(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Monticello, population 2,200, looking east to Colorado's Dolores Canyon and the San Juan Mountain range on May 10, 2018. Several San Juan County residents say it's time to step back and figure out ways to hold difficult conversations across the political divide in southeast Utah.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.