(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Two buttes that make up the namesake for Utah's Bears Ears National Monument are shown on Dec. 28, 2016, in southeastern Utah. The San Juan County Commission, which cheered the shrinking of the monument three years ago now has reversed course and asked the incoming administration to restore its original boundaries.
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.