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Category Archives: February 2011
Maybe it wasn’t such an inexplicable act
“a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.” – e.e. cummings The mass murder spree in Arizona a few weeks ago sure got people talking, especially our elected leaders. Glib politicians all extended sympathy to the families … Continue reading
Published in David Long, February 2011
The end of a chapter in the Recapture Trail saga
One chapter of Utah’s long and tortuous Recapture Canyon saga closed in mid- January, with two guilty pleas to destruction of federal property. However, the debate about the off-road vehicle trail that Kenneth Brown and Dustin Felstead created on Bureau … Continue reading
Published in February 2011
Tagged bureau of land management, recapture trail, san juan county
Grassroot reporters spring up on the rez
Ed Becenti’s e-mail list is rez rich and choice. It contains most of the names of key activists in the Navajo rez and their organizations. When Becenti attends a Navajo council meeting in Window Rock, Ariz., he writes his own … Continue reading
Published in February 2011
Tagged water rights, window rock
Managing conflicts in the Grand Canyon
The search is on for a permanent superintendent at Grand Canyon National Park following the retirement last month of Steve Martin, who took over in February 2007. Martin’s career began and ended at Grand Canyon, with positions there bookending a … Continue reading
Published in February 2011
Tagged grand canyon, kaibab trail, steve martin