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Smart Growth
 Snomass
Creek: "Smart Water" campaign protects minimum stream
flow
Since 1978, the Snowmass-Capitol Creek Caucus has organized
and directed a long series of initiatives to protect instream
flows in Snowmass Creek and to preserve its aquatic environment
and extraordinary riparian ecosystem. In
2000, Public Counsel hired a prominent Denver environmental attorney
to represent a coalition of national and local conservation
groups to preserve minimum stream flow. More
Sanders
Ranch: A New Town Shot Down
Dramatically escalating land values make every Rocky Mountain
resort town a prime target for real estate developers. In 2000,
an out of state developer proposed a new town
on 280 acres of classic Colorado ranchland dominated by views
of 12,953-foot Mount Sopris and almost exactly halfway between
the communities of Glenwood Springs and Carbondale. Public
Counsel of the Rockies organized testimony by land use experts
and attorneys which -- along with massive public protest --
defeated the proposal. More
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