http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16913 Linda Hasselstrom muses sadly over the closing of a 118-year-old drugstore in downtown Cheyenne, Wyo. No publisher Linda Hasselstrom Communities in transition Roedel Drugstore Cheyenne Wyoming neighborhood businesses ma-and-pa stores shops big box stores Wal-Mart pharmacies communities Cheyenne Frontier Days sustainable economies socio-economics small towns growth development corner drug stores 2010-02-05T09:42:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17779 Photographer Stephen Trimble offers suggestions for how citizens and communities can reinvent their relationship with the Western landscape. No publisher Stephen Trimble Stephen Trimble environmental issues small towns communities politics development growth land use planning 2010-02-05T08:39:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16108 In Riverside County, Calif., the conflict between the Endangered Species Act’s critical habitat rule and the West’s booming, sprawling, growth-driven economy comes to a head No publisher Tony Davis Communities Land Use and Planning Threatened and Endangered Endangered Species Act critical habitat real estate development growth sprawl U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service San Jacinto Valley crownscale endangered plants multi-species habitat conservation plans threatened species Richard Pombo environmental 2010-02-05T08:56:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15809 In the city of Albuquerque, underdog candidate Eric Griego, a critic of sprawl, challenges incumbent Mayor Marty Chavez, a pro-growth booster No publisher Laura Paskus Communities Land Use And Planning Elections Albuquerque New Mexico Martin Chavez Eric Griego sprawl development growth land use and planning elections mayors cities campaign finance reform minimum wage Montano Bridge Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque West Side city councils 2010-02-05T09:26:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15614 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 No publisher Hilary watts Parks And Monuments Inholdings And Development Archaeology Petroglyphs Land Use And Planning Albuquerque New Mexico Petroglyph National Monument sprawl growth development Volcano Heights Paseo del Norte land use planning subdivisions Michael Cadigan real estate Dolph Barnhouse 1000 Friends of New Mexico National Historic Preservati 2010-02-05T09:25:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15367 The Lincoln County Lands Bill, modeled after the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, is already selling off land, although an environmental assessment ordered by a judge was never carried out No publisher Ryan Slattery Lincoln County Lands Bill Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act land sales property values Western Land Exchange Project Chris Krupp environmental assessments growth development land auctions 2010-02-05T09:23:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15366 The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act is making money from auctioning off the Las Vegas valley desert – and the Bush administration would like to get its hands on that money No publisher Ryan Slattery Politics Budget BLM Las Vegas Nevada Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Lincoln County land sales growth development property values George W. Bush federal deficit Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan speckled dace pupfish southweste 2010-02-05T09:23:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15361 Rampant growth in the Phoenix area and a severe drought on the Colorado River challenge Arizona's water sustainability. No publisher Matt Jenkins Land Use And Planning Dams And Water Supply Projects Central Arizona Project Phoenix Tucson growth development population drought Colorado River water use groundwater canals irrigation dams water supply projects David S. Wilson Bureau of Reclamation Gale Norton Upper Basin states Lower Bas 2010-02-05T09:23:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15159 Boulder, Colo., is trying to figure out how to keep its beloved parks and open space from being overused No publisher Jodi Peterson Land Use And Planning Boulder Colorado Boulder County Trust for Public Land open space land use planning parks and recreation preservation sprawl growth development Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Department Boulder City Council Eric Vogelsberg Boulder A 2010-02-05T09:22:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14956 Assistant Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett wants Congress to give the Bureau of Land Management increased incentive to sell off more public lands No publisher Zachary Smith BLM Bureau of Land Management Lynn Scarlett Interior Department Dennis Hastert public lands privatization growth development FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act FLTFA Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Clinton administration 2010-02-05T09:20:54Z News Article 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/276/14785 Wal-Mart wants to build more giant Supercenter stores in the West, but communities like Inglewood, Calif., are starting to take a stand against the world’s largest company No publisher Tim Sullivan Land Use And Planning Socio-Economics Wal-Mart Inglewood California labor unions fair wages living wages growth development sprawl Sam Walton Lee Scott Danny Tabor Stacy Mitchell Ralph Franklin ballot-box planning land use and planning initiatives referendums workers’ rights 2010-02-05T09:57:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/271/14649 Environmentalists and ranchers should quit arguing about public-lands grazing and work together with the land trust movement to save the land we all love No publisher Paul Larmer Public Lands Grazing Land Use And Planning Private lands conservation public lands grazing land trusts development subdivisions sprawl growth real estate ranching conservationists conservation easements American Farmland Trust ranching economics 2010-02-05T09:56:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16367 The revised edition of Peter Decker’s Old Fences, New Neighbors examines the changes that population growth has brought to remote Ouray County in western Colorado No publisher Steve Weinberg Land Use and Planning Peter Decker Old Fences New Neighbors Ouray County Colorado Western demographics second homes real estate ranching Kent Nelson growth development small towns rural life 2011-11-12T03:03:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15779 As the rapidly growing city of Las Vegas, Nev., schemes to find more water, it reminds those of us who live outside big cities that we also need to rethink the way we use water No publisher Paul Larmer Communities Communities in Transition Dams And Water Supply Projects Water irrigation agriculture rainfall drought Colorado River Compact Colorado River Basin growth farming water supply projects agribusiness water conservation 2012-03-05T22:36:33Z News Article