Ancient Basketmaker Pit Houses Excavated on White Mesa (1997)

Highway construction reveals ancestral Puebloan site Roadwork on U.S. Highway 191 south of Blanding this summer uncovered an Anasazi site consisting of four pit houses, two east of the highway and two west, and one other structure in the middle of the road bed. The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) had previously conducted surveys in … Continue reading Ancient Basketmaker Pit Houses Excavated on White Mesa (1997)

Searching for Common Ground on Wilderness: A Conversation with Scott Groene and Mark Maryboy (1997)

"Wilderness is a peculiarly western institution. The existence of the wilderness system is an elemental statement by this region of how it differs from other parts of the country, and of the world. Rough and open country matters here. Further, wilderness has a historical dimension... a stark reminder of the joys and barriers of a … Continue reading Searching for Common Ground on Wilderness: A Conversation with Scott Groene and Mark Maryboy (1997)

Bluff’s First Straw Bale Home (1997)

Straw Bale, Bluff Style "In communities throughout the country, Indian families are pioneering energy conservation and using renewable sources for energy--sun in the clear-skied southwest and wind in the blustery north. For Native people who have seen the earth and their own communities suffer from the exploitation of fossil fuels, it is deeply satisfying to … Continue reading Bluff’s First Straw Bale Home (1997)

‘Steamroller of Development’ (1995)

From the Editor's Desk By Phil Hall Bluff, Utah-- Once Bluff was alive. There were cattle here, and people were rich. But that was long ago. Bluff is dead, and well it knows it. The immense square stone houses, reeking of past wealth, stand now like ghosts, be only one or two to a block. … Continue reading ‘Steamroller of Development’ (1995)