scheduled to be signed Jan. 5 by federal and state agencies, conservation and archaeology groups, tribal leaders and a Denver-based natural gas producer. It calls for road work to cut down on abrasive dust that can erode the rock art panels of Nine Mile Canyon. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7309ed36-a2bf-4a46-85fc-32950caadb1f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="122" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7309ed36-a2bf-4a46-85fc-32950caadb1f.jpg" width="120" height="37" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 30, 2008 file photo Halliburton natural gas exploration vehicles sit stationed by the road where petroglyphs adorn the rock walls in Nine Mile Canyon northeast of Wellington, Utah. An unusual agreement to protect the Utah canyon decorated by ancient American Indian art is expected to allow energy development to move forward. The pact is scheduled to be signed Jan. 5 by federal and state agencies, conservation and archaeology groups, tribal leaders and a Denver-based natural gas producer. It calls for road work to cut down on abrasive dust that can erode the rock art panels of Nine Mile Canyon. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Program aims to protect Utah prairie dog habitat</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new program to pay farmers and ranchers to protect Utah prairie dogs on their land may help finally push the threatened animals off the endangered species list, according to organizers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/04/3714206-program-aims-to-protect-utah-prairie-dog-habitat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/04/3714206-program-aims-to-protect-utah-prairie-dog-habitat</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>utah</category><category>conservation</category><category>prairie-dogs</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:42:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3b76cd6c-70ec-4a02-83af-2f088ebbb86b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3b76cd6c-70ec-4a02-83af-2f088ebbb86b.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this undated file photo released by Forest Guardians, a prairie dog eats in southwestern Utah. Organizers say a new program that pays farmers and ranchers to protect Utah prairie dogs may provide a much-needed step to finally get the threatened animals off the endangered species list. (AP Photo/Forest Guardians, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8ec1bdb4-f1f6-4294-a4df-e3ff7d24422c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="371" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8ec1bdb4-f1f6-4294-a4df-e3ff7d24422c.jpg" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -  In This May 21, 2009 file photo, a prairie dog stands on a dirt mound as golfers play a round at the Cedar Ridge Golf Course in Cedar City, Utah. Organizers say a new program that pays farmers and ranchers to protect Utah prairie dogs may provide a much needed step to finally get the threatened animals off the endangered species list. (AP Photo/Mike Stark)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BLM struggles against illegal dumping on fed lands</title>
<description><![CDATA[During a warm spell this fall, vandals hauled 18 decrepit televisions and computers down a narrow gravel road in Utah's picturesque Skull Valley, dumped them on a hillside, blasted them with guns and left them for dead.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/27/3683966-blm-struggles-against-illegal-dumping-on-fed-lands</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/27/3683966-blm-struggles-against-illegal-dumping-on-fed-lands</guid><category>us</category><category>public-lands</category><category>us-news</category><category>lands</category><category>trashing</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:11:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Men admit stealing seed pods from Utah nat'l park</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two men have pleaded guilty to trying to steal 600 pounds of wildflower seed pods in Utah's Zion National Park in hopes of a payday on the commercial market.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/16/3641716-men-admit-stealing-seed-pods-from-utah-natl-park</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/16/3641716-men-admit-stealing-seed-pods-from-utah-natl-park</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>seed</category><category>thieves</category><category>zion-national-park</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Body of trapped Utah spelunker won't be recovered</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Utah cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/27/3555175-body-of-trapped-utah-spelunker-wont-be-recovered</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/27/3555175-body-of-trapped-utah-spelunker-wont-be-recovered</guid><category>us</category><category>rescue</category><category>death</category><category>us-news</category><category>cave</category><category>ut</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:17:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Feds back removal of 5M pounds of Utah lake carp</title>
<description><![CDATA[A plan to pull 5 million pounds of unwanted carp from a Utah lake each year &#8212; one of the largest such attempts in the country &#8212; got initial backing Thursday from a federal wildlife agency.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520410-feds-back-removal-of-5m-pounds-of-utah-lake-carp</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520410-feds-back-removal-of-5m-pounds-of-utah-lake-carp</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>carp</category><category>utah-lake</category><category>unwanted-carp</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:42:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Utah auction draws few oil and gas drillers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Drillers say it's getting so hard to obtain an oil-and-gas lease in the Rocky Mountains under the new administration of President Barack Obama that many aren't bothering to show up for auctions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Foy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Foy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508454-utah-auction-draws-few-oil-and-gas-drillers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/16/3508454-utah-auction-draws-few-oil-and-gas-drillers</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>drilling</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>rocky-mountains</category><category>national-parks</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:29:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Investigators release video of Utah refinery blast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Surveillance camera video shows a 100-foot fireball ripping through a Utah refinery during a gas explosion that knocked a nearby home off its foundation earlier this month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3499616-investigators-release-video-of-utah-refinery-blast</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3499616-investigators-release-video-of-utah-refinery-blast</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>fire</category><category>refinery</category><category>us-news</category><category>utah</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:53:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Feds to check animal abuse claims at Utah labs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal officials say they'll look into complaints by the animal rights group PETA about the treatment of animals at University of Utah research facilities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3498372-feds-to-check-animal-abuse-claims-at-utah-labs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3498372-feds-to-check-animal-abuse-claims-at-utah-labs</guid><category>us</category><category>animal</category><category>complaints</category><category>us-news</category><category>lab</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:38:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Utah OKs settlement with waste incinerator</title>
<description><![CDATA[Utah regulators on Thursday approved a nearly $520,000 settlement over environmental violations at the state's only large-scale incinerator for hazardous waste.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497720-utah-oks-settlement-with-waste-incinerator</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497720-utah-oks-settlement-with-waste-incinerator</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>violations</category><category>incinerator</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:37:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Utah rock art canyon up for historic designation</title>
<description><![CDATA[Parts of a remote central Utah canyon decorated with ancient Indian art are being nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Stark]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3493150-utah-rock-art-canyon-up-for-historic-designation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3493150-utah-rock-art-canyon-up-for-historic-designation</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>canyon</category><category>utah</category><category>designation</category><category>national-register</category><category>historic-places</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:02:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
