DOG of the MONTH!

It's been a while since we honored the Moab Valley's animals, andclearly we've expanded our definition once again. This issue we honor LUCKY, the American Bison that lives on Spanish Valley Drive with a small herd that bears a striking resemblance to their caretaker, ROBIN GROFF.

And what makes LUCKY so lucky?

The luck of the draw...

 

What makes a COYOTE RUN?

...Oh things like urban sprawl, habitat encroachment. A permanent human population. Coyotes were prolific in this area ten years ago. They may still be active today,

if not in as great the numbers. But check back with us in a decade or so.

Today the orchards. Tomorrow...?

 

THE LAST ORCHARD

TREE ON 500 WEST?

Fifth West was once Orchard Alley. But condos have

taken care of most of them. Last week I saw this brave but

bedraggled apple tree, hanging on for dear life, as new

construction and heavy equipment surrounded it. Despite

severe neglect, she was still loaded with fruit. Let's hope the

developer decides to spare this remnant from our pastoral past.

 

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF

THE SPEERS EFFECT.

The Portal Tram is no more. Ten years after the tram was proposed, built, sold, sold again, its new owners, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, hired salvage crews to

remove the eyesore. In one Saturday morning, the tram was gone. Jennifer Speers started a trend when she tore dow that house...

ANYTHING's possible