http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 14. http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/land-trusts-thrive-despite-and-because-of-the-great-recession The recession has afforded a unique opportunity for land trusts to protect more of the West’s private open land through direct acquisitions and, increasingly, conservation easements. No publisher Jon Christensen, Jenny Rempel and Judee Burr Blackfoot Challenge ranchers farmers conservation easements demographics Land trusts housing development recession sprawl and development open lands protection public-private land conservation land preservation real estate bust working landscapes 2011-12-14T15:38:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.22/how-big-is-your-backyard We all become NIMBYs when development threatens our favorite landscapes – even conservative oilmen like Wyoming’s Diemer True. No publisher Paul Larmer cell towers Paonia Town Council Diemer True NIMBY land preservation wind energy 2010-02-05T09:03:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/whose-valles-caldera-is-it The beautiful Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico is run by a closed corporation that excludes the public, overcharges visitors and now is seeking to profit from development. No publisher Mike Castinado New Mexico wildlife National Park Service Valles Caldera National Preserve land preservation Valles Caldera Trust 2010-02-05T10:05:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-lands-less-traveled-are-a-treat The National Landscape Conservation System allows adventurous tourists to experience beautiful, remote landscapes far from the nearest souvenir store. No publisher Jodi Peterson backpacking national parks Bruce Babbitt outdoor recreation National Landscape Conservation System land preservation rafting 2010-02-05T09:39:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/invading-the-silence Annie Proulx talks about Wyoming's Red Desert along with photographs by Martin Stupich. No publisher Emma Brown and Martin Stupich Western writers land preservation oil and gas drilling Red Desert Annie Proulx 2010-02-05T09:14:50Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.6/the-desert-that-breaks-annieproulxs-heart-wyoming Writer Annie Proulx takes an unsentimental view of Wyoming’s little-known and somewhat scarred Red Desert. No publisher Emma Brown Western writers land preservation oil and gas drilling Red Desert Annie Proulx 2010-02-05T09:27:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15947 Attilio Genasci has devoted himself to preserving land in Sierra Valley, Calif., where he has lived and farmed for 96 years No publisher Jane Braxton Little Land Use And Planning Attilio Genasci Sierra Valley California Angie Genasci Feather River Sierra Nevada land preservation conservation easements real estate development California Rangeland Trust land prices open space Swiss-Italian Americans 2010-02-05T08:31:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15438 The Friends of the Columbia Gorge, a small conservation group based in Portland, Ore., has received a $4 million bequest from Norman Yeon No publisher Michael Milstein Environmental Friends of the Columbia Gorge Nancy Russell Norman Yeon John Baptiste Yeon bequests land preservation conservation groups environmental groups Advocacy Groups 2010-02-05T09:24:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/286/15107 California creates the Sierra Nevada Conservancy in order to funnel state money toward buying and protecting land in the region No publisher Lissa James Land Use And Planning Sierra Nevada Conservancy California conservancies Sierra Fund Arnold Schwarzenegger Tim Leslie John Laird Tahoe Regional Planning Agency California Resources Agency Michael Fischer land preservation conservation open space 2010-02-05T09:21:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/276/14788 Even the National Rifle Association came out in support of a Tucson, Ariz., open-space saving bond, which passed in a landslide despite complaints from critics that it was just pork No publisher Tony Davis Land Use And Planning Tucson Arizona Pima County open space bond Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Chuck Huckelberry National Rifle Association Desert Watch People for the West planning issues land preservation 2010-02-05T09:57:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/271/14648 As private lands become the new frontier in the West’s wild real estate frenzy, ranchers are turning to land trusts in places like Gunnison, Colo., to find out how to hold on to their land and keep it open and undeveloped No publisher Jon Christensen Agriculture Livestock Ranching Land Use And Planning Land trusts conservation easements Gunnison County Colorado Crested Butte real estate subdivisions developers development sprawl ranching ranch lands private lands conservation farmland land preservation Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Lega 2010-02-05T09:56:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15685 EnCana Oil and Gas offers to pay for offsite mitigation in Wyoming in exchange for intensive drilling rights in the Jonah Field No publisher Whitney Royster EnCana Jonah Field Wil grouse The Oil And Gas Dave Freudenthal energy industry Jeff Johnson well pads wildlife habitat directional drilling sage BLM Oil and gas industry Peter Aengst drilling offsite mitigation Don Simpson pronghorn land preservation 2012-04-09T19:07:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/363/17484 A flurry of end-of-year easements saves lots of lovely landscapes; heli-skiing wins in Utah; snow-lovers help starving Colorado deer; a possible ceasefire on the Klamath; and bark beetles are destroying Colorado’s lodgepole pines. No publisher Jodi Peterson bark beetles Conservation easements lodgepole pine land preservation Klamath River heli-skiing 2011-02-14T22:30:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16546 A new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use – particularly in organic farming. No publisher Seth Zuckerman organic farms open space Live Power Community Farm land preservation agriculture sprawl Marin conservation California Land use and planning Communities Stephen Decater development Land trusts zoning Round Valley land prices Gloria Equity Trust Decater County subdivisions 2010-10-26T22:32:40Z News Article