Codling moths find frustration at end of pheromone trail
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Posted inNovember 14, 1994: Land grant universities
A tale of two ag programs
Evergreen State provides an alternative to giant Washington State
Posted inOctober 31, 1994: Water for the taking
Water for the taking
Some irrigators get loose with the law
Posted inOctober 17, 1994: As elections near, green hopes wilt
As elections near, green hopes wilt
Two years ago environmentalists were flying high following the election of President Bill Clinton, Al Gore and a cadre of Democrats in Congress. Surely this was the time to reform grazing and mining on public lands, designate millions of acres of new wilderness, toughen laws protecting water and wildlife. But the brief window of opportunity […]
Posted inOctober 3, 1994: Subdividing the desert: Should there be a vote?
Subdividing the desert: Should there be a vote?
TUCSON, Ariz. – Plumber Neale Allen likes to tell the story about driving down a strip where builders were bulldozing cacti for homes and shopping centers, and getting tough questions from his 7-year-old daughter Sarah. “She asked me why they had to scrape everything and kill plants and animals,” recalls Allen, who is 42. “It’s […]
Posted inSeptember 19, 1994: Flame and blame in the Northwest
Flame and blame in the Northwest
Loggers urge fire sales
Posted inSeptember 19, 1994: Flame and blame in the Northwest
Ambitious ecosystem management advances east
WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The ground rules are posted in prominent view of everybody in the room: Be courteous. No verbal or personal attacks. It might sound like seventh grade, but this meeting is for grown-ups. The leaders of the nation’s most ambitious experiment in ecosystem management are taking questions from an audience of timber […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
A toolbox to shape the future
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. The planning tools being used in the West vary as widely as the character of local communities. Factors such as terrain, population profile and economics determine which tool is wielded where. Some of the tools have […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
Boulder’s ingenuity has a few drawbacks
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. Few communities in the United States – let alone the West – have tried to control growth the way Boulder, Colo., has. Using imagination and innovative planning, a progressive citizenry and equally progressive elected officials have […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
Golf course splits ranch family
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. CARBONDALE, Colo. – Disagreements about how to plan for growth have reached into a ranching family here. “I’m retiring anyway, and … you can’t divide land equitably (among the heirs), but you can divide cash,” says […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
When planning plays catch-up
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. MONTROSE, Colo. – For decades this town with the stunning views of the jagged San Juan Mountains aggressively courted growth and collectively admitted no downside. When county commissioners tried to adopt a wimpy land-use plan 21 […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
Some state governments try planning from top down
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. The governor of Oregon may have been a little ahead of his time, speaking out against growth and for planning: “Sagebrush subdivision, coastal ‘condomania’ and the ravenous rampage of suburbia in the Willamette Valley all threaten […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
Rural residents defy Washington law
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. Some landowners in rural Washington are so sick and tired of being told what to do by one planner after another, they’ve decided to do something about it: Secede. Under the banner of property rights, rebels […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
‘Wise use’ plans abhor change
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. Cody, Wyo. – This county on the eastern border of Yellowstone National Park has been so sparsely settled, the prospect of a little more than 100 people moving in to work a gold mine helped set […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
How to get involved and push the process
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. Why can’t officials elected on platforms of slowing growth and preserving community character get more accomplished? The short answer is that the sentiment that elects pro-planning candidates is not unified by much else. Environmentalists make up […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
Can planning rein in a stampede?
Note: this feature article is one of several in a special issue about growth and planning in the West. By now the scenario is all too familiar: Refugees from far-off, disintegrating cities, packing their dreaded California-scale equity, swarm into some previously unfashionable zip code in the rural West. Which leads to congestion and a land […]
Posted inAugust 22, 1994: Whose fault? A Utah canyon turns deadly
Whose fault? A Utah canyon turns deadly
They set out on a bold hike that was meant to build character. Their hike will end as a case number in some climate-controlled courtroom, with lawyers arguing technicalities and trying to cross-examine the dead. Survivors and the two women widowed by the expedition through Kolob canyon, Utah, have inventoried the hell they went through, […]
Posted inAugust 8, 1994: Glitz and growth take a major hit in Santa Fe
Glitz and growth take a major hit in Santa Fe
Santa Fe Mayor Debbie Jaramillo, fresh from the populist coup in March that swept her and a progressive city council into office, still has that I-just-won-the-lottery euphoria about her this morning. She’s waving hello to diners at a downtown restaurant, shaking hands (“We did it, didn’t we!”) and getting needled a bit by husband Mike. […]
Posted inJuly 25, 1994: 'Unranchers' reach for West's state lands
‘Unranchers’ reach for West’s state lands
Well aware of the irony, conservationists in the West are gearing up for a land grab they can call their own. They’re reaching for what have been the most obscure public – or at least semipublic – lands of all. The definition itself is up for grabs. There are about 40 million such acres, or […]
Posted inJune 27, 1994: Home, home on the range ... where neo-Nazis and skinheads roam
Home, home on the range … where neo-Nazis and skinheads roam
John Trochman calls himself a “Christian Patriot” and defender of the American Constitution. The soft-spoken man with a Robert E. Lee beard is also a field general in the “Militia Of Montana,” a paramilitary survivalist organization formed to fight what it perceives as oppression by the federal government. The number one threat to freedom, Trochman […]