Mountain: Metal or Moguls? – January 08
Posted January 14, 2008

 A Sonoran Institute study highlights issues associated with the emerging new economy in Crested Butte, Colorado. Click here to read more.

Development Done Right
Posted December 29, 2007

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
Posted October 7, 2007

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
Posted September 17, 2007

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
Posted August 23, 2007

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 ›

Nevada Public Radio show about the Colorado River Delta
Posted April 2, 2007

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
Posted February 10, 2007

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
Posted February 6, 2007

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 ›

Nina Chambers quoted in The Economist
Posted January 25, 2007

Prosperity comes to the mountains DURING the property frenzy of 2004 to early last year, cities such as Miami and San Francisco got most of the attention. But no housing market was more… MORE ›