What the Bears Ears management plan does — and doesn’t do

Public lands lovers have been up in arms since the Trump administration issued the final management plans for what’s left … More

Behind the Slickrock Curtain

I’m about to do something that may be a bit unconventional, unorthodox — maybe even uncouth: promoting a novel before … More

Writing novels

Way back when I was a teenager, I spent summers at my dad’s house outside of Cortez, Colorado. I had … More

UPDATE: Bears Ears management plan is finalized

The Bureau of Land Management released its finalized Bears Ears National Monument management plan on Feb. 6, despite the fact … More

The inundation of Utah’s ‘Mighty Five’ national parks, in four charts

Are the national parks and monuments of the American West getting overrun by hordes of tourists? The short answer: Yes. … More

Instagram Pilgrim: Meditations on industrial tourism, the Bears Ears, and loving a place to death

It must be a mirage, I thought, when I first glimpsed the flash of color in the distance. The little … More

Dataviz: Life in the Energy Sacrifice Zone

Read my High Country News story about the fight against drilling in the Greater Chaco Region.  Shortly after 10 p.m. … More

Interior Secy. Zinke is Albert Fall and other writings on energy/public lands

In a harried attempt to keep up with the Trump administration’s assault on public lands, I’ve put out a flurry … More

Why President Obama needs to designate a Bears Ears National Monument

“People have always stereotyped and cartooned Blanding in an unfair way. I get tired of redneck knuckleheads cartooning the environmentalists, … More

Comb Ridge parcel privatized: A sign of things to come?

It was like a sucker punch to the gut last week when the State of Utah sold off 800 acres … More