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The mission is simple: restore Lake Tahoe
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency was created in 1969 to protect and restore Lake Tahoe.
by Jon Christensen, May 12, 1997 -
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Planning under the gun: Cleaning up Lake Tahoe proves to be a dirty business
Is the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency going to clean up beleaguered Lake Tahoe and its surroundings - or simply drive a wedge between the elite and the working class in the community?
by Jon Christensen, May 12, 1997 -
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This rancher wants to stay
Rancher Rob Blair in his own words on why he intends to keep raising cattle on the Mojave Preserve.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 14, 1997 -
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The Mojave National Preserve: 1.4 million acres of contradictions
California's new Mojave National Preserve, touted as "a park for the 21st century," seeks to remain primitive and to avoid alienating the small communities in and around the preserve.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 14, 1997 -
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A miner turns host
Jerry Freeman, owner of the tiny town of Nipton, Calif., in his own words on why he thinks the preserve will be a good - and profitable - thing.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 14, 1997 -
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Let's work with the situation
Gerry Rankin, mayor of Big Water, Utah, in her own words describes her town's high hopes for Andalex's mine, but says she is willing to work with the new situation the new monument is bringing.
by Paul Larmer, Apr 14, 1997 -
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This monument was just plain stupid
Roger Holland, a Kanab town councilman, in his own words on why he hates the new national monument.
by Paul Larmer, Apr 14, 1997 -
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A proud and defiant native
Garfield County Commissioner Louise Liston in her own words on her fight against the monument and her struggle to preserve what she sees as important in the region.
by Paul Larmer, Apr 14, 1997 -
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Beauty and the Beast: The president's new monument forces southern Utah to face its tourism future
As the small, conservative towns bordering Utah's new Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument begin to adapt to the monument they never wanted, a new vision for what gateway communities and preserved areas might be begins to slowly emerge.
by Paul Larmer, Apr 14, 1997 -
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This rancher wants to stay
Rancher Rob Blair in his own words on why he intends to keep raising cattle on the Mojave Preserve.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 14, 1997 -
Feature
The Mojave National Preserve: 1.4 million acres of contradictions
California's new Mojave National Preserve, touted as "a park for the 21st century," seeks to remain primitive and to avoid alienating the small communities in and around the preserve.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 14, 1997 -
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A miner turns host
Jerry Freeman, owner of the tiny town of Nipton, Calif., in his own words on why he thinks the preserve will be a good - and profitable - thing.
by Elizabeth Manning, Apr 14, 1997 -
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Let's work with the situation
Gerry Rankin, mayor of Big Water, Utah, in her own words describes her town's high hopes for Andalex's mine, but says she is willing to work with the new situation the new monument is bringing.
by Paul Larmer, Apr 14, 1997 -
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This monument was just plain stupid
Roger Holland, a Kanab town councilman, in his own words on why he hates the new national monument.
by Paul Larmer, Apr 14, 1997 -
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A proud and defiant native
Garfield County Commissioner Louise Liston in her own words on her fight against the monument and her struggle to preserve what she sees as important in the region.
by Paul Larmer, Apr 14, 1997






