Utah Planning News (05/07)
- Salt Lake City Council supports 400 West TRAX alignment
- Mayors Plan Jordan River Renewal

Utah Planning News (05/06)
- Coal-plant initiative petitions in on time
- Workshop to discuss future of Jordan River
- Editorial: Preparing for the Big One
- Dixie leader says growth is inevitable
- Salt Lake expected to OK 400 West route for TRAX

Utah Planning News (05/05)
- Meetings under way to establish scenic byway
- Freeway likely to be built bit by bit

Utah Planning News (05/04)
- Test shows Summit County air clean
- Op-ed: Pulling the brake on the downtown TRAX alignment
- Group sees Jordan River's potential as 'jewel'
- Quiet zone on rail line is a reality

Utah Planning News (05/03)
- Air ranking upsets local officials

Utah Planning News (05/02)
- Forbes: SLC will weather storm
- Editorial: Jordan River vision: Workshops aim to launch river cleanup
- Downtown's Rising, So is the Rent
- 3 Utah cities high on worst-air list

Utah Planning News (05/01)
- Feds suspend Bear Lake dam proposal
- Architect urges local leaders to develop funding for Utah green-building projects
- Opposition to Sandy Open Space Purchase Falls a Vote Short

Utah Planning News (04/30)
- Curious flock to free rides as FrontRunner starts weekday service
- Geothermal utopia gaining steam in Utah

Utah Planning News (04/29)
- Free ride - Train packed as Utahns check out FrontRunner
- Officials testify on land bill

Utah Planning News (04/28)
- Economy, environment intertwined

Utah Planning News (04/27)
- FrontRunner service starts amid festivities

Utah Planning News (04/26)
- Salt Lake City: Planning division in state of chaos
- Group Opposes Washington County Lands Bill

Utah Planning News (04/25)
- Group clarifies Utah Lake vision
- New Southern Utah land bill has fewer foes
- Cottonwood Heights preserves area as open space

Utah Planning News (04/24)
- Guv springs to fight nuke junk
- Lehi sighs in relief as UDOT to scale back freeway plans
- Don Porter: FrontRunner in the Top of Utah was worth the wait
- Planners, City Creek on different paths

Utah Planning News (04/23)
- Valley Fair revival: Construction begins today on mall's renovation
- Ann Herron: G-ville planning commission makeup shows need for ordinary citizens to step forward
- Editorial: Get involved in Ogden's future
- Governor opposes Bear Lake plant
- UDOT puts Lehi freeway on hold
- FrontRunner 'coming out' party set for Saturday
- 5 scenic rivers in Summit County
- Adversaries grudgingly agree on redrock measure
- Cache County: Open space bond on ballot

Utah Planning News (04/22)
- Utah's 'big one' could be savage
- Railroad 'eyesore' may be razed
- Op-ed: Washington County conservation bill has flaws

Utah Planning News (04/21)
- Layton rail-station site raises concerns
- Developer sues over incorporation denial

Utah Planning News (04/20)
- Is new train on right track?
- SLC hub sure to survive, thrive
- Many are eager for connector
- Fight brewing over Bear Lake project
- Draper rezones school lands

Utah Planning News (04/19)
- City Creek is going green in national pilot program
- Salt Lake OKs funds to upgrade planning
- Council OKs land use change
- TRAX extension big step in going modal
- Green movement coming of age

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Historic Landscape Preservation

TBSI is pleased to welcome Susan Crook as our instructor for newest workshop, Historic Landscape Preservation. This workshop is schedule for June 26-28, 2008, at the historic Great Basin Environmental Education Center (GBEEC), located 8 miles above Ephraim, Utah, in the Manti-LaSal National Forest.
The course is a hands-on introduction to the theory and practice of historic landscape preservation. Instruction includes visits to historic properties in Sanpete County to de-construct historic landscapes by examining and documenting landscape features to scale. Participants will attempt to determine the origin of the materials and building methods based on their experience and knowledge. Participants will apply what they learn by helping to construct a landscape feature. Instruction also includes an introduction to the original landscape at the GBEEC.
The course includes landscape preservation overviews, Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, spatial arrangement and layout, character defining features, Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS), existing conditions inventory and assessment, materials and methods and maintenance planning
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to recognize historic landscape by type, inventory landscape features and se selected traditional landscape construction methods.

Costs:
$300.00 workshop (includes all materials, a continental breakfast and lunch, use of TBSI tools.
$25.00 per night per person at the GBEEC (2 or 3 nights) $25.00 optional evening meals for Thursday and Friday
Lodging at the GBEEC: Participants stay in refurbished cabins build in the 1930’s. (See http://www.snow.edu/gbeec/). The cabins have dormitory-style sleeping (please bring your own bedding), updated kitchen and bathroom facilities.

Contact information:
Joan Shand
150 East College Ave.
Ephraim, UT 84627
(435) 835-7572
Fax: (435) 835-6913
joan.shand@snow.edu