Items by Jon Christensen — 10 items
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Brave new L.A.
Los Angeles is an unlikely model of urban sustainability for the West and the world.
by Jon Christensen, Jan 24, 2014 -
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.
by Jon Christensen, Jenny Rempel and Judee Burr , Dec 13, 2011 -
Measuring Tahoe’s blues
Jon Christensen accompanies scientists trying to measure the opacity and “blueness” of Lake Tahoe.
by Jon Christensen , Jul 29, 2008 -
Dreaming of a New Deal for nature
A review of Neil M. Maher's book, "Nature's New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement," which reminds us that to succeed, an environmental policy must reckon compromise.
by Jon Christensen , Jul 18, 2008 -
The great wilderness compromise
Both sides of the contentious debate over a proposed Idaho wilderness bill invoke Howard Zahniser, father of the Wilderness Act -- and both sides have a point.
by Jon Christensen, Jan 22, 2007 -
How not to fix conservation easements
The writers urge support for conservation easements and their tax breaks as a way to protect private land from development
by Jon Christensen and Terry Anderson, Mar 28, 2005 -
Gov. Schwarzenegger is the nation's newest Progressive
The writers watch Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger launch initiatives over the head of California’s state legislators
by Margaret O'Mara and Jon Christensen, Mar 14, 2005 -
It takes a community to save the sage grouse
The writer says it’s up to locals to keep sage grouse alive
by Jon Christensen, Dec 27, 2004 -
Go West, Democrats, in the path of Harry Reid
New Senate minority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., brings to Capitol Hill the lessons learned from a hardscrabble Nevada childhood
by Jon Christensen, Dec 20, 2004 -
Go West, Democrats, in the path of Harry Reid
The writer profiles the Democrats’ new minority leader, Sen. Harry Reid, a quintessential Westerner
by Jon Christensen, Nov 22, 2004
