Headwater News: Western Perspective – June 08
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Sonoran Institute Opens Statewide Policy Office in Denver – June 08
McClintock named director DENVER, Colorado — The Sonoran Institute is expanding its work in Colorado, including opening an office in Denver to focus on growth, energy, transportation planning and related policy and legislative… MORE ›
Headwater News: Western Perspective – June 08
Headwaters News highlights a “Western Perspective” by the Institute’s Dennis Glick on the impacts of cascading development in the Tetons region of Idaho and Wyoming. Click here to read more.
Water Harvesting Workshops Offered – June 08
FREE WATER HARVESTING WORKSHOPS TO BE OFFERED IN TUCSON A series of free water harvesting workshops will be offered in Tucson beginning this weekend. The hands-on workshops were developed in response to a… MORE ›
Eco Tourism in the Colorado River Delta – May 08
Eco-tourists to the Colorado River Delta contribute much-needed revenue to struggling small communities LA CIENEGA DE SANTA CLARA, SONORA – “Be still, be still,” the woman next to me whispered urgently. MARK LELLOUCH… MORE ›
Designing the New West – May 08
Preserving Western Beauty – May 08
It is considering designating millions of US-owned acres as a permanent conservation system.Reporter Faye Bowers describes her trip to Arizona’s Sonoran Desert National Monument.Sonoran Desert National Monument, Ariz. – This swath of desert… MORE ›
Regional Planning Urged for Teton Area – May 08
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – “Spillover” growth from booming Jackson Hole, Wyo., is creating both opportunities and challenges for surrounding counties and an urgent need for “serious and substantial discussions” about their common interests, according… MORE ›
Phoenix Steps Up on Preserving Urban Green Areas – May 08
Phoenix residents overwhelmingly approve measure to acquire urban green space. Opinion piece by the Arizona Republic. Click here to read more.
Wyoming Partnership Receives Grant – April 08
Grant to Partnership for Wyoming’s Future will help communities manage growth CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A $10,000 grant will fund growth-related research, training and technical assistance for Wyoming’s communities. The Partnership for Wyoming’s Future… MORE ›
Montana Town Cancels Talk on Climate Change
School authorities’ cancellation of a talk that a Nobel laureate climate researcher was to have given to high school students has deeply divided this small farming and ranching town at the base of… MORE ›
Mountain: Metal or Moguls? – January 08
A Sonoran Institute study highlights issues associated with the emerging new economy in Crested Butte, Colorado. Click here to read more.
Development Done Right
Last Friday I had the honor of being the dinner speaker at the celebration of the publication of a new book. Sponsored by the Sonoran Institute, the book – Building From the Best… MORE ›
Tucson – Proposition 200 Misses the Mark
It is likely that the Tucson metropolitan area will continue to grow. Limiting growth within Tucson’s water service area will cause development to happen elsewhere in Pima County. Exporting the city’s growth problems… MORE ›
Luther Propst praises work of Beartooth forum
A trickle of water might save estuaryThe Colorado River Delta was once a watery labyrinth of willow thickets, mesquite and cottonwood, bigger than the state of Rhode Island and teeming with bird and… MORE ›
Sonoran director praises work of Beartooth forum
Luther Propst, co-founder and executive director of the Sonoran Institute, which promotes community decisions that respect the land and people of the West, recently wrote of the lessons learned from Red Lodge in… MORE ›
Randy Carpenter talks about the trends driving Bozeman’s growth
The 190 miles that stand between Treasure County and Gallatin County don’t even begin to measure the gulf between them. These two of Montana’s 56 counties tell divergent stories about the state. Treasure… MORE ›
Nevada Public Radio show about the Colorado River Delta
Upriver efficiencies on the Colorado River are causing downstream pressure for farmers around Mexicali in Baja California, Mexico. Sonoran Institute’s Francisco Zamora in included in the interview. Interviews with:– Matt Jenkins, West Coast… MORE ›
Final Mining Study Release 2008 – February 07
Institute Urges Caution on Proposed Rosemont MineStudy of economic impacts released TUCSON, Arizona — Even a small decrease in tourism-related spending due to mining operations in southeastern Pima County would greatly outweigh economic… MORE ›
2008 Building From The Best Awards – February 07
Innovative Projects Win Building from the Best AwardsCeremony Set for March 8 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort TUCSON, Arizona – The Sonoran Institute has named seven design, development and building projects in Pima… MORE ›