High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 10. Developer under fire for destroying desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15402 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 No publisher Tony Davis Desert Land Use, Planning La Osa Ranch Pinal County Arizona Ironwood National Monument George Johnson Lee Stein Terry Goddard Andrea Esquer bighorn sheep desert ecosystems growth and development subdivisions Santa Cruz River Arizona environmental laws Deserts 2010-02-05T09:24:07Z News Article Barren, wild and worthless? Anything but http://www.hcn.org/issues/252/14032 Barren, Wild and Worthless: Living in the Chihuahuan Desert, Susan Tweit’s New Mexico memoir, is back in print No publisher Renee Guillory Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T10:12:30Z News Article Desert saved from ‘dingbat’ development http://www.hcn.org/issues/251/13979 The Wildlands Conservancy buys 600,000 acres of Southern California desert, making the largest purchase of private land for conservation purposes in the country’s history No publisher Jessica Toubman Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T10:12:14Z News Article Fences go up along the Mexican border http://www.hcn.org/issues/245/13772 The Border Patrol wants to erect 249 miles of fences along the Arizona-Mexico border, and some environmentalists are worried about their impact on desert wildlife. No publisher Mitch Tobin Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T08:41:50Z News Article County unveils pioneering protection plan http://www.hcn.org/issues/202/10499 Tucson's innovative Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin desert while still allowing newcomers to build on less environmentally sensitive land. No publisher Tony Davis Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T08:34:52Z News Article Mexico launches a green offensive http://www.hcn.org/issues/101/3137 The International Sonoran Desert Alliance hopes, with the cooperation of the U.S. and Mexican governments, to ease some of the problems - many environmental - that tightened border security is causing. No publisher Susan Zakin Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T09:26:33Z News Article Save the Sonoran http://www.hcn.org/issues/41/1244 Group Sonoran North fights development north of Phoenix, Ariz. No publisher Staff Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T09:59:02Z News Article At home in the wasteland http://www.hcn.org/issues/32/930 The Great Basin is changing from within and becoming a more environmentally enlightened place. No publisher Jon Christensen Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T09:18:38Z News Article On the borderline: A bleak, flat, grim, hot, gritty and wondrous desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/6/162 United States, Mexico and Tohono O'odham Indians work to preserve the Sonoran Desert. No publisher Florence Williams Desert Land Use, Planning Deserts 2010-02-05T08:44:48Z News Article Have golf's glory days gone by? http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16478 Golf – the game that brought grass to the desert – appears to have hit a rough patch in the West No publisher Tony Davis Recreation Sports Other Water Groundwater Desert Land Use, Planning Golf Sycamore Canyon development Tucson Arizona Sunbelt communities golf courses recreation sports demographics baby boomers retirees Bob Thomas Southern California Golf Association National Golf Foundation Donald Trump greens fees fairway Deserts 2011-12-07T23:30:56Z News Article