EDITOR’S NOTE: Please be sure to read Lynn Jackson’s “Wilderness Quandary: Does ‘Pretty’ Make Wilderness?” elsewhere in this issue. The retired Utah BLM staffer offers his views on another aspect of the wilderness debate–the nuts and bolts of the…
The Wilder West …the Art & Wit of Dave Wilder “Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower “The future ain’t what it used to be.” – Yogi Berra When I was…
DAY of SEVEN BILLION by Kathleene Parker The United Nation’s choice of October 31, 2011, as the “Day of Seven Billion”—the day when Earth will attain a population of 7 billion—is spooky beyond just its falling on Halloween.…
“Offshore wind is one of the very few things that makes nuclear power look cheap.” Professor Dieter Helm, an economist from the University of Oxford. BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14412189 In 1995, no state had an obesity rate…
SHELL HIGHWAY MAP…1934 Before there were iPods or WiFi or cell phones or Sirius… or even FM, there were AM radio stations scattered across the country… Shell Oil compiled a list of stations for interstate travelers… (Click the photos…
I n s t a n t M o a b …the Polaroid Wizardry of Terry Knouff Terry Knouff has been loving the Canyonlands country since 1979, and living in it since 1987. But his first love ) is photography.…
On the Consistency of Bullshit: an Ever-Swirling Tale By Scott Thompson I think that at least 90% of what the public sees about climate change on television or reads in right-leaning books and publications is bullshit. And by that…
State Of Nature, II A few years ago Bruce Anderson printed a piece of mine, “State Of Nature,” in his fine paper, the Anderson Valley Advertiser. Well, the situation has gotten worse, much worse. The state of nature…
POINT BLANK THE HOUSE on ALMOND AVENUE (You can never go home again) by Greg Gnesios The little house on Almond Avenue was a quiet and welcome sanctuary when I most needed one. I rented it when I first moved…
MY PERSONAL HISTORY Life & Times in Southeast Utah by Verona Stocks EDITOR’S NOTE: When Verona Stocks died in June 1993, she left a big hole in Grand County. Born on April 1, 1905, Verona watched southeast Utah transformed…from a…
Magoo “Magoo, my toy poodle, is now 13 years old. When he was 3 years old I heard of an organization called WAGS, which stands for Wonderful Animals Giving Support. It is a group of…
THE WILLOWS of LA JARA CREEK Following Ghosts Along the Old Spanish Trail by Loch Wade There is nothing remarkable about La Jara Creek. There are hundreds of minor tributaries in the San Juan basin, or even in the…
“IT’S THE AESTHETICS, STUPID.” (Or is it?) By Jim Stiles Many years ago, during one of my first trips to the canyon country, I made the dusty drive to Grandview Point on the Island in the Sky. The road…
The sun was especially hot one day last week. I was up early to watch the village wake up and to watch the clouds grow and shift, building up into the afternoon thunderstorms I have learned to expect daily…
Are you confused by the wilderness process? I’m confused. Do you wonder if it will ever be resolved in Utah? I wonder. Let’s start at the beginning. Wilderness – the Wilderness Act of 1964 – Public Law 88-577 DEFINITION OF…
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 <THE ZEPHYR> DOG of the MONTH: Meet the ‘White Dog’ of Bueyeros WHAT WE FOUND, SEARCHING for ‘THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE’ –Tonya Morton GENE SCHAFER (1931-2011) End of an Era for Monticello, Utah –Jim Stiles INSTANT MOAB:…
TAKE IT or LEAVE IT Jim Stiles HARD TIMES? A STORY OF TWO PRAIRIE GRAVES One frenzied afternoon in Moab, more than 20 years ago, the crush of tourists, the asphalt-enhanced desert heat, and the already disturbing …
Dog of the Month: The White Dog of Bueyeros, New Mexico We were wandering in that hot, dry country east of the Rockies in northeast New Mexico, where the land can’t quite decide if it wants to…
What We Found, Searching for ‘The Way Life Should Be’ By Tonya Morton This was the week of the County Fair—big news in our tiny town of under a thousand people. People arrived at the high school, braving heat…
I n s t a n t M o a b…. T e r r y k n o u f f Then And Now… I know, “Then And Now” , It’s not an original idea of mine. But I…
