The Salton Sea in California is a good example, says this essay. Evanston, Wyo., has twice survived boom and bust in recent decades, once in the 1970s when the railroad drastically curtailed services, and again in the 1980s, when the bottom dropped out of the oil market. Local policy makers struggle over how to manage the change from old to new. Smalltown, Wyoming, uncomfortable with attention. The International Rocky Mountain Stage Stop Sled Dog Race is the biggest this side of Alaska, and it brings racers, spectators and attention to Pinedale, Wyo.
Pinedale residents have mixed feelings about that.
The Lewis and Clark bicentennial could draw as many as 18.7 million visitors a year to Montana during 2005 and 2006, according to a University of Montana institute's study, more than double last year's record number of tourists. Feb. 8 Luring new industry may be a risky venture. But unacceptable, deep poverty persists on many reservations. Destitute Arizona tribal members seek share of gambling proceeds. More than 1,500 residents of Arizona's Salt River Reservation have signed petitions urging the tribe to share its gambling profits with tribal members.