Culture & Communities
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Book Reviews
Small town design
A report, "Managing Change in Rural Communities," is reviewed.
by Staff, Feb 19, 1996 -
Related Stories
$400,000 buys property - and a vote
The new resort town of Mountain Village, Colo., employs questionable legal tactics to allow non-resident property owners to vote while seasonal workers cannot.
by Morgan Lee, Feb 19, 1996 -
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Ski workers look for a home
If the Adam's Rib ski resort is built, western Colorado's already displaced workers will have to commute even farther to find a place to live.
by Elizabeth Manning, Feb 19, 1996 -
News
Jury convicts a grave robber
Oregon resident Jack Lee Harelson is found guilty of looting an Indian burial cave in Nevada, and pothunter Earl Shumway is sentenced in Utah to six-and-one-half years.
by Elizabeth Manning, Feb 05, 1996 -
News
Facts take a beating on the range
New Mexico State's Range Improvement Task Force issues a press release saying the Diamond Bar allotment is not overgrazed, and environmentalists and scientist critics cry "pseudoscience."
by Lisa Jones, Feb 05, 1996 -
News
Catron County wins in court, loses on the ground
Catron County, N.M.'s land ordinances survive an environmental lawsuit, but fail to be enforced on the ground.
by Tony Davis, Feb 05, 1996 -
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The thing about the West is that every jerk is figuring out how to rip up the landscape, and the laws in the West let him
In his own words, an anonymous retired East Coast businessman explains his disillusionment with the West and his decision not to buy property there.
by Ed Marston, Feb 05, 1996 -
Feature
Lack of enchantment: Santa Fe's boom goes flat
Santa Fe's hotel and tourism industry blames populist Mayor Debbie Jaramillo for the slowing of the city's upscale boom.
by Bruce Selcraig, Feb 05, 1996 -
Book Reviews
The Northwest's new economy
Economist Tom Powers' report, "Economic Well-being and Environmental Protection in the Pacific Northwest," says the region is thriving despite dire predictions.
by Dustin Solberg, Jan 22, 1996 -
Book Reviews
Do-it-yourself preservation
Volunteers help protect the West's threatened archaeological sites from vandals and looters.
by Ron Sanders, Dec 25, 1995 -
Book Reviews
Revving up rural schools
The Annenberg Rural Challenge seeks to reform rural schools.
by Staff, Dec 11, 1995 -
Book Reviews
Southwestern writers hit the airwaves
A radio documentary "Writing the Southwest" features 13 Southwestern authors.
by Staff, Dec 11, 1995 -
Book Reviews
Green fellows
Environmental journalists are invited to apply for a fellowship year at Harvard.
by Staff, Dec 11, 1995 -
News
Traffic flow 1, trees 0
Residents of New Mexico's North Valley object to the felling of old cottonwoods to make way for a bridge over the Rio Grande designed to ease Albuquerque commuter traffic.
by Tony Davis, Nov 27, 1995 -
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Trust in the Land
In the effort to preserve Western open space, land trusts take the lead.
by Hal Clifford, Nov 27, 1995






