(Courtesy of Canyon Country Discovery Center) AmeriCorps crew leaders with the Monticello-based Canyon Country Youth Corps program prepare for a day food delivery at Twin Rocks Cafe in Bluff, Utah, in April. Working with the Bluff Area Mutual Aid group, crew leaders helped deliver food and supplies to over 2,000 people since March.
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.