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Sometimes it seems that only the impact of a severe
drought can get Westerners to work together on water
issues
by Paul Larmer,
May 14, 2007
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Western real estate slump hits suburbs, but developers
keep on developing; Marijuana McMansions; copper booming; Logan,
Utah, rejects dirty power; Tri-State puts off two coal power
plants; animals killed by Wildlife Services
by Jonathan Thompson,
Apr 30, 2007
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Buyer’s remorse is strong in Oregon, where Measure
37 has sparked a developer’s feeding frenzy that has
Oregonians’ heads spinning
by Russell Sadler,
Dec 25, 2006
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A new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve
undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use –
particularly in organic farming.
by Seth Zuckerman,
Sep 18, 2006
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Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers and
Citizens and Nature-Friendly
Communties are two new handbooks on innovative land-use
planning and habitat protection
by Ray Ring,
Feb 06, 2006
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In Requiem for the West, Roger Brown
laments the loss of soul and solitude in the small mountain towns
of the Colorado Rockies
by Paul Anderson,
Jan 23, 2006
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A rocky western escarpment and the Petroglyph National
Monument have long held back Albuquerque’s sprawl, but now
the Volcano Heights development is coming, and a controversial road
through the monument may be built
by Hilary watts,
Jun 27, 2005
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Oregon’s Measure 37 has so far proven less
liberating than property-rights activists thought, and less
destructive than sprawl-fighters feared
by Randy Stapilus,
Jun 13, 2005
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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
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A decade after it became famous for its model land-use
planning, Jackson, Wyo., is facing a stagnant downtown, crowded
highways, sprawling development and sky-high real estate
prices
by Rob Marin,
May 10, 2004
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