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Tom Arrandale says Americans are getting sick and tired of
paying to save houses from forest fires when those houses are built
– and rebuilt – right next to forests in fire-prone
areas.
by Tom Arrandale,
Oct 01, 2007
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In Brave New West: Morphing Moab at the Speed of
Greed, Jim Stiles rips into the amenity-oriented tourist
economy that has transformed his once-beloved Moab, but he offers
little in the way of useful alternatives.
by Brian Kevin,
Jul 16, 2008
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In Missoula, Mont., and other Western communities,
activists search for the winning formula to pass new open-space
bonds in November
by Brianna Randall,
Jul 24, 2006
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In the city of Albuquerque, underdog candidate Eric
Griego, a critic of sprawl, challenges incumbent Mayor Marty
Chavez, a pro-growth booster
by Laura Paskus,
Jul 16, 2008
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A new documentary, Making Sense of Place:
Phoenix, the Urban Desert, uses the Arizona megalopolis
to show what happens when urban sprawl is unchecked
by Jodi Peterson,
Jul 16, 2008
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Wal-Mart wants to build more giant Supercenter stores in
the West, but communities like Inglewood, Calif., are starting to
take a stand against the world’s largest company
by Tim Sullivan,
Jul 16, 2008
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California buys the controversial Ahmanson Ranch, north of
Los Angeles, and agrees to preserve it as open space
by Matt Jenkins,
Dec 22, 2003
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Two former Fish and Wildlife Service biologists had early
doubts about San Diego’s Multiple Species Conservation
Program, criticizing the limits of the program’s science and
its inability to protect a population of endangered willowy
monardella
by Tony Davis,
Nov 10, 2003
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It’s too early to know the impact wildfires have had
on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and the Crestridge
wildlife preserve, two of the successes of the Multiple Species
Conservation Program
by Tony Davis,
Nov 10, 2003
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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,
Jul 16, 2008
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San Diego’s Multiple Species Conservation Program is
a groundbreaking attempt to protect wildlife habitat, but some say
it is still not enough to save the imperiled wildlife of Southern
California
by Greg Hanscom,
Nov 10, 2003
