COVID and industrial-scale tourism

Even a pandemic can't keep the masses away from the Mighty 5 for long

A few years ago, when a publication with which I have long worked decided to dip its fingers into hosting conservation-minded tours of the West, they asked me to go along on a tour of southern Utah to provide editorial color. I was flattered enough to say yes almost immediately—it was only later that I learned that the rest of the editorial team had tur…