Following is a list of resources, recommended reading, films, and more.

Growth and development in the “New West”
Western Futures (PDF), Center of the American West.
Geographies of the New West, William Travis, 2007. (book)
Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies: The search for a value of place, Thomas Power, 1998. (Details the value of ’sense of place’ in the economy of the New West) (book)

Open space and ranching/farming
American Farmland Trust
Great Outdoors Colorado open space preservation program
Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts
Colorado Open Space Alliance links to members

Historic preservation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Barn preservation bibliography (PDF)
Historic preservation in Colorado

Urban/rural design and planning strategies
LEED for Neighborhood Development
Congress for the New Urbanism
Affordable EcoDensity (a proposal for the city of Vancouver, Canada) (PDF)
Growing Greener:Putting conservation into local codes (PDF, by Randall Arendt, author of “Rural by Design”)
Affordable Housing in Mountain Resort Towns (PDF) (A report for Mono County, CA)

Growth in small towns
Basalt, CO asks, ‘What is small town character?’
Above and beyond: Visualizing change in small towns and rural areas, Julie Campoli, Elizabeth Humstone, and Alex Maclean. 2004. (book)
Population growth in High-Amenity Rural Areas (Economic effects on long-term residents) (PDF)
Sustaining Jackson Hole and One Percent for the Tetons