The Canyon Country Zephyr

THE ZEPHYR / APRIL-MAY 1998

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TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: Editorial by Jim Stiles
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MOAB IN A NUTSHELL: Does Moab live in a police state? Some are beginning to wonder. Also...So long Earl Sires. Jane S. Jones...bureaucrat? How essential is Essential Air Service? The Moab Film Festival. And the Portal Tram after all?
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THE NUTSHELL (photographic evidence) Opal is Dog of the Month and a kid named Cisco is Reader of the Month. Where petoglyphs come from. John De Puy comes to town. Suzie Creamcheese celebrates spring.
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THE CANYON COUNTRY WATCHDOG: SUWA's Groene, McHarg & Thomas provide: a wilderness update including: Lockhart Basin appeal, Comb Wash watershed plan, Conoco update, Filming, Hamsters more expensive than cows. More...
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STREAMOFCONCIOUSNESS: By Anne Wilson. When is change for the better? That's what Anne wants to know as she weighs feelings for the past with impending changes that are in many ways positive.

Special Section: THE GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE...
Can we restore a masterpiece?
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THE GLEN CANYON INSTITUTE: Can their vision & determination restore a Masterpiece? Photograph by Philip Hyde
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A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FOR THE COLORADO RIVER: By Dr. Richard Ingebretsen
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'ALL MY RIVERS ARE GONE': By Katie Lee (an excerpt from her new book)
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A Vision From the Future: GLEN CANYON A photographic essay
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ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU: Glen Canyon...the center of the restoration storm. By Dave Wegner
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AROUND THE BEND AGAIN: By Ken Sleight. Watching the waters rise.
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RECLAIMING THE CANYON: The River is Waiting by Dave Wegner. In 1983 Glen Canyon Dam almost failed. Don't blame the Monkey Wrench Gang...it was Mother Nature.
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TWISTED TABLOIDS: By Dan O'Connor. Dan had noticed a strange symbol on the face of Glen Canyon Dam. What is it?
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GLEN CANYON DAM: Sooner or Later. Drawing by Jim Stiles
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HERB RINGER'S AMERICAN WEST: A few words of thanks from Herb
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Salt Lake City Magazine

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