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  • 'Clinging hopelessly to the past'

    In his determination to cling, however hopelessly, to Utah’s past, Canyon Country Zephyr founder Jim Stiles has taken on miners, ranchers, developers, mountain bikers and – most recently – some of his fellow environmentalists

    by M. John Fayhee, May 29, 2006

  • Colorado River kisses a toxic mess good-bye

    The Department of Energy finally agrees to move the Atlas uranium mine tailings pile away from Moab, Utah, and the flood risk of the Colorado River.

    by Matt Jenkins, May 02, 2005

  • Death of a New Westerner

    Jim Stiles mourns the death of a good friend, a man who loved Moab, Utah, for its diversity.

    by Jim Stiles, Feb 19, 2007

  • Dewey Bridge: In memoriam

    Jim Stiles remembers Utah’s historic Dewey Bridge, which was destroyed by a fire recently.

    by Jim Stiles, Jun 23, 2008

  • Don’t book my adventure, please

    Jim Stiles inveighs against the kind of expensive, manufactured outdoor thrills that are advertised on the Internet.

    by Jim Stiles, Jun 18, 2007

  • Going wild in the city

    It’s not just the butterflies who respond to Linda Hasselstrom’s lavish wildflower garden in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

    by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Jun 14, 2007

  • His playground pulls fun hogs off the publiclands

    Jeremy Parriott is working with friends to create a 320-acre extreme-sports playground near Moab, Utah, to give four-wheelers and others a place to play off the public lands

    by Jodi Peterson, Aug 22, 2005

  • Moab: On the horns of a recreation dilemma

    Some of the residents of the Moab, Utah, area are losing patience with out-of-control off-highway recreation, and looking to the BLM to bring things under control

    by Jodi Peterson, May 30, 2005

  • Nostalgia is a moving target

    Curmudgeons like Jim Stiles – owner/editor of Moab’s Canyon Country Zephyr – have a lot to teach us about why it is so important for us to cling to the West that we love

    by Paul Larmer, May 29, 2006
  • Recreation calls the shots in Moab

    Recreation calls the shots in Moab

    Making Moab a tourist destination has environmental impacts, often ignored.

    by Jim Stiles, Dec 13, 2012
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