Growth & Planning
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Feature
Greening a city ... and pushing other colors out
The proposed redevelopment of San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood worries its longtime black residents, who fear gentrification will drive them out.
by Rachel Waldholz, Jun 01, 2011 -
Opinion
Will an illegal BLM study seal southern Utah's fate?
The deep flaws in the BLM's inventory of Utah wild lands may doom many irreplaceable landscapes that were eliminated from wilderness consideration.
by Charles Wilkinson, May 11, 2011 -
Current
Green 'New Urbanist' development rises in Albuquerque suburbs
An ambitious green development is in the works on Mesa del Sol just outside of Albuquerque, N.M.
by Stan Alcorn, Apr 17, 2011 -
Letters
Evolution not revolution
by Dave Hays, Feb 15, 2011 -
Current
State and municipal governments fertilize local food craze
Local governments are trying to give a boost to small farmers and organic growers.
by Nathaniel Hoffman, Feb 03, 2011 -
Book Reviews
Rethinking national parks and wilderness
William Tweed takes a loving but critical look at the National Park Service in Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks.
by Laura A. Watt, Jan 24, 2011 -
Current
State trust lands serve public
Some Western states still fund their schools partly through their state trust lands.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Dec 19, 2010 -
Feature
Farming's Toxic Legacy
Long-banned pesticides linger in the soils of neighborhoods built on former agricultural land in central Washington.
by Rebecca Clarren, Dec 13, 2010 -
Sidebar
How to Play Safely in the Soil
High Country News offers tips on how to garden safely if your home is built on at-risk former farmland.
by Rebecca Clarren, Dec 05, 2010 -
Sidebar
Backyard poisons?
Soil samples from the yards of two Yakima families showed intriguing but not always comforting results.
by Rebecca Clarren, Dec 05, 2010 -
Editor's Note
What lies beneath
When pesticide chemicals were found underneath the houses of Barber Orchard, N.C., it aroused fears nationwide about the risks of building on former agricultural land.
by Sarah Gilman, Dec 05, 2010 -
Multimedia
High Country Views: Fire in the foothills
The aftermath of Boulder's destructive Fourmile Canyon fire.
by Cally Carswell, Sep 26, 2010 -
Current
Lumbering along, barely
The timber from Colorado's beetle-killed trees is not finding much of a market.
by Sarah Gilman, Sep 09, 2010 -
Current
Parting the Redwood Curtain
A one-mile-long highway project could change life for two remote counties in Northern California.
by Denver Nicks, Aug 27, 2010 -
Current
Health studies gas up
A small western Colorado town will be the subject of a study looking at the health impacts of natural gas.
by Rachel Waldholz, Jun 13, 2010






