The Intermountain West is a hot commodity these days with projections for more people, more jobs, and more oil and gas development.
Much of the population influx throughout the Colorado resort regions will be driven not by tourism but by the pure nature of the area, according to speakers at a July conference in Keystone titled, "Visions, Vistas and Viewpoints: Imagining Our Mountain Communities in 2030."
At the same time, some energy leaders believe there will need to 400,000 new natural-gas wells in the Rocky Mountain states during the next 15 years to meet projected demand.
The Western landscape is vast, but can it accomodate to such different development visions?
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