{"id":3005,"date":"2016-07-25T22:44:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2016-07-25T22:44:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T22:44:07","slug":"two-colorado-college-alumni-advocate-for-utah-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2016\/07\/25\/two-colorado-college-alumni-advocate-for-utah-wilderness\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Colorado College Alumni Advocate for Utah Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Devon Burnham \u201916<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming from a love for the red rock wilderness in southern Utah<\/a>, Colorado College alumni Brooke Larsen \u201914 and Stephen Trimble \u201972 are pursuing a project they call \u201cart as advocacy.\u201d \u201cRed Rock Stories,\u201d a collection of works that includes a variety of stories, photographs, art, video, and audio concerning Utah\u2019s public lands, is just one of the ways Larsen and Trimble hope to make a difference.<\/p>\n

The project\u2019s goal is to use \u201cRed Rock Stories\u201d to influence decision-makers to protect Bear Ears National Monument and other wilderness areas in southern Utah. \u201cWe believe in the power of story to move decision-makers and build empathy,\u201d says Larsen. \u201cBy sharing the stories of three generations of writers, we hope to inspire the action needed to protect the red rock wilderness.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project came about in October 2015 following five southwestern Native nations\u2019 proposal to establish a Bear Ears National Monument in southern Utah. Threats to the western wildlands have steadily increased over time, and as a result, a group of writers from Salt Lake City began to meet and discuss how they could advocate for the proposal. Taking inspiration from \u201cTestimony: Writers of the West Speak on Behalf of Utah Wilderness,\u201d which convinced legislators to defeat an anti-wilderness bill in 1995, members of the Red Rocks Project hope to make a difference through similar means.<\/p>\n

\u201cRed Rock Testimony,\u201d the first part of the project, is a chapbook that was sent to the Obama administration to promote the idea of protecting public lands. \u201cRed Rock Stories\u2019 is an 88-page book that conveys the spiritual, cultural, and scientific values of Utah\u2019s canyon country and includes the work of 34 writers. The stories are written by a variety of authors, and all advocate for the protection of the proposed Bear Ears National Monument. The group plans to publish a second trade book in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to build and support a community of folks who love the red rock wilderness and want to speak on its behalf,\u201d says Larsen.<\/p>\n

Larsen, who worked with CC\u2019s State of the Rockies Project, now works for the Torrey House Press in Salt Lake City. Trimble is an award-winning writer who co-compiled \u201cTestimony,\u201d and is an editor for \u201cRed Rock Stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, the project is focusing on sharing \u201cRed Rock Stories\u201d digitally, and is inviting members of the CC community to contribute their stories. Anyone can submit their stories about the red rocks following a series of creative prompts that are currently on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Others who are interested in helping the project financially can contribute through their Kickstarter campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Devon Burnham \u201916 Coming from a love for the red rock wilderness in southern Utah, Colorado College alumni Brooke Larsen \u201914 and Stephen Trimble \u201972 are pursuing a project they call \u201cart as advocacy.\u201d \u201cRed Rock Stories,\u201d a collection of works that includes a variety of stories, photographs, art, video, and audio concerning Utah\u2019s … <\/p>\n

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