Industrial tourism has transformed the town. Bears Ears doesn’t have to suffer the same fate.
Jon Kovash
Posted inArticles
Airports in the rural West are getting squeezed
Starting sometime in May my only option for flying from Moab, Utah, to a regional hub will be to get on a Brasilia 30-seat turboprop (Great Lakes Airlines) that flies over the heart of the Rockies to Denver. Until then, we have Beechcraft 1900s that fly to Salt Lake City. Both of these are venerable […]
Posted inWotr
One battle for civil rights continues
Sometime next year, a federal judge will decide whether Native Americans are still being shut out of political power in Utah’s San Juan County, where more than 52 percent of the people are members of the Navajo or Ute Mountain Ute tribes. The trial will be presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby, […]
Posted inWotr
Uranium belt towns face bleak economics
A new documentary gets a good reception from both sides of the issue.
Posted inWotr
The more we drill, the more vulnerable we become
Although some small town residents see oil and gas drilling as destructive to their rural way of life, others welcome the most recent oil and gas boom for its promised benefits for the local economy. Here in Moab, Utah, for example, civic leaders like to say that extraction in the Canyonlands region will provide future […]
Posted inWotr
It’s all about the aircraft, not the Grand Canyon
Thanks to successful lobbying by Arizona Republican Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl, with some help from Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid, aircraft will continue to swarm over the Grand Canyon and are even likely to increase in number in the future. Tour operators are being offered more flights as incentive for adopting “quiet technology” […]
Posted inAugust 14, 1989: In Tulluride, Colorado ...
In Tulluride, Colorado …
Mining has left hollowed-out, suppurating mountains and mesas of waste. Now the town, state and mining company debate potential fix-up plans. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.15/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E