Results for keyword: Gateway communities
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I say good riddance to bad billboards
The writer wants to clearcut the thicket of billboards lining gateway towns to Yellowstone National Park
by Bill Croke, May 16, 2005 -
Change comes slowly to Escalante country
Just as it seemed the local communities were starting to accept the BLM’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the rise of conservative national politics has helped to revive old grudges and stir up opposition
by Michelle Nijhuis, Apr 14, 2003 -
Utah's Grand Staircase turns 5
In Utah, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument no longer provokes the noisy protest that attended its founding, but some locals are still waiting to see if tourism will boost the economy.
by Lin Alder, Nov 05, 2001 -
Grand Canyon development sparks debate
Canyon Forest Village, a development near the south entrance of the Grand Canyon, has been approved, but some environmentalists plan to appeal the project.
by Tim Westby, Aug 30, 1999 -
A bridge to disaster?
Environmentalists object to a Forest Service plan to build a new snowmobile bridge across Cougar Creek near the edge of Yellowstone National Park.
by Rachel Odell, Oct 12, 1998 -
In place of a bigger park, Tucson gets houses
Growing Tucson suburbs invade land on the edgoe of Arizona's Saguaro National Park West, when federal funds for a promised buyout of the land fail to materialize.
by Tony Davis, Sep 28, 1998 -
When parks close, towns lose
A report by the National Parks and Conservation Association says that gateway communities suffered big economic losses when national parks closed during the 1996 government shutdown.
by Staff, Feb 17, 1997 -
Grizzlies and tourism collide on Wyoming road
The proposed widening and straightening of Highway 14-16-20, the link between Cody, Wyo., and Yellowstone National Park, raises tremendous controversy between tourism boosters and environmentalist critics.
by Michael Milstein, Feb 03, 1997 -
An urban park is surrounded by controversy
Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, N.M., faces pressure from the surrounding city.
by Ruth Haas, Dec 12, 1994 -
Babbitt takes a fall
Bruce Babbitt considers expansion of road through national monument.
by Staff, Feb 07, 1994
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