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  • A move to make land trusts more accountable

    The Land Trust Alliance hopes its new accreditation program for land trusts will forestall the passage of federal legislation designed to end the abuse of conservation easements

    by Jennie Lay, Oct 31, 2005

  • Back On Track

    Denver, Colo., one of the West’s most sprawling, traffic-choked cities, has become a champion of mass transit with FasTracks, its ambitious light-rail project

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • You say you want a railvolution...

    Westerners may love their cars, but the region’s rapid growth means that even the most ardent car-lovers have a stake in mass transit, and in Denver’s grand experiment in light rail

    by Paul Larmer, Nov 14, 2005

  • Eastern Sierra counties seek sustainable growth

    A land-exchange plan especially designed for California’s Eastern Sierra could help prevent development controversies such as the current one over the proposed Whitney Portal project near scenic Lone Pine

    by Emma Brown, Nov 14, 2005

  • Property-rights measure overturned

    Oregon’s controversial Measure 37, which de-clawed the state’s famous land-use regulations, has been ruled unconstitutional by a Marion County judge.

    by Randy Stapilus, Nov 14, 2005

  • Commuter trains could connect the West's far-flung cities

    Longer commuter rails could connect the West’s far-flung cities in ways they haven’t been connected since the glory days of the railroad

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • Light rail moves inland from the 'Left Coast'

    Light rail has become unexpectedly popular in deeply conservative Salt Lake City, Utah

    by Allen Best, Nov 14, 2005

  • 'Sticking around' for an alpine valley

    Attilio Genasci has devoted himself to preserving land in Sierra Valley, Calif., where he has lived and farmed for 96 years

    by Jane Braxton Little, Nov 28, 2005

  • Big sky or big sprawl?

    A recent report says that Montana's rapid sprawling growth is causing traffic problems.

    by Staff, Mar 03, 1997

  • Old West guns down growth initiatives

    The writer offers a post-mortem on the defeat of anti-sprawl initiatives in Arizona and Colorado.

    by Mark Muro, Nov 20, 2000
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