High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 6. Ganjanomics: bringing Humboldt's shadow economy into the light http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/ganjanomics-bringing-humbolts-shadow-economy-into-the-light Marijuana growers and government officials in California's notorious "Emerald Triangle" work towards legitimizing the local cash crop. No publisher Matt Jenkins California politics medical marijuana Emerald Triangle Anna Hamilton marijuana growers rural economies California Proposition 19 HUMMAP Humboldt Growers Association 2011-08-15T19:41:21Z News Article Economies of vice http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/economies-of-vice If marijuana becomes fully legal and taxable, it won't be the first time authorities have learned that it's easier - and more profitable - to manage vice than to try to eliminate it. No publisher Sarah Gilman Humboldt County medical marijuana Emerald Triangle rural economies California Matt Jenkins migrant workers legalizing vice marijuana growers 2011-08-05T22:15:41Z News Article Must our water always flow uphill toward money? http://www.hcn.org/wotr/must-our-water-always-flow-uphill-toward-money Bottled water is a silly idea anyway, but Nestle’s plans to bottle spring water from the high desert of Chaffee County, Colo., are beyond absurd. No publisher Susan J. Tweit Colorado Salida Nestle rural economies whitewater rafting Arkansas River groundwater Chaffee County Bottled water 2010-02-05T09:58:39Z News Article Speaking up for rural Oregonians: Judge Laura Pryor http://www.hcn.org/issues/279/14904 Judge Laura Pryor of Gilliam County, Ore., has led the charge to create the Eastern Oregon Rural Alliance to help eastern Oregon’s small rural communities No publisher Rebecca Clarren Socio-Economics Judge Laura Pryor Gilliam County Oregon Eastern Oregon Rural Alliance small town rural economies jobs Ted Kulongoski Andy Kerr 2010-02-05T09:58:21Z News Article Waxing and waning in the Modern West http://www.hcn.org/issues/279/14897 Collaborative conservation may help revive both endangered prairie ecosystems and the struggling farm communities of the Great Plains No publisher Paul Larmer Agriculture Communities in Transition Great Plains Montana communities economics small town life rural economies collaboration consensus conservation environmental movement 2010-02-05T09:58:15Z News Article Pieces of the economic puzzle http://www.hcn.org/issues/261/14329 The West’s small towns have always been subject to boom-and-bust economies, and even when the coal mines close and the factories move overseas, new economic engines will likely take their place No publisher Paul Larmer Socio-Economics Coal mining rural economies socio-economics boom and bust globalization service economy outdoor gear manufacturing 2010-02-05T10:14:04Z News Article