Category: August/September 2018
Take it or Leave it: MEDIA BIAS: UP CLOSE & LOCAL, Part 1 (CNN’s Spin on Bears Ears NM)…by Jim Stiles
More than three years have passed since the idea of a “Bears Ears National Monument” was first introduced to the general public. One of the most far-reaching and expensive coast-to-coast marketing campaigns ever promoted by the powerful outdoor industry and…
Sowing Clover: Trailer Parks Could Be the Best Neighborhoods in Town…by Tonya Audyn Morton
They aren’t called “Trailer Parks” anymore, I’m told. The phrase has negative connotations. “Mobile Home Communities” is better, though still not ideal. “Manufactured Home Communities” is preferred. Which is fine. But everyone I’ve known who lives in a Trailer Park…
Take it or Leave it: THE EFFECT OF OIL WELLS ON TOURISM AT BIG FLAT…by Jim Stiles
A recent op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune raised concerns yet again about the impacts of oil and gas developments at Big Flat in Grand County, near the boundary of Dead Horse Point State Park. Jacques Hadler, the manager of…
A Conversation with Isabel Ferreira-De Puy: Her Life and Art ‘Off-The-Grid’ in the Desert Southwest
Long-time Zephyr readers will certainly recognize the name De Puy. We have featured John De Puy’s artwork a number of times in this publication, as well as stories about his incredible life and his close friendship with Edward Abbey. But…
THE GENTLEMAN EXPLORER: Charles Bernheimer and his Canyon Country Expeditions…by Harvey Leake
“We started on the Trail at 1:30 P.M., leaving the hospitable roof of the Wetherills at Kayenta… with the same spirit of buoyant expectancy as in former years.” —Charles L. Bernheimer, June 4, 1924 From the 1890s to the 1930s,…
VLACHOS’ VIEWS: EAT…Photos and Captions by Paul Vlachos
Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… From the beginning, the word was there. Some of my earliest memories…
WHOSE COUNTY IS THIS ANYWAY? BEARS EARS ACTIVIST WINS SQUEAKER FOR SJCO COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 3. WHAT NOW?…by Bill Keshlear
A long-time Navajo politician and advocate for Bears Ears National Monument and related tourism development won the June 26 Democratic primary for District 3 San Juan County (Utah) commissioner. Kenneth Maryboy defeated incumbent Rebecca Benally by 39 votes, 705-666, according…
BRAVE NEW WEST (The Comic Strip) Episode #3: The ‘Stinkin Bovines’…by Jim Stiles
CLICK HERE to READ PREVIOUS EPISODES of BRAVE NEW WEST (The Comic Strip)! Jim Stiles is Founder and Co-Publisher of the Canyon Country Zephyr. To comment, scroll to the bottom of the page. Don’t forget the Zephyr ads! All links…
Selling San Juan, Part 1…by Stacy Young
A two-part essay on the process of New West gentrification and the future of San Juan County, Utah after the designation of Bears Ears National Monument. Part one will provide historical context and define certain conceptual terms in order to…