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Growing Food, Growing Community

April 17, 2012 By techsuperadmin Leave a Comment

Blessed with high altitude and a finicky growing season, Northern Arizona is often criticized as a frustrating place to grow food. In spite of these challenges, the City of Flagstaff and Flagstaff Foodlink are proud to celebrate the overwhelming success of the 2011 growing season. In just two … [Read more...] about Growing Food, Growing Community

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: community, community gardeners, Development, flagstaff community, Food, food insecurity, greenhouse gas emissions, home, land, reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Region Embracing Renewables

March 26, 2012 By Anne Minard Leave a Comment

In many ways, Northern Arizona – and Coconino County in particular – is poised to harvest great benefits from renewable energy potential that outpaces the potential in much of the rest of the country. But the first wave of utility-scale projects has met with some resistance – and it has sent local … [Read more...] about Region Embracing Renewables

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: arizona game and fish, arizona game and fish department, Coconino County, cost, county planners, Development, land, renewable energy projects, Use, wind

Flagstaff Sno-Park Proposing Sustainable Business

February 16, 2012 By Stacey Wittig 1 Comment

 Two Flagstaff natives are working with the City of Flagstaff to open a snow-play park within the city limits. John Crowley and T.J. Dana promise a first-class tubing park that will offer activities for all ages – if they can get a lease agreement and approval from the city. Plans for Flagstaff … [Read more...] about Flagstaff Sno-Park Proposing Sustainable Business

Filed Under: Tourism Tagged With: dana promise, gentle slopes, hill, john crowley, land, Magic, mcmillan mesa, site, water, water pipeline

Matt Ryan Testifying in Washington D.C.

December 2, 2011 By techsuperadmin Leave a Comment

Hoping to gain federal support to allow several Coconino County residents to retain property they’ve lived on for years, County District 3 Supervisor Matt Ryan testified before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on Friday morning. Supervisor Ryan urged members of the Subcommittee on … [Read more...] about Matt Ryan Testifying in Washington D.C.

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: bureau of land management, Coconino National Forest, Committee, forest service land, Gosar, land, Natural, natural resources committee, Service, support

Uranium Mining Appeal for Mine Near Grand Canyon

November 29, 2011 By techsuperadmin Leave a Comment

Conservation groups and American Indian tribes today filed an appeal in the 9th Circuit Court challenging a lower court ruling that allowed a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park to re-open without updating decades-old environmental reviews. The Arizona 1 uranium mine is located near Kanab … [Read more...] about Uranium Mining Appeal for Mine Near Grand Canyon

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: acre watershed, Act, american indian tribes, ban, Canyon, center for biological diversity, environmental impact statement, Grand, grand canyon trust, land

NAU Researchers Study Evolutionary Fish Jumping

October 5, 2011 By techsuperadmin Leave a Comment

Research sometimes means looking for one thing and finding another. Such was the case when biology professor Alice Gibb and her research team at Northern Arizona University witnessed a small amphibious fish, the mangrove rivulus, jump with apparent skill and purpose out of a small net and back into … [Read more...] about NAU Researchers Study Evolutionary Fish Jumping

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: alice gibb, behavior, biology professor, ecological genetics, guppy, land, northern arizona university, pectoral fins, team, water

Volunteers Sought on National Public Lands Day

September 20, 2011 By techsuperadmin Leave a Comment

In celebration of National Public Lands Day and to encourage a shared sense of land stewardship, the Forest Service announces another “fee free day” Saturday, September 24, along with several volunteer events.  Day use fees will be waived at all standard amenity fee sites operated by the … [Read more...] about Volunteers Sought on National Public Lands Day

Filed Under: Sedona, Tourism Tagged With: area, federal lands recreation enhancement act, halfway picnic area, honanki ruins, land, land stewardship, national public lands day, Service, Use, Volunteer

Lack of Pre-Developed Land Thwarting Relocation

June 28, 2011 By Stacey Wittig Leave a Comment

Businesses looking to relocate to Flagstaff cannot find developed land that adequately meets their needs. “We are seeing interests out of California. One of the challenges right out of the gate is that we don’t have enough pre-developed land for them,” said Rich Bowen, president and CEO of Economic … [Read more...] about Lack of Pre-Developed Land Thwarting Relocation

Filed Under: Business Calendar Tagged With: arizona companies, building, city council member, community, Development, expansion, future economic development, land, public and private sectors, rich bowen

Revolutionary Road for Rangelands

June 4, 2011 By Diane Hope Leave a Comment

We often take the landscapes around us and those who manage them for granted. But as resources become scarcer, they become more valued. Hence, the growing interest in Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). PES offers financial incentives to farmers or landowners to manage their land to provide an … [Read more...] about Revolutionary Road for Rangelands

Filed Under: Business, Local News Tagged With: air quality regulation, climate change mitigation, Ecosystem, fundraising initiative, land, millennium ecosystem assessment, nonprofit effort, PES, Proposition, work

Gosar Introducing Jobs Bill

May 14, 2011 By techsuperadmin Leave a Comment

U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar, is introducing a jobs bill relating to the Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act.  It is estimated that HR 1904 will create 1,000 direct jobs, 5,000 indirect jobs and provide an economic impact of over $800 million for Arizona yearly for the next 25-50 years. In … [Read more...] about Gosar Introducing Jobs Bill

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Act, arizona land, bill, congressman paul, conservationist groups, copper, Jobs, land, land exchange, southeast arizona

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