High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 6. Home is where the guilt is http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.13/home-is-where-the-guilt-is In Santa Fe, N.M., April Reese wrestles with the question of whether owning a new house is worth being responsible for the bulldozing of pinon and juniper trees. No publisher April Reese development home Santa Fe construction real estate 2010-02-05T09:31:48Z News Article When choosing a house, think past a lifetime http://www.hcn.org/articles/17787 Alan Kesselheim says Westerners should not be shocked when a house built in a floodplain eventually falls victim to a flood. No publisher Alan Kesselheim floodplains development Monica Turner hundred-year floods Rivers Alan Kesselheim Gallatin Valley hydrologists Communities home construction 2010-02-05T09:40:11Z 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 Window Shopping: Part-Time Paradise http://www.hcn.org/issues/285/15070 Aspen, Colo., and other mountain resort towns burst with wealthy baby boomers' second, third and even fourth homes. But for much of the year those houses sit empty, and the towns are turning hollow No publisher Grace Lichtenstein Communities in Transition Socio-Economics Resort towns Aspen Colorado Vail demographics baby boomers second homes retirees mountain towns ski towns construction working class commuters affordable housing luxury homes Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Bill Stirling Mick I 2010-02-05T09:21:35Z News Article Big dams, big deal http://www.hcn.org/issues/349/17085 Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confluence of Engineering and Politics is as deep and erudite a tome as it sounds, and yet also a surprisingly good read No publisher Laura Paskus Donald C. Jackson dam Big Dams of the New Deal Era construction American history David P. Billlington 2010-07-29T23:58:58Z News Article Red Feather builds homes and communities http://www.hcn.org/issues/339/16813 The nonprofit Red Feather Development Group recruits volunteers like Zan Wannemuehler to help build straw-bale homes on Indian reservations. No publisher Erica Ryberg Hopi Reservation cancer Hopiland straw-bale homes Reservations construction Red Feather Development Group Northern Cheyenne Reservation children with leukemia John Vik Native Americans Indian Kerri Shebola Western culture nonprofit volunteers Zan Wannemuehler homebuilding 2010-08-26T21:50:28Z News Article