Conservation Issues: Four Corners Region

Utah's Canyon Country is for many of us an escape from our other world and while visiting we tend not to give much thought to conservation issues and to the establishment of new parks in the region.

Unfortunately, ignoring the conservation issues won't do for future generations. We now have protection for great parks like Arches and Canyonlandsbecause concerned citizens took action on our behalf in the past. Now it's our turn.

Presently, there is a battle over other equally spectacular public canyon lands that don't yet enjoy protection as parks. If you want to know more about the issues, try the articles. Granted, they represent but one perspective, yet surely those of us who love and who have benefited spiritually from our journeys through slickrock country can afford to examine that perspective with an open mind.

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