Are you confused by the wilderness process? I’m confused. Do you wonder if it will ever be resolved in Utah? I wonder. Let’s start at the beginning. Wilderness – the Wilderness Act of 1964 – Public Law 88-577 DEFINITION OF…
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 <THE ZEPHYR> DOG of the MONTH: Meet the ‘White Dog’ of Bueyeros WHAT WE FOUND, SEARCHING for ‘THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE’ –Tonya Morton GENE SCHAFER (1931-2011) End of an Era for Monticello, Utah –Jim Stiles INSTANT MOAB:…
TAKE IT or LEAVE IT Jim Stiles HARD TIMES? A STORY OF TWO PRAIRIE GRAVES One frenzied afternoon in Moab, more than 20 years ago, the crush of tourists, the asphalt-enhanced desert heat, and the already disturbing …
Dog of the Month: The White Dog of Bueyeros, New Mexico We were wandering in that hot, dry country east of the Rockies in northeast New Mexico, where the land can’t quite decide if it wants to…
What We Found, Searching for ‘The Way Life Should Be’ By Tonya Morton This was the week of the County Fair—big news in our tiny town of under a thousand people. People arrived at the high school, braving heat…
I n s t a n t M o a b…. T e r r y k n o u f f Then And Now… I know, “Then And Now” , It’s not an original idea of mine. But I…
Gene Schafer: 1931-2011 End of an Era for Monticello, Utah Gene Schafer was not like anybody else you ever met; he contained multitudes. He was born in Texas in 1931, but soon moved to southern Utah when his dad saw…
Copenhagen and Terminal Pragmatism: Dimensions of a Four Star FUBAR By Scott Thompson “The Copenhagen Conference in December, 2009, was the last hope for humanity to pull back from the abyss.” – Clive Hamilton On a sunny afternoon on May…
The WILDER WEST… the Art & Wit of DAVE WILDER Boot Shopping My old hiking boots were shot, that’s what started the trouble. I needed a new pair and, since I was in the neighborhood, decided to give this new…
Drought, Climate Change & Sick Forests Fuel Super Fires The Summer of 2011 in the American Southwest…..Surrealistic & Devastating By Kathleene Parker EDITOR’S NOTE: Kathleene Parker’s story reflects burn damage as of July 8. Subsequent fire damage will no…
The Speech President Obama Should Give… (but never will…..#1) —channeled by Jim Stiles–– Good evening, It’s been more than two years since that remarkable frosty evening in November 2008 when you bestowed upon me the great honor and…
Gaining Perspective…Volume 6 Two Years in the Kingdom of Morocco By Charlie Kolb It’s midsummer in the High Atlas and the air is heavy with heat and light. Temperatures climb often into the 90s during the day, but stay in…
An excerpt from a new book from Utah State University Press SOUTHERN PAIUTE: A PORTRAIT William Logan Hebner photographs by Michael L. Plyler In 1990 the Kaibab Paiute turned down hundreds of millions of dollars by refusing to…
HERB RINGER came West from his home in New Jersey in 1939. Camera in hand, Herb captured the American West, from the Canadian Border to the Rio Grande and from the Big Sur coast to the High Plains. We…
THE BULLETIN BOARD of DOOM From Mudd, Stiles & The Heath Monitor Files About 90 percent of the aquifers underneath major cities in China are polluted. More than 300 million Chinese lack access to safe drinking water, according to…
The State of Nature…pt 1 The golden eagle was hunting, coasting near the ground. Seen from the edge of an ancient glacial cirque the eagle was a tiny brown motion at the bottom of a monstrous half-enclosed space. I…
POINTBLANK Why I Stopped Reading Newspapers (Including the Zephyr) By K Hancock EDITOR’S NOTE: A few months ago, I sent out an email appeal to my readers, not just for more financial support, but for more readers. I had become…
From the 1940’s Writer’s Guide to DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT To view this article as a PDF, click here: aug11-34-35 Don’t forget the Zephyr…
TILTING AT WINDMILLS By Dean Wooten There they are. Dark harbingers of the future Spread across the ridge from horizon to horizon Slowly turning long arms, malevolent as giant spiders, Creeping toward eternity. They call wind turbines green and have…
