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Some of you Salt Lake folks may be interested in this. A good old friend will be in town for a reading from his new book this Sunday at the University of Utah. Should be great! Check it out.
This Sunday the Friends of Marriott Library will be hosting Jedediah Rogers to read from and discuss his newly published book, "Roads in the Wilderness: Conflict in Canyon Country." Rogers reflects on the meaning of roads amid environmental conflicts that continue to grip the canyon country of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Transporting readers from road controversies like the infamous Burr Trail battle to the contentious web of roads in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument to off-roading in Arch Canyon, the book demonstrates how the conflicts are deeply rooted in history and culture. More information about the book can be found athttp://bit.ly/19Ieub3. The event will be held at 3 pm in the Gould Auditorium of the Marriott Library, University of Utah. For more details please check our Facebook event calendar or www.uofupress.com.
Roads in the Wilderness
Conflict in Canyon Country
Jedediah S. Rogers
Western History / Environmental History
The canyon country of southern Utah and northern Arizona—a celebrated desert of rock and sand punctuated by gorges and mesas—is a region hotly contested among vying and disparate interests, from industrial developers to wilderness preservation advocates. Roads are central to the conflicts raging in an area perceived as one of the last large roadless places in the continental United States. The canyon country in fact contains an extensive network of dirt trails and roads, many originally constructed under the authority of a one-sentence statute in an 1866 mining law, later known as R.S. 2477. While well-groomed and paved roads came to signify the industrialization of the modern age, twentieth-century conservationists have regarded roads as intrusive human imprints on the nation’s wild lands. Roads connect rural communities, spur economic growth, and in some cases blend harmoniously into the landscape, but they also fracture and divide, disturb wildlife and habitat, facilitate industrial development, and spoil wilderness.
Rogers reflects on the meaning of roads amid environmental conflicts that continue to grip the canyon country. Transporting readers from road controversies like the infamous Burr Trail battle to the contentious web of roads in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument to off-roading in Arch Canyon, Rogers demonstrates how the conflicts are deeply rooted in history and culture. The first permanent Anglo-American settlers in the region were Mormon pioneers and current views about land and resource use in southern Utah often derive from stories about how those pioneer ancestors defied wilderness to found their communities in the desert. Roads in the Wilderness will be of interest to environmentalists, historians, and those who live in the American West, challenging readers to think about the canyon country and the stories embedded in the land.
This Sunday the Friends of Marriott Library will be hosting Jedediah Rogers to read from and discuss his newly published book, "Roads in the Wilderness: Conflict in Canyon Country." Rogers reflects on the meaning of roads amid environmental conflicts that continue to grip the canyon country of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Transporting readers from road controversies like the infamous Burr Trail battle to the contentious web of roads in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument to off-roading in Arch Canyon, the book demonstrates how the conflicts are deeply rooted in history and culture. More information about the book can be found athttp://bit.ly/19Ieub3. The event will be held at 3 pm in the Gould Auditorium of the Marriott Library, University of Utah. For more details please check our Facebook event calendar or www.uofupress.com.
Roads in the Wilderness
Conflict in Canyon Country
Jedediah S. Rogers
Western History / Environmental History
The canyon country of southern Utah and northern Arizona—a celebrated desert of rock and sand punctuated by gorges and mesas—is a region hotly contested among vying and disparate interests, from industrial developers to wilderness preservation advocates. Roads are central to the conflicts raging in an area perceived as one of the last large roadless places in the continental United States. The canyon country in fact contains an extensive network of dirt trails and roads, many originally constructed under the authority of a one-sentence statute in an 1866 mining law, later known as R.S. 2477. While well-groomed and paved roads came to signify the industrialization of the modern age, twentieth-century conservationists have regarded roads as intrusive human imprints on the nation’s wild lands. Roads connect rural communities, spur economic growth, and in some cases blend harmoniously into the landscape, but they also fracture and divide, disturb wildlife and habitat, facilitate industrial development, and spoil wilderness.
Rogers reflects on the meaning of roads amid environmental conflicts that continue to grip the canyon country. Transporting readers from road controversies like the infamous Burr Trail battle to the contentious web of roads in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument to off-roading in Arch Canyon, Rogers demonstrates how the conflicts are deeply rooted in history and culture. The first permanent Anglo-American settlers in the region were Mormon pioneers and current views about land and resource use in southern Utah often derive from stories about how those pioneer ancestors defied wilderness to found their communities in the desert. Roads in the Wilderness will be of interest to environmentalists, historians, and those who live in the American West, challenging readers to think about the canyon country and the stories embedded in the land.
