Crow Hunt Quandary, Part One

To understand the current brouhaha surrounding Utah’s pending crow hunt, it helps to know about the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. The model was referred to several times at the Utah’s Wildlife Board public hearing, where the board voted 3-2 in favor of the […]

Trail Trash Talk

Wilderness ethics meant “clean up after yourself” to me, decades ago. Back then, family “vacations” usually had something to do with trail maintenance. My dad was president of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club and led scores of service outings. Us kids were charged with clearing […]

Ravens jerk my chain

Last month, I thought I was saying ‘Good-bye.’ The quintet of raven babies, born in a large nest atop a juniper tree just a hundred feet from the house, finally left their nest. For weeks, the young ones and their attentive parents had captured my […]

Ravens jerk my chain

Uintah Basin on Screech

For our trip to Maine, we decided to avoid Interstate 80 and travel along the lesser-known Route 40 in Utah and Colorado. We’d camp and check out the Rocky Mountain National Forest and Park. Route 40 runs through Duchesne, Vernal, and serves as the […]

Uintah Basin on Screech

For want of a Darn Tough sock

For want of a sock the foot was sore, For want of a foot the hiker was sore, For want of a hiker the walk was lost, For want of a walk the day was lost, So the day was lost – all for want […]

Art, better than aspirin

Will it make us feel better? It’s the first question I ask when hanging something on the walls of our home. Turns out the same question was asked at the new Intermountain Health Care clinic in American Fork. That’s where I discovered beautiful prints hanging […]

Art, better than aspirin

Fit and Fit to be Tied

I’m getting a handle on this Clean Living thing, something Utah promotes as one of its intrinsic qualities. First, there’s the wilderness. Utah has more public land than any other state except Nevada and Alaska. People here get out! Even in the lesser known Oquirrh […]