In Utah canyons, a clash over federal lands – and the future of the West
There is a 20-mile stretch of Utah’s Scenic Byway 12, from the small town of Boulder to the other small town of Escalante, where the whole world appears made of sand-colored plateaus dotted with desert brush. In the stillness, birds swoop over slot canyons. The occasional car stops on a crumbling roadside shoulder, its passengers … Read more