# grand staircase-escalante (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover grand staircase-escalante. Page: Feed: --- ## [Leviathan in the Basin](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/leviathan-in-the-basin) _2026-08-26 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Non-Reported Ramblings on Future Colorado River Operations ## [To Save Ken Paxton’s Candidacy, Republicans Are Cancelling Big Bend National Park Border Construction](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/to-save-ken-paxtons-candidacy-republicans) _2026-08-23 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Exclusive: No road or wall will follow Rio Grande river inside park ## [Cutting Through Disinformation Around The Roadless Rule Rescission](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/cutting-through-disinformation-around) _2026-08-20 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ The sky isn’t falling, the Forest Service hasn’t been dismantled, and no one is about to bulldoze 44 million acres of untouched forest ## [Finally, A PAC For National Parks](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/finally-a-pac-for-national-parks) _2026-08-19 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ A political solution for a political problem ## [Tim Walz Blocks Boundary Waters Mine](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/tim-walz-blocks-boundary-waters-mine) _2026-08-18 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Minnesota Governor takes executive action to save America’s most popular Wilderness ## [Big Bend National Park Border Road Costing Taxpayers $7.3 Million-a-Mile](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/big-bend-national-park-border-road) _2026-08-17 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Project costs more than half National Park Service budget ## [The Best Luxury Beds For Working Dogs](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/the-best-luxury-beds-for-working) _2026-08-11 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Comparing the new Yeti Boomer to the Gunner Homestead and Orvis Recovery Zone ## [The Eloy Detention Center: Hell in the Desert](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/the-eloy-detention-center-hell-in-the-desert/) _2026-08-11 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ \[photo from ACLU\] An article in this week’s High Country News highlights the mistreatment of a trans woman in Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center. ICE’s detention centers are designed to mistreat inmates badly enough that they will sign voluntary deportation documents. … Continue reading → ## [National Monument Reduction Was An Inside Job](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/national-monument-reduction-was-an) _2026-08-10 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Who benefited when Trump slashed the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments? The American CEO of a Canadian mining conglomerate is accused of insider trading ## [Who’s Responsible For Wildfire?](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/whos-responsible-for-wildfire) _2026-08-05 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ It’s time to stop thinking of wildfire only in terms of ignition source ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KVNqIwtEBMqt) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [The Most Effective Supplement I’ve Given My Aging Dog? Psyllium Husk](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/the-most-effective-supplement-ive) _2026-08-03 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Fiber supports digestion, manages both diarrhea and constipation, and it’s insanely cheap ## [Flash Flood Alert](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/flash-flood-alert) _2026-08-01 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Feds Spill New Colorado River Plans Amid Constant Barrage of Bad Environmental News ## [No One Can Ever Just Be Normal About Grizzly Bears](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/no-one-can-ever-just-be-normal-about) _2026-07-27 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… ## [The Recreation Sites Threatened By Trump's National Monument Shrinkage](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/the-recreation-sites-threatened-by) _2026-07-22 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ All the bikepacking, hiking, climbing, camping, paddling, hunting that could be replaced by extraction ## [Finally, A 3rd Gen Tundra You Can Take Off-Road](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/finally-a-3rd-gen-tundra-you-can) _2026-07-21 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ With its mid-cycle refresh, the 2027 Toyota Tundra addresses the troubled truck’s biggest shortcoming ## [How Not To Interview A Politician](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/how-not-to-interview-a-politician) _2026-07-20 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Outside’s interview with BLM Director Steve Pearce is really bad ## [You Can Literally Walk Everywhere](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/you-can-literally-walk-everywhere) _2026-07-17 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Countering lies and attacks on National Monuments (together) one step at a time. ## [Sycophants and Their President](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/sycophants-and-their-president/) _2026-07-14 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ Dutifully, Trump holds up his July 13 directive dismantling two Utah national monuments. Looking like they got exactly what they wanted, Senators Curtis and Lee, Governor Cox and Utah House Speaker Schultz applaud politely, grin variously. In 1996, President Clinton … Continue reading → ## [Hold your elders close](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/hold-your-elders-close) _2026-07-07 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Love letter to a burning landscape ## [Music for July 4: Have a Little Hope](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/music-for-july-4-have-a-little-hope/) _2026-07-05 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ A favorite album by one of my favorite musicians, Bill Frisell. With Don Byron, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet; Guy Klucevsek, Accordion; Kermit Driscoll, Bass; Joey Baron, Drums. Recorded in 1992, the album cover features a 4th of July photo of racing … Continue reading → ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/30ora5Z5iiw8) _2026-07-05 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Glen Canyon Backcountry Club](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/glen-canyon-backcountry-club) _2026-07-01 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Custom backpacking trips & private day hikes in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument ## [Bumpy Roads](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/bumpy-roads) _2026-06-26 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Tumultuous terrain on public lands in Utah ## [Drinking Song](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/drinking-song) _2026-06-19 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Muddy water vs. the infrastructure, and people, that stand like a dam. ## [Desolation](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/desolation) _2026-06-07 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Keeping up with the Green River means falling behind Colorado River news. ## [New Poetry and Prose](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/new-poetry-and-prose/) _2026-06-01 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ A shootout decided the Champions League final on Saturday, with PSG defeating Arsenal by one penalty kick (my photo of the TV coverage). Michael Roloff translated the title of Peter Handke’s early novel, Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter as … Continue reading → ## [River Notes](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/river-notes) _2026-05-28 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Caution: Objects may be moving in more than one direction ## [Reading the Book of Nature: Capitol Reef](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/reading-the-book-of-nature-capitol-reef/) _2026-05-22 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ ## [Utah Nature Security](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/utah-nature-security) _2026-05-17 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Technoexistentialism and questions about data centers. ## [You Can Hide On the River](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/you-can-hide-on-the-river) _2026-05-06 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ But Colorado River News Will Still Find You ## [The Standing Metaphor in The Crossing and The Road: Article Accepted by the Cormac McCarthy Journal](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/the-standing-metaphor-in-the-crossing-and-the-road-article-accepted-by-the-cormac-mccarthy-journal/) _2026-04-25 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ …for Sam Rushforth, the well-read botanist who, reading The Crossing by candlelight at 13,000 feet altitude while we were on the island of Taquile, Peru, experienced remarkable hallucinations in conjunction with Billy Parham’s experiences in the novel. This final chapter … Continue reading → ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZRyPlberw1hj) _2026-04-25 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Mail Art: Trent Harris’s AMERIKA](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/mail-art-trent-harriss-amerika/) _2026-04-03 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ Six or seven months ago, while Alex was in the hospital being treated for breathing issues, I heard Trent and Alex talking about mail art. I heard the name Ray Johnson and others I don’t remember. They referenced the FLUXUS … Continue reading → ## [Alex Caldiero: Memorial Essay](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/alex-caldiero-memorial-essay/) _2026-04-02 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ Working to keep Alex close, I wrote this for a Canadian journal of poetry and poetics: periodicities. Seeing it posted today, I remember Alex sending letters to Rilke, Mallarme, Baudelaire, and others who had passed on and for whom Alex … Continue reading → ## [Travel in the Land of the Southern Slavs](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/travel-in-the-land-of-the-southern-slavs/) _2026-03-03 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ Thomas Deichmann’s two-volume set has surfaced memories of a life-changing—a life-jolting—trip through the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a land and peoples sundered by civil wars catalyzed and exploited by nationalist leaders. In May, 1998 I joined my friend and … Continue reading → ## [Alex Caldiero](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/alex-caldiero/) _2026-02-10 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ A week ago, on Tuesday, February 3, Alex sent me this photo of two pages of his notebook. The self portrait was drawn at 11:30 pm on January 31, the poem written the next morning, at 8:35 am. The evening … Continue reading →