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Selling San Juan, Part 2: The Ghost of Christmas Future…by Stacy Young

by stiles • September 30, 2018 • 5 Comments

This is the conclusion of a two-part essay on New West gentrification and the designation of Bears Ears National Monument (part one here). In this part two, I will more closely examine the concrete ways in which New West colonization…

(FROM THE 2008 ZEPHYR ARCHIVES) SITLA LOOKS AHEAD…by Jim Stiles

by stiles • June 1, 2017 • 0 Comments

NOTE: I wrote this article in December 2008. We were trying to warn Moab and Grand County residents of future SITLA developments, even then. Particularly note references to the Lion’s Back Resort, as far back as 2006. At the time,…