Show that” Allred said Getting farmers to volunteer their help is cheaper than legal Continued faun Page U1 To me the agriculture community has pcobaoly done more than any single group of people on the Bear Rjver o address quality issues" just the when either Back cities sugar beets in Cache Valley the waste sprouted high from the giant sugar factories aloag the river dumped more pollution than any city of 30000 could ever think of "Here’s one” Allred said as he pointed to a photocopied page from the 195& study he had in a floppy three-rin- g binder "The Amalgamated Sugarbeet Factory in Lewiston that was the equivalent of a city of 400000 It was interesting to read this I had no idea” Not only have sewage plants and the end of the sugar beet culture cleaned the river up considerably but Allred also said dairy farmers and ranchers have done a lot since grazing cattle and manure runoff from fields were identified us major river pollutants Producers have put up fences to prevent cattle from getting to the river or have dug manure pits for storage during winter so snow melting on an alfalfa field in the spring won't spirit manure into the river "To me the agriculture community has probably done more than any single group of people on the Bear River to address quality issues I sincerely believe 100 millilitervAnd it wasn’t enforcement he explained "Legal enforcement is not cheap It's going to cost a fortune in legal expenses and people running around with badges checking and counting cows and testing the water” Allred said "We have come a long way and we're continuing with the efforts I believe the designated (coliforra level) for contact recreation is 20U0 colonies per UA) mil and that's being exceeded periodically in the Cub and Bear rivers But at the same time there's also aesthetic problems that people would like to see dealt with When it comes to that and the landowner's willing to do it then we'll help them do it If not then we don't want to get into a private property issue with anybody” Allred said a dozen rusting Aesthetic issues like 1957 Fords and Chevrolet on the bank of the river That's what greets the eye just east of the PacitiCorp boat launch between Cache Junction and Newton The rusting hulks were placed there years ago to prevent erosion "We’ve actually taken a number of car bodies out from along the river In some instances I think the car bodies were j Haulmark 7 doing a wonderful job stabilizing the stream bank But in more instances people were using it as a disposal for old cars and that's the reason it is outlawed now” Allred said Much of what PacifiCorp did as it built the boat launches was to replace the Edsels with nets grass and rocks According to Burton it is work that will continue for several years yet But Allred the river said no matter how germ-tre- e it a be will never ‘dean” river may get "As far as being clear it's not going to be clear You can't see a lot of the pollutants in the river and when you look at it when it's dean it's going to look just as it looks now We might be able to dean s the culiforms the nitrates and the out but it's still going to look brown” Allred said But our river as it sleeps through the winter is a healthy river Allred said And it 's only getting healthier When the lime comes for it to provide drinking water for thousands of people the river should be ready to do the job "They will use the Bear River for culinary sources for the Wasatch Front It's inevitable” Allred said "But it's never going to be the crystal-clebabbling brook It's not that kind of river” I phos-phdte- ar IPuifls Yoon In The Winner's Circle' Physical and Occupational Therapy Steel-structur- ed meet every need cargo trailers to Hauling equipment Transporting vintage and race autos Carrying motorcycles and snowmobiles Standard units or custom designs Mountain West Physical Therapy Inc PARTICIPATE Page 132 WITH MOST INSURANCES HAULMARK SALES ft SERWC ‘irtilitjr Fifth Wheel Snowmobile See One Today At: SERVIC imWi |