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The Apache activist
San Carlos Apache activist Ola Cassadore Davis talks about Mount Graham's sacredness and the coalition she founded to fight for it.
by Lisa Jones, Jul 24, 1995 -
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The administrator
University of Arizona vice president for research and graduate studies Michael Cusanovich defends the university's Mount Graham project.
by Lisa Jones, Jul 24, 1995 -
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The astronomer
Astronomer Peter Strittmatter defends observatories as "benign places."
by Lisa Jones, Jul 24, 1995 -
Feature
Making a mountain into a starbase: The long, bitter battle over Mount Graham
The University of Arizona's determination to build a world-class observatory on Mount Graham creates a storm of controversy involving an endangered red squirrel and an Indian tribe's desire to protect the mountain as a sacred place.
by John Dougherty, Jul 24, 1995 -
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Lettie Hellman
Delta County resident Lettie Hellman is a proponent of prisons for economic growth and other reasons.
by Paul Larmer, Jun 26, 1995 -
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A small mountain town shows prisons can be good neighbors
The prisons in Colorado's Fremont County have brought more benefits than problems, many claim.
by Paul Larmer, Jun 26, 1995 -
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Crime is big business, on both sides of the law
Prisons are a major growth industry in the rural West.
by Paul Larmer, Jun 26, 1995 -
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Poor, rural places are magnets for prisons
Most new prisons are being built in economically troubled rural areas.
by Paul Larmer, Jun 26, 1995 -
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Colorado's prison slayer: One man's quest to unshackle a rural economy
Small businessman Tom Huerkamp fights the building of prisons in the rural West and looks for other ways to generate an economy.
by Paul Larmer, Jun 26, 1995 -
Book Reviews
Deconstructing the rural West
An article by Patrick Jobes in "Western Planner" offers a profoundly pessimistic view of the West's growing amenity towns.
by Ed Marston, Jun 12, 1995 -
News
A Montana county unearths a major welfare queen:itself
Republican County Commissioner Adam Dahlman discovers that for every dollar Teton County taxpayers pay, $2.50 comes back from the federal government.
by Carol Bradley, Jun 12, 1995 -
News
How an ex-clown brought order to a boom town
Former Summit County Commissioner Gene Moser worked to create a state-of-the-art development code for a rapidly growing area.
by Christopher Smith, Jun 12, 1995 -
Uncommon Westerners
A 77-year-old cow watcher from Arizona
HCN reader Pauline Sandholdt of Salome, Arizona, is featured in a profile.
by Lisa Jones, Jun 12, 1995 -
News
Forest forestalls squatters
Jackson, Wyo.'s housing shortage will be worse than usual as Forest Service officials limit camping to five days on forest land in Jackson district.
by Lauren Mckeever, May 29, 1995 -
News
Booming county looks for trust
Idaho communities learn about land trusts as a possible solution to rapid growth.
by Dan Egan, May 29, 1995






