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Doc Hubbard @jeffhubbard.bsky.social · 18h

Farewell Seldom Seen 😢

Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 19h

As we embark on the next chapter of Glen Canyon, one where climate change and mismanagement bring to life some of what was lost, we are all humbly walking in Sleight’s footsteps through sandy washes and muddy river banks. wildwords.substack.com/p/so-long-se...

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

➸ Writing To Reclaim Our Attention ➸ Join me for a 3-hour writing workshop at the Bluff Arts Festival on October 16. Details here: bluffartsfestival.org/2024/09/13/w...

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Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance @protectwildutah.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Recent polling shows Utah voters overwhelmingly support restoring protections to all of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. See the results here: bit.ly/UtahMonument...

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Post-editorial meeting for my next book, @kjallen4.bsky.social sends me this. 🤣☠️Readers will never know the extreme terrain my fingers crossed to fill these muddy pages.

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Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance @protectwildutah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We're suing President Trump for his unlawful action against Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments! #protectwildutah

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Colorado River is a story that needs not a final plan, but a new beginning. wildwords.substack.com/p/leviathan-... #coloradoriver

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Leviathan in the Basin

Non-Reported Ramblings on Future Colorado River Operations

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Christian Science Monitor took the time to interview locals about the reductions to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Slams laptop open for the weekend. Deadline season.

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Doc Hubbard @jeffhubbard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This is one of my favorite bands and a California gem. The new single is damn good. Check ‘em out. Cc: @morgansjogren.bsky.social

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I don’t have a subtitle for my new book yet, but “Writing about drought while the administration floods the zone” is the current vibe. #coloradoriver #sos

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In the years leading up to the 2026 Colorado River decision, Tribes, environmental groups, and water rights holders hoped for a more transparent and collaborative decision-making process. Instead, the opposite happened. wildwords.substack.com/p/flash-floo...

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

How kind of Reclamation to finally reach out to us––the forty million citizens of the watershed who can receive email. The river, riparian habitat, and wildlife will find out during the next water year’s flow regime changes. #coloradoriver open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Have you ever dreamt about writing while floating through Glen Canyon? It can happen this fall, October 9-11 at the Marble Canyon Writing Retreat. pronghornexpeditions.com/retreats/?fb...

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Las Vegas Review-Journal @reviewjournal.com · 28/07/2026

As a data center developer moves its project forward on federal land in Boulder City using an unusual regulatory mechanism, a heated land use debate has sparked appeals and a resolution in Congress that would ban data centers on federal land. STORY: lvrj.com/post/3855691

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is not our first monument reduction rodeo, but aside from the much larger reductions––90%––what hit differently this time was the lies. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

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You Can Literally Walk Everywhere

Countering lies and attacks on National Monuments (together) one step at a time.

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slickrockstranger.bsky.social @slickrockstranger.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Played an open-mic in southern Utah a few months ago. Here's a "Song For The People of Bears Ears." www.youtube.com/watch?v=em_V... Some folks down there near the monument liked the Grand Staircase song that's been revised a few times since the 90's when I wrote it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6wz...

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No To Coal (Song for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument)

YouTube video by The Slickrock Stranger LLC

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Randy Watkins @bluetortoise3.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Desert environmental journalist Chris Clarke explores the challenges and opportunities of the American Southwest's fragile but vibrant ecosystems. Morgan is a writer based mostly in the wilds of the Colorado Plateau, and the author of Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon.🌎

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I sat with the Escalante River & joined 90 Miles from Needles in conversation about the attacks on National Monuments. I’m grateful for the nuanced dialogue focused on relationships with these landscapes & the impacts on local/Indigenous communities. www.90milesfromneedles.com/s5e22-morgan...

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S5E22: Morgan Sjogren on the War on Utah's National Monuments

This episode covers recent threats to Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments under the Trump administration. We talk to Morgan Sjogren, …

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Real talk

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

You are being LIED to. National Monuments do not restrict access to public lands. You can read past monument proclamations, take a hike (or drive, or camping trip) to find out for yourself, or ask locals who spend time in Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments everyday.

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Every page of this next book will be splashed with muddy water and dusted with sand. It’s a restless time in the arena of Colorado River watershed (mis)management & I’m doing my best to keep up with the river. 🤎🌀 #riverside #coloradoriver #officevibes

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hold your elders close: love letter to a burning landscape wildwords.substack.com/p/hold-your-...

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Hold your elders close

Love letter to a burning landscape

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

At the point in the Colorado River book writing process where interviewing a geologist somehow eases my existential crisis.

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

For nine months, I’ve been cooking up more than two new books…Aaron and I are so ready to go hiking in the desert with you this Fall. Introducing Glen Canyon Backcountry Club open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

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Glen Canyon Backcountry Club

Custom backpacking trips & private day hikes in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Sen. Mike Lee is trying to pass rescinding the Roadless Rule as fire management, but it is a lie. Most wildfires are human-caused, & the majority start within a half mile of a road. And by the way, Utah is on fire right now. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

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Bumpy Roads

Tumultuous terrain on public lands in Utah

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Rough roads and tumultuous terrain lead to the public lands issues boiling in Utah. wildwords.substack.com/p/bumpy-road...

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Bumpy Roads

Tumultuous terrain on public lands in Utah

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thank you for sharing in your awesome daily round up of #ColoradoRiver stories @coyotegulch.bsky.social!

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Coyote Gulch @coyotegulch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Drinking Song: Muddy water vs. the infrastructure, and seven people, that stand like a dam on the #ColoradoRiver; "Protecting what we love is a journey without end" -- Morgan Sjogren (wildwords.substack.com) #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2026/06/22/d...

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Pour some whiskey in the river. The Colorado River stalemate darkens with new input from UT Sen. Mike Lee (fresh off his latest failure to meddle with public lands) and the increasing potential for involvement from the WH. open.substack.com/pub/wildword... #coloradoriver

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Drinking Song

Muddy water vs. the infrastructure, and people, that stand like a dam.

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

What would happen if the 7 “Colorado River state negotiators” stood together in the river? open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

With tin cups filled with muddy water, this moment asks us to stand with all who have defended the Colorado River in the past & will continue on into the future. Protecting what we love is a journey without end. open.substack.com/pub/wildword... #coloradoriver

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Drinking Song

Muddy water vs. the infrastructure, and people, that stand like a dam.

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I’m so grateful for our time on the Green & Colorado River @kerrieneet.bsky.social! 🤎 #restoreglencanyon

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

It’s telling that even @jfleck.bsky.social is burning out in Colorado River Basin dysfunction & is turning his “attention to the local level, which is where the problem solving responsibility seems to rest right now.” Gulp. 🚰🚱🥃🔫🌊

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

No, I did not interview any Colorado River policy experts this week. I sat on a raft & listened to farmers, kids, businessmen, physicians, big horn sheep, & guides. The river creates a better invitation to be curious about such matters than another doomed headline. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

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Desolation

Keeping up with the Green River means falling behind Colorado River news.

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I am living in a surreal time scale. The water released from Flaming Gorge Dam tomorrow will meet me at the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers next week. the news is racing ahead of the river, but decision-making is lagging far behind. open.substack.com/pub/wildword... #coloradoriver

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Desolation

Keeping up with the Green River means falling behind Colorado River news.

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Long live the dirt roads that remind us of this region’s complicated human and geological history. These bumpy roads remain portals, for tourists & locals, that affirm the needed protections for Grand Staircase-Escalante/Glen Canyon landscapes. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

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River Notes

Caution: Objects may be moving in more than one direction

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The best places to write are where the wifi cannot find me. Also, my co-author, the Colorado River watershed, requires daily in person workshopping.

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Grant Stevens @grantrstevens.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"At @protectwildutah.bsky.social we are not shy about asking people outside of UT to join us in speaking up for protecting public lands in UT…we urge people to tell their elected officials to speak up for public lands, sacred sites & intact ecosystems in UT-because our politicians won’t."

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Actions You Can Take to Defend Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

There’s no way to sugarcoat it: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is under attack. The elected officials behind 2025’s failed public lands sell-off attempts – Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Re...

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Want to learn more about the Colorado River *on* the river? There are 5 spots left on Glen Canyon Institute’s Cataract Canyon trip, June 11-15. We will witness Glen Canyon coming back to life, time travel through history, talk policy, & explore this evolving landscape. glencanyon.org/product/2026...

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GCI's 2026 Trip: Cataract Canyon 6/11-6/15 - Glen Canyon Institute

In 2026, GCI's Member Trip will return to Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River with Holiday River Expeditions. This 5-day Cataract Canyon trip begins on June 11th, 2026 and takes out on June 15th. Al...

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Technoexistentialism and questions about data centers in Utah. open.substack.com/pub/wildword...

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Utah Nature Security

Technoexistentialism and questions about data centers.

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Morgan Sjogren @morgansjogren.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

My carousel of nature photos, taken on a day offline between mega deadlines, turned technoexistential in a blink. When we turn the lens on ourselves, that is, make it about us humans, we must be prepared to see harsh, unfiltered truths. wildwords.substack.com/p/utah-natur...

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Utah Nature Security

Technoexistentialism and questions about data centers.

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