by stiles • • Comments Off on A HISTORY: The Making of Canyonlands National Park, 1956-1978 (PART 3) …By Clyde L. Denis
This article first appeared in the Utah Historical Quarterly, and is reprinted with the permission of the author. Click Here to Read Parts 1 and 2… To assess the effect of national environmental discussions on road access in the Needles…
by stiles • • Comments Off on A HISTORY: The Making of Canyonlands National Park, 1956-1978 (PART 2) …By Clyde L. Denis
This article first appeared in the Utah Historical Quarterly, and is reprinted with the permission of the author. Click Here to Read Part 1… [Bates] Wilson had originally conceived a Canyonlands in which access would be substantially by jeep and…
Pete Parry was superintendent of Canyonlands National Park from 1975 to 1987 and elsewhere in this issue is a story about Pete’s decade of service during one of Southeast Utah’s most turbulent and politically charged times—the Sagebrush Rebellion. Pete dealt…
by stiles • • Comments Off on Unsung Heroes of the Canyon Country #1: Pete Parry…by Jim Stiles
PETE PARRY Pete quietly took on the D.O.E and the planned Canyonlands Nuclear Repository… AND WON. When I was in my early 20s, the National Park Service hired me as a seasonal ranger at Arches National Park. I had virtually…