Category Archives: Navajo Reservation
Monument Valley wood trip
The first week of February has been busy with the collection of wood and a day trip to Monument Valley’s Oljato area at the Arizona/Utah state line. I have been fortunate to find a source of firewood in Rimrock that … Continue reading
The closing of coal fire power generation units is the trend now in the Navajo reservation
The San Juan Generating Station is a coal-fired electric power plant located by its coal source, the San Juan Mine, near Waterflow, New Mexico, which is near Shiprock, New Mexico. The Public Service Company of New Mexico, the Tucson Electric Power and the Farmington Electric Utility … Continue reading
Navajos are now turning their hogans into cash on Airbnb
The the lack of employment and the recent Peabody Coal mine shutdown and the Page power station taken out of service some of the more entrepreneur Navajos are now renting their hogans on Airbnb.
Wood Mission
I always on the look out for wood to provide firewood for my small outreach firewood program to the Navajos in the Oljato community near Monument Valley. As you may be aware that wood stoves are the main source of heat for the … Continue reading