Otero's Trails Closer to Open
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Mountain bike enthusiasts with an affection for the prime trails in Otero Canyon are celebrating this week's announcement that the Air Force no longer plans to erect a fence that would close off their beloved biking area.
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By Justin Hill, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 5--A proposal to close three Albany streets at the city's northern border with El Cerrito is moving forward after consultants heard from the public before starting work on an environmental review.
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By Tim Ellis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 21--Area residents can expect to see a lot of activity over the next two weeks as the pace of work picks up on an expansion project at the county landfill on the western edge of Sahuarita.
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By Jeremy Twitchell Deseret Morning News  SPANISH FORK -- Rapid growth that's showing no signs of slowing in the coming years has leaders from cities in south Utah County working up a potential pipe dream just to keep up.
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By Matt Branaugh, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Jun. 21--COTTON -- Off-highway vehicle enthusiasts and local residents filled the community center here Wednesday evening to help chart the future of trails in the Cloquet Valley State Forest.
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By MICHAEL P. McKINNEY  Journal Staff Writer  BARRINGTON  -   Reports of sexual liaisons between men resuming at the Osamequin Nature Trail might lead to a pass system, such as a car sticker, for public access to the preserve.
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By SAM HITT AND SARAH WILLIAMS  The Santa Fe Fire Department plans to clear vegetation from nearly 100 acres of public open space to reduce hazardous fuels near the Dale Ball trails.   The Forest Service wants to extend clearing from Hyde Park all the way to the Santa Fe Ski Area.
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By Joseph M. Dougherty Deseret Morning News  FARMINGTON -- By 2010, you'll be able to walk, jog, pedal a bike or ride a horse from Roy to West Bountiful without spending much time on a road.
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By Dana M. Nichols, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 20--PINECREST -- Preserving High Sierra wilderness seemed a much simpler thing 36 years ago.   Back then, Mike D'Ambrogia was a Scout in Troop 243 from Lafayette.
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By Jeff Tucker, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jun. 14--Pueblo residents will have one final opportunity to look at options for a large piece of open space on Pueblo's west side. The plan will be submitted to the planning and zoning commission and the Pueblo City Council.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 12--SAVE MOUNT DIABLO has scored another victory in its never-ending efforts to preserve open space in an increasingly urban part of the East Bay.
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By TANIA SOUSSAN For the Journal A six-year battle over a patch of southern New Mexico known as Otero Mesa took a turn recently with calls from the state's congressional delegation for a moratorium on oil and gas development.
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By Travis Fain, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Sep. 13--Construction of the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail through Rose Hill Cemetery was put on hold Tuesday evening, and Macon City Council members told trail designers to look at routes that would bypass the historic cemetery.
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By David Bracken, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 16--FUQUAY-VARINA -- Developer Bill Akins doesn't mind being one of the first to bet on downtown Fuquay-Varina's re-emergence; he just hopes to eventually have some company.
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By Lee Filas Daily Herald Staff Writer  Volo officials are searching for a new location for the Millennium Trail after the village mistakenly built a water tower on a Lake County Forest Preserve District easement.
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By Sally Connell, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 17--Even as the project to ship water from Nacimiento Lake to homes and businesses in the North County and San Luis Obispo is nearing construction, some property owners are resisting plans to lay the pipeline across their land.