(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Visitors gather at Delicate Arch to watch the sunset in Arches National Park on October 11, 2014. Health officials asked that the park service close Arches on Wednesday due to coronavirus concerns after an estimated 700 vehicles visited the park both days last weekend.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.