Editor's note: The following is a recent letter from Collin Smith, an aspiring geologist, to the Bureau of Land Management in Utah. He said he was happy to share it with us because the federal agency receives so little praise these days.
Dear BLM:
I am pleased as punch! I just got back from my first trip to Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and was thrilled by what I saw. Your administration has done a fantastic job making the monument a wonderland for a geologist-in-training such as myself...