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  • Junk rule pits rural ideals against suburban standards

    Junk rule pits rural ideals against suburban standards

    In New Mexico's San Juan County, a new ordinance contrasts upper class aesthetics against a rural lifestyle.

    by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Sep 13, 2011

  • The day the view died

    Julianne Couch regrets that Laramie has now grown so much she can no longer recognize the familiar view she once loved to see as she drove into town.

    by Julianne Couch, Jan 07, 2008

  • Developer under fire for destroying desert

    Developer George Johnson is being sued by the state of Arizona for major violations of environmental laws, committed in the early stages of his planned La Osa Ranch development

    by Tony Davis, Apr 04, 2005

  • For endangered species, survival no longer enough

    Two rulings say the Fish and Wildlife Service needs to take into account endangered species recovery as well as survival when it comes to development

    by Dan Wilcock, Sep 27, 2004

  • A water-and-wilderness bill kicks up dust in Nevada

    Critics say an economic development initiative could suck desert springs and rural counties dry

    by Ryan Slattery, Sep 13, 2004

  • Ballot-box democracy

    The same kind of "ballot-box planning" that’s been used to control development in small towns like Paonia, Colo., is being manipulated by Wal-Mart in its quest to build more Supercenters in the West

    by Paul Larmer, Jun 07, 2004

  • Rednecks and hippies unite!

    The small-town politics of a place like Paonia, Colo., are a microcosm of the nation today, revealing deep political divisions and a kind of winner-takes-all arrogance on the part of those in power

    by Greg Hanscom, May 10, 2004

  • Arizona land swap dogged by questions

    Critics say the Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange in Arizona is a sweetheart deal between developer Fred Ruskin and the Forest Service

    by Anne Minard, Mar 01, 2004

  • Voters swipe at sprawl

    A 10-year-old plan to build a controversial expressway through Petroglyph National Monument hits a "stop" sign, when Albuquerque voters refuse to pay for it

    by April Reese, Nov 24, 2003

  • Vernal pools fall to a shopping mall

    A shopping center and apartment complex destroyed over 60 of the vernal pools necessary to endangered San Diego fairy shrimp, and despite the Multiple Species Conservation Program, only one of the pools was saved

    by Tony Davis, Nov 10, 2003
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