Rural Growth on Table: Consideration of 20,000 Acres of New Development Alarms Environmentalists.
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By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 3--The Board of Supervisors is considering opening vast swaths of land -- more than 20,000 additional acres -- to development in eastern Sacramento County.   Supervisors also are entertaining a request from developer Angelo K.
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 14--You'd think the chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee would be up on environmental issues.
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New development on the Tejon Ranch has environmentalists concerned about the health of a fragile landscape, where several distinct ecological regions converge.
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Enough fertile land could turn into desert in the next generation to create an âenvironmental crisis of global proportions.â
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Forest rules issued this week by the Bush administration are just the latest chapter in a decades-long debate over how to manage millions of acres of public land.
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By Schiff, Roy Benoit, Gaboury  ABSTRACT: The spatial scale and location of land whose development has the strongest influence on aquatic ecosystems must be known to support land use decisions that protect water resources in urbanizing watersheds.
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Business & money: Change of emphasis to property development provokes outrage.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 21--A proposal to offset the future loss of Monterey County farmland to development in the proposed county general plan provoked heated protests Wednesday before county planning commissioners.
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By Cynthia Sewell, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 4--A group of farmers, ranchers, timber companies, conservationists and sportsmen are working together to save farm and ranch land from development.
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Fearful that growing pressure for development could cause the loss of vital plants and animals, biologists and conservationists are trying to rally new interest in protecting tropical forests and the keys they may hold for vital medicines.
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A new study has found that suburban sprawl may lead to chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, arthritis and breathing difficulties.
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Migration to urban centres is exacerbating problems in the countryside, the World Urban Forum is told.
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By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop  Development is not always a one-way process of environmental destruction.
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With all the hand-wringing about the economic perils of falling populations, there could be one beneficiary: the environment.
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Business & money: Campaigners sceptical about companies' new-found enthusiasm for environment.
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By Lisa Smith  lsmith@@dailyherald.com  A new agricultural land-use category could be created to accommodate a proposed 415-acre development in western Kane County under a plan reviewed by the county board's development committee Tuesday.
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Science & environment: . 'Ignorance, need and greed' depleting soil . Experts warn competition will lead to conflict.