Ameriscan, March 26, 2002Smart Growth Programs Fall Victim to Budget Cuts WASHINGTON, DC, March 26, 2002 (ENS) - Budget shortfalls are forcing more than a dozen states to make or consider massive cuts to smart growth programs, finds a new report from a trio of conservation groups. The report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse and Smart Growth America, warns that cutting these programs will threaten local economies, the environment and public health, and calls on state legislators to defend them. "We understand that states have to tighten their belts, but this is not the...