High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 12. Nature and cities in context http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.16/nature-and-cities-in-context In Cities and Nature in the American West, environmental historians dissect the relationship between the urban West and the natural landscape. No publisher Andrea Clark Mason Char Miller Cities and Nature in the American West camping urban West salmon Denver Seattle Western cities 2010-09-10T17:45:54Z News Article A new kind of ministry http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.18/a-new-kind-of-ministry Tom Simbo, who faced down gun-toting soldiers in Sierra Leone, now works with other immigrants in Denver, Colo. No publisher Jeremy Miller Torture victims Refugees Sierra Leone Denver Tom Simbo 2010-02-05T08:55:58Z News Article California, here we come http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16263 California has a lot to teach the Interior West – particularly about clean energy and water conservation No publisher Paul Larmer Energy Coal Communities in Transition California Rocky Mountains changing communities demographics Californication water use water supply clean energy coal-fired power plants conservation environmental movement pollution air quality Ray Ring Magic Valley Idaho Denver Salt Lak 2010-02-05T09:33:38Z News Article You say you want a railvolution... http://www.hcn.org/issues/310/15903 Westerners may love their cars, but the region’s rapid growth means that even the most ardent car-lovers have a stake in mass transit, and in Denver’s grand experiment in light rail No publisher Paul Larmer Transportation Land Use And Planning Automobiles cars transportation highways traffic mass transit commuting trains light rail population growth demographics Denver Colorado commuter rail Brookings Institution construction suburbia new urbanism planning land use sprawl d 2010-02-05T08:31:36Z News Article A mountain of books becomes a library of the land http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15442 Jeff Lee and Ann Martin of Denver are working to turn their huge personal library into a "land-study" center and residential library, the Rocky Mountain Land Library No publisher Susan J. Tweit Communities Human Beings And Nature Jeff Lee Ann Martin Tattered Cover Rocky Mountain Land Library residential libraries bookstores book collecting Salida Denver Peter Matthiessen Ann Zwinger Stewart Udall community resources libraries 2010-02-05T09:24:22Z News Article Western Voices: 125 years of Colorado Writing http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15346 Western Voices: 125 Years of Colorado Writing is a diverse collection of fascinating essays, chosen by editors from the Colorado Historical Society No publisher Staff Colorado history Colorado Historical Society Muriel Sibell Wolle Alan Berg mining towns ghost towns Western history Denver peyote memoirs essays anthologies 2010-02-05T09:23:54Z News Article Turning water inside-out http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14954 Many Western cities like Sierra Vista, Ariz., were built beside once-beautiful rivers which were overused and then neglected, while the cities looked elsewhere for new water sources to exploit No publisher Matt Jenkins Rivers Western rivers San Pedro River Sierra Vista Arizona Fort Huachuca water conservation saving water water reform growth sprawl development wildcat developments Los Angeles Denver Albuquerque Colorado River Rio Grande Salt River Verde River 2010-02-05T09:20:54Z News Article Does Wal-Mart really need our tax dollars http://www.hcn.org/issues/267/14536 More than a dozen Asian-owned local businesses in Denver are being driven out to make way for a taxpayer-subsidized Wal-Mart Supercenter, in a destructive pattern seen across the nation No publisher Stacy Mitchell Socio-economics Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Supercenters Denver Colorado socio-economics government subsidies corporate chains 2010-02-05T09:56:07Z News Article Judge leaves Front Range cities mile-high and dry http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15785 A Colorado judge cancels the water right of a private company that had planned to build the state’s largest dam and use it to pipe water from the Western Slope to the cities of Denver and Colorado Springs No publisher Hilary Watts Dams And Water Supply Projects Dams water supply projects Union Park Reservoir water rights Natural Energy Resources Co. Dave Miller Lotus Creek Taylor River Gunnison River transmountain water diversions Denver Colorado Springs Western Slope Colorado hydroelectric dams p 2012-03-05T23:01:57Z News Article Is It or Isn’t It (Just Another Mouse)? http://www.hcn.org/issues/327/16445 As scientists clash over the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse's biological categorization, the complexity of endangered species science steps into the light No publisher Christie Aschwanden golden habitat conservation biology Denver growth Preble’s meadow jumping mouse sprawl Boulder Canyon Fish and scientists rock climbing Rob Roy Ramey II development Threatened and Endangered Biodiversity Science U.S. Colorado Front Range Act Endangered Species Security Risk Crag eagles 2010-12-15T19:59:29Z News Article Beyond the exurban dream http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15572 The West’s rural areas are erupting with large-lot, big, expensive homes, but the actual costs of this new rural lifestyle extend far beyond the purchase price No publisher Paul Larmer Land Use And Planning Allen Best trophy homes exurbia sprawl development planning land use open space preservation real estate city life small towns rural living Vail Denver Colorado energy gasoline prices oil price 2011-02-04T17:53:30Z News Article Trees — A different shade of green http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16680 Increasingly, Western cities are planting trees to save energy as well as provide beauty No publisher Fletcher Jacobs cities and Res killer trees Denver Los Forest Service Ronald Reagan Antonio Villaraigosa Sacramento Albuquerque forestry Efficiency carbon sequestration Land Use and Planning Plants Center for Urban Forest trees Angeles tree-planting energy efficiency Energy Greg McPherson Urban forests 2010-09-14T22:11:49Z News Article