"Wilderness is both the bedrock lands of southern Utah and a metaphor of 'unlimited possibility.' The question must be asked, 'How can we cut ourselves off from the very source of our creation?' This is not about economics. We are talking about the body of the beloved, not real estate. We must ask ourselves as Americans, 'Can we really survive the worship of our own destructiveness?' We do not exist in isolation. Our sense of community and compassionate intelligence must be extended to all life-forms, plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and human beings."
Terry Tempest Williams
speaking before a U.S. Senate subcommittee
on forest and public lands management
Photos: Balanced Rock, North Window, and one of the Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park, UT, April 19-20, 2015
speaking before a U.S. Senate subcommittee
on forest and public lands management
Photos: Balanced Rock, North Window, and one of the Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park, UT, April 19-20, 2015
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