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I say good riddance to bad billboards http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15532 The writer wants to clearcut the thicket of billboards
lining gateway towns to Yellowstone National ParkNo publisherBill CrokeGateway communities2010-02-05T09:46:34ZNews ArticleUtah's Grand Staircase turns 5 http://www.hcn.org/issues/214/10829 In Utah, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument no
longer provokes the noisy protest that attended its founding, but
some locals are still waiting to see if tourism will boost the
economy.No publisherLin AlderGateway communities2010-02-05T08:37:04ZNews ArticleGrand Canyon development sparks debate http://www.hcn.org/issues/161/5205 Canyon Forest Village, a development near the south
entrance of the Grand Canyon, has been approved, but some
environmentalists plan to appeal the project.No publisherTim WestbyGateway communities2010-02-05T09:38:07ZNews ArticleA bridge to disaster? http://www.hcn.org/issues/140/4531 Environmentalists object to a Forest Service plan to build
a new snowmobile bridge across Cougar Creek near the edge of
Yellowstone National Park.No publisherRachel OdellGateway communities2010-02-05T10:07:14ZNews ArticleIn place of a bigger park, Tucson gets houses http://www.hcn.org/issues/139/4483 Growing Tucson suburbs invade land on the edgoe of
Arizona's Saguaro National Park West, when federal funds for a
promised buyout of the land fail to materialize.No publisherTony DavisGateway communities2010-02-05T10:06:52ZNews ArticleWhen parks close, towns lose http://www.hcn.org/issues/99/3078 A report by the National Parks and Conservation
Association says that gateway communities suffered big economic
losses when national parks closed during the 1996 government
shutdown.No publisherStaffGateway communities2010-02-05T08:32:19ZNews ArticleGrizzlies and tourism collide on Wyoming road http://www.hcn.org/issues/98/3037 The proposed widening and straightening of Highway
14-16-20, the link between Cody, Wyo., and Yellowstone National
Park, raises tremendous controversy between tourism boosters and
environmentalist critics.No publisherMichael MilsteinGateway communities2010-02-05T08:58:33ZNews ArticleAn urban park is surrounded by controversy http://www.hcn.org/issues/25/701 Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, N.M., faces
pressure from the surrounding city.No publisherRuth HaasGateway communities2010-02-05T08:48:56ZNews ArticleBabbitt takes a fall http://www.hcn.org/issues/3/67 Bruce Babbitt considers expansion of road through national
monument.No publisherStaffGateway communities2010-02-05T08:44:03ZNews ArticleChange comes slowly to Escalante country http://www.hcn.org/issues/248/13869 Just as it seemed the local communities were starting to
accept the BLM’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument,
the rise of conservative national politics has helped to revive old
grudges and stir up oppositionNo publisherMichelle NijhuisGateway communities2010-11-09T21:26:33ZNews Article