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Yemen zoo "death trap" a popular local attraction	10.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
SANA'A, Yemen — For just 100 riyals ($0.46), visitors of the Sana'a Zoo in Yemen's capital can peruse a bizarre collection of animals that showcases pigeons over monkeys and alligators
Urban designers in Salt Lake City praise innovations of the ‘Mormon Grid’	5.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 5, 2013 08:41AM MDT Salt Lake City has betrayed its founders’ vision. That was the message delivered by renowned urbanist, architect and writer Andres Duany over the course of several days earlier this week. The problem, he explained in an interview Thursday afternoon at the Grand America Hotel, is Salt Lake City’s massive streets were never supposed to be completely paved from edge to edge. Instead, they were supposed to respond to the buildings that line them, getting wider or narrower depending on the needs of ... ...
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Nature Conservancy offers alternative to aggressive fire suppression	1.6.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Nature Conservancy offers alternative to aggressive fire suppression
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Open house seeks ideas for regional park in Kearns	3.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 2, 2013 01:43PM MDT What do residents want at Lodestone Regional Park, which will be built in Kearns? To get a feel for their answers, Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation officials will hold an open house Tuesday from 6:30-8 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, 5850 S. 5600 West. A master plan for the 62-acre park at 6170 W. 5990 South was developed in 2010. A small first phase was built a year later, producing a pavilion, two playgrounds and a perimeter path on 2½ acres. When Salt Lake County voters appr... ...
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Vail Valley Voices: Wrong land for Habitat	30.4.2013	Vail Colorado: News
Everyone who cares about open space - and the integrity of the county commissioners - should be aware of a rezoning request scheduled to be heard Wednesday by the Eagle County Planning Commission. Tract K of the Remenov C ...
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Halting urban sprawl may improve social interaction	18.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 17, 2013 09:25PM MDT Wasatch Front leaders who seek to halt urban sprawl and instead develop new town centers around transit hubs might do more than just reduce traffic congestion and pollution — they may also make social interaction much easier, fueling more innovation and creativity locally. That’s according to a Steven Farber, a University of Utah geography professor who just published, along with Xiao Li, research in the Journal of Transport Geography about how social interaction is affected by sprawl or central... ...
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Annexations could lead to subdivisions grab in Centennial, critics say	13.4.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
The city of Centennial is poised to annex open space that would allow it to gobble up two subdivisions in the future by using a provision in state law that critics say violates the very spirit of the burgeoning young city's formation.
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Jefferson County gives up plans to develop play areas at Crown Hill Park	6.4.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Jefferson County Open Space will not develop a play area dubbed "Nature Place" at Crown Hill Park after learning public sentiment, officials announced Friday.
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Northeast drilling boom threatens forest wildlife	3.4.2013	azcentral.com \| business
PITTSBURGH -- Hawks swoop in and gobble up songbirds. Raccoons feast on nests of eggs they never could have reached before. Salamanders and wildflowers fade away, crowded out by invasive plants that are altering the soil they need to thrive. Like a once-quiet neighborhood cut up by an expressway and laced with off ramps, northeastern forests are changing because of the pipelines crisscrossing them amid the region's gas drilling boom, experts say.
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1st Twin Buttes homes on horizon	30.3.2013	Durango Herald
Homesites at Twin Buttes may not officially be for sale yet, but theyre garnering plenty of interest as the housing market continues to improve and local inventory gets eaten up.
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Vail Valley Voices: Ford Park plan knocked off track	30.3.2013	Vail Colorado: News
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the Vail Homeowners Association monthly report. We publish weekly excerpts from the association, which keeps a close eye on economic and political trends in and outside of the town ...
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Routt county approves final piece of Fetcher Ranch conservation legacy	27.3.2013	Denver Post: Business
Routt county approves final piece of Fetcher Ranch conservation legacy
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Routt County commissioners approve final piece of Fetcher Ranch conservation legacy	27.3.2013	Steamboat Pilot
The Fetcher family will donate more than half of the $700,000 appraised value of the acreage that sits on a high bench overlooking Steamboat Lake.
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Maybe we should pay something for that open space	26.3.2013	Writers on the Range
Conservation finance helps private landowners get paid for the open space they provide for free
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Group seeking rural historic designation for area southeast of Boulder	26.3.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
BOULDER — The fields southeast of Boulder are dotted in the spring with the dark shapes of cows and their new calves.
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Vail Daily letter: Silly to oppose garden plans	26.3.2013	Vail Colorado: Editorials
Open space is precious to all of us, but you can't just jump on the "open space or bust" bandwagon without actually using your brain to think things through. It seems like some major trick of irony to find people who ...
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Vail Daily column: Gypsum easement represents best of open space	21.3.2013	Vail Colorado: Business
Editor's note: This is the first in a multi-part series. Over the next several months, members of the board of directors of the Eagle Valley Land Trust will be writing about their favorite conservation easements and why these open spa ...
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South Salt Lake movie studio plan hits the cutting room floor	19.3.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Cimaron Neugebauer The Salt Lake Tribune Published Mar 19, 2013 01:01AM MDT South Salt Lake • Saving the century-old Granite High School started out as a dream for the city and developers — but that’s all it ever became. The building at 3305 S. 500 East will not be turned into a motion picture and television production facility as originally promoted in a news conference in October. In fact, the property most likely will go on the open market to the highest bidder soon. Parties involved say it all came down to a lack of money. A joint venture between developer Woodbur... ...
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Vail Valley Voices: Much too much planned for Ford Park	17.3.2013	Vail Colorado: Columnists
This Tuesday, the Vail Town Council will make one of the most important decisions in Vail's history, and almost no one knows about it! Money collected for a conference center appears to be a windfall with unintended consequences ...
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How open is Vail's open space?	17.3.2013	Vail Colorado: Business
VAIL - Who gets to build on some of Vail's most coveted open space, and what gets built, will consume some of the town council's attention Tuesday. It seems innocuous enough. The Vail town council wants to take a look a ...
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