Tag: 1976

“When ‘Bears Ears’ had TOO MUCH protection?” A Personal Recollection…by Jim Stiles

by stiles • December 5, 2017 • 5 Comments

NOTE: For the purposes of this story I refer to the area of Grand Gulch and Cedar Mesa as “Bears Ears.” But please note that in the forty-seven years I’ve known and wandered southeast Utah, literally NOBODY ever referred to…

Take it or Leave it: 1976: WHEN COLORADO SAID ‘NO’ TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS…PLUS!! ON THE EVE of our 25th ANNIVERSARY…by Jim Stiles

by stiles • February 3, 2014 • 1 Comment

In 2014, at a time when the American West is being transformed into one vast recreational venue, where every high-risk, adrenalin-induced sport pours more fire (and money) on the tourist/sport economy that benefits from it, where even BASE jumping is…