Letter: Word is out — Utah might be the most beautiful state. Isn‘t that worth protecting?
(Erin Alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Kayenta Trail in Zion National Park is an alternate route to the three Emerald Pools. Photo taken March 11, 2017.
Probably copyright issues at work here, but it needed to be said. Catching up on a backlog of car magazines, this from the July 2017, 70th-anniversary issue of “Road & Track” by Peter Egan, editor-at-large and world traveler:
“Utah, as I always remember but fail to recall in scope, has one knockout vista after another, with an ever-changing landscape that looks like the work of a stage-set designer with a degree in geology. It might be the most beautiful, varied state we have.”
Also might be something worth protecting and preserving for future generations of the human race, not monetized for the short-term gratification of CEOs and corporations.
Terry A. Mundorff, Murray
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