In the not so distant future, as the planet burns, the nation reels from the effects of a pandemic, Truth … More
Tag: Utah
Images from the Extreme Social Distance
I went back to the Home-country — i.e. the Four Corners — in February and March, and headed out to … More
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
Images from Utah’s (crowded) national parks
They walked four abreast down the paved walkway toward me, and had I not squeezed out of the way the … More
Industry’s strange and terrible beauty
A quick look at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory map for the nation reveals a startling fact: The … More
Photo essay: Summer ’18, Four Corners and beyond
It’s a gray day here in Bulgaria, which has me yearning for warmer, sunnier days and the desert and mountains … 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
A 26,000-ton pile of radioactive waste lies under the waters and silt of Lake Powell
Beneath the murky green waters on the north end of Lake Powell, entombed within the tons of silt that have … 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
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