NOTE: While we put this issue together, the United States government was in partial shutdown mode. It lasted 35 days. Among the government agencies affected was the National Park Service and the many “units” in its system. Across the country…
In the late 1990s, as Moab was starting to feel the first pangs of unrestrained growth, I penned a Zephyr article called, “Return to Moab: 2020 AD.” I wrote it mostly for laughs but now, as we approach that once…
From the 1992 Zephyr Archives… this article is rated R – not suitable for reading by children due to the sensitive subject matter. If you’re like Ol’ Flocko, you probably wonder what to do with the Easter Bunny after you…
(From the 2001 Zephyr Archives) The Debate on Wilderness Designation Moves into a New Century and Opinions Still Vary, Even Among Environmentalists Liz Thomas: Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Why Protect All That is Left? Huge amounts of wilderness have…
EDITORS NOTE: Last year, the enormous Memorial Day crowds trying to visit Arches National Park finally ovewrwhelmed the place. Parking at the Devils Garden and at Delicate Arch overflowed—there was literally no place to park. Lines of vehicles outside the…
There was a time in the not too distant past, when the vast tracts of public land in Southeast Utah seemed more than adequate to lose oneself in. If I wanted to climb out of the old truck and wander…
Editor’s Note: Sixteen years after this article was written, life for LGBT Utahns (and elsewhere in the United States) has changed for the better. As Stephen Clark, the ACLU legal director quoted extensively in the article, noted, “Progress goes basically…
Former County Councilman and Allen Memorial Hospital nurse Peter Haney swears that what follows is true… It was 12:20 am on Thanksgiving Day 1986…I had just finished my midnight rounds at the hospital. I went to an empty patient room…
On May 5, 2003, Erica Walz conducted a lengthy interview with Tori Woodard and Patrick Diehl at their home in Escalante, Utah. Both Woodard and Diehl are actively involved in Utah public lands issues and have been vocal opponents of…
EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS FROM BEYOND? For decades, I was convinced I’d found an alien landing site. More 20 years ago, I wrote this: ‘Alien visitations? The proof is here, on an isolated ridge in the northern part of Grand County.…