Many landscapes in the tropics consist of a mosaic of different types of land use. How people make use of these different ecosystems, with their particular plant communities, was unclear until now.

Gov. Jared Polis and influential Democrats want to open up large swaths of Colorado’s cities to denser development and make fundamental changes to how growth happens in Colorado. The bill, which is ...

Owning a home has long been part of the American Dream. But today, for many working families, that dream is slipping out of ...

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An easement is a legal right to use part of someone else’s property for a specific purpose, such as a shared driveway or utility access. Easements are typically documented in property records and ...

ROCHESTER — A proposal to develop 120 acres of farmland on the edge of northwest Rochester continues to face differing opinions based on potential housing options. “These types of land use decisions ...

Nine years ago, state lawmakers set up a test. The question was whether giving slack for rules around a pillar of Oregon’s land use system — the urban growth boundary — could provide a new tool for ...

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