Podcast: Wasatch Front Forum on the West Desert -- Wasteland or Wilderness

Oct 10, 2007 by Lara Jones

Recorded 10/09/07 at Gore Auditorium, Westminster College

Westminster College and Save Our Canyons have teamed up to revive the popular Wasatch Front Forum series. The series is designed to bring together a multitude of voices surrounding controversial environmental issues facing the community.

Tuesday night, the Wasatch Front Forum asked "West Desert: Wasteland or Wilderness?" A 30-minute drive from Salt Lake City, the West Desert is a place that few know intimately. What is our relationship to this space and what are its appropriate uses? Click the Audio button below to hear a podcast of this Wasatch Front Forum.

(West Desert Forum = 1 hr 6 mins)

Panelists:

Cecil Garland, cattle rancher in Callao, Utah

Vanessa Pierce, executive director, HEAL Utah

Krissy Wilson, biologist, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Steven Trimble, author of Sagebrush Ocean: A Natural History of the Great Basin

Moderator:

Lara Jones, KCPW 

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