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Show 22 Vernal Express Wednesday, August 1, 1990 General management plan underway for Book Cliffs The Division of State Lands and Forestry is initiating a general management man-agement planning process for the Book Cliffs Planning Unit and requesting re-questing input from interested citizens. citi-zens. Interested persons are invited to identify issues they want addressed in the plan and may request that their names be included on a mailing mail-ing list to receive planning documents. docu-ments. Suggestions for these issues should be sent to the Division of State Lands and Forestry by August 24. The public is asked to provide resource information that may affect af-fect planning decisions. The open comment period for suggested issues runs through August 24. On September 11 the division di-vision will publish an issue docu Sen. Hatch to be guest speaker at Flaming Gorge Scout Jamboree U.S . Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah ; will be a special guest and speaker ; at the Boy Scouts mini-jamboree at ; Flaming Gorge National Recreation ; Area on Thursday, August 9th. Senator Hatch and other guest speakers will be featured each of the three nights during evening programs. pro-grams. There will be an entertainment entertain-ment program on the 8th., 9th, and 10th. The purpose of the large encampment encamp-ment which will draw Scouting youth and their leaders from across the state is to provide youth with a jamboree type experience, explained ex-plained Recs A. Falkncr, Scout Executive of the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Senator Hatch will fish the reservoir reser-voir Wednesday afternoon and par Dave Jolley Chev.- Olds.- GEO iMvtfm WSi!Siwl osmmum AM f M Caiieit. High pod manual tram,, Uon wheal Jriv. 3 ffii'ui o gallon. I.I. II .11 I I II M, iipyiigny.iiuni.,..i NOW ;6,435" ijiMitfu-m Ltwmss wsn) 1977 Tord Pinto $299 5.125 ; j rjH5 f ord Bronco 2 7,159 ,173iii 1285 Dodge Ram Van I20QM 5S mm (ssm ment which will identify issues to be addressed and list options for resolving re-solving them. A 45-day public comment com-ment period will run through October 26. During this time, public ' meetings will be held in Salt Lake City, Vernal and Moab. Times and locations for these meetings will be announced later. On November 30, a draft General Management Plan will be published and sent to persons on the mailing list Copies of the draft will also be available at division offices in Salt Lake City, Vernal and Moab. A 60-day 60-day public comment period will run through January 29, 1991, during which time public meetings on the draft GMP will take place in Salt Lake City, Vernal and Moab. ticipate in a tloat trip down tne Green River on Thursday morning with family and friends. The encampment, which will draw over 6,000 youth and leaders, is named the "Gorge Us Getaway" after the spectacular Flaming Gorge scenery. Senator Hatch will speak to the assembled youth Thursday evening in an outdoor program, at the water's wa-ter's edge, with the Flaming Gorge in the background. The Getaway activities will include: in-clude: a state wide road rally for Explorer age youth (ages 16 to 18); float trips down the Green River to Little Hole which is below the Flaming Gorge Reservoir dam; and exhilarating water front activities and skill development events for Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts and Explorers. W Qt 330 engirt, AC, AM f M Canav.o, and ov --, 4 manual NOW '15,299 l'JBG I'ontiac C0U0 5,999 133',m pickup t l'Jb'i Chcv Chavsiiff Sedan '7t939 ,130 4m. i UWA releases proposal to manage Utah's black bear, cougars and pine martens The Utah Wilderness Association has released the enclosed proposal to manage Utah's black bear, cougars and pine marten. Each of these species requires large tracts of undeveloped wild land for survival and represents a "top-order" predator, preda-tor, the most sensitive of wildlife species. Black bear populations in Utah are unknown while habitat has continually con-tinually declined and hunting pressure pres-sure increased. The black bear may be one of the most unique creatures in the wild due to its denning and long winter sleeping habits. Yet it is largely managed in Utah as a har-vestable har-vestable commodity. It is hunted for . about 5 12 of its 7 months awake. 8 of 10 Utah bears are killed in the harvest by relentless and vicious packs of dogs giving chase until the bear is treed and then shot Or the bear is lured to a filthy "bait station" sta-tion" often filled with rotten sheep guts, syrup, pastries and bacon grease. The bear, often right out of its winter sleep and many times a female with cubs is literally chummed and then shot with archery tackle. Both hunting methods are arrogant arro-gant human intrusions into a disappearing disap-pearing and fragmented wild habitat and must be stopped. They do not represent the best of human sport hunting-in fact neither pits man against the bear in its habitat Utah's mountain lions are in no better shape. They too are hunted almost exclusively by dog packs throughout the winter and early summer months. Like the bear they also suffer from a "pursuit only hunt" (no weapons allowed) where cougars are hounded and treed many times over. Rather than being shot it suffers from the indignity of yelping dogs while the human pursuer pur-suer lakes photographs. Lions have been know to die of literal exhaustion exhaus-tion as a result of pursuit. AM f M ca". fof Jot! A writ-. (ms J laswywt $J ulusd (&.m 1J8G Old?. Delta bS 7,199 14 7-5? l'Jb'J Che. Celebrity Sedan 8,799 147, r. ---. mmi NOW 515,515 UWA has proposed an end to hounding and called for the creation of reserves where hunting is not allowed al-lowed to assure a safe haven and provide important population data. The pine marten, one of the rarest and most elusive predators in the woods is an indicator of the health of our old growth forests the most productive of our forest ecosystems. The marten rarely ventures outside of old lodgepole pine and spruce forests. It is found almost exclusively exclusive-ly in the High Uintas and is severely severe-ly impacted by timber harvesting, road building and trapping. In Utah it is still trapped. UWA has called for an end to trapping of this remarkably re-markably beautiful and valuable wilderness species, allowing it to be the barometer of healthy forests that it is! BLACK BEAR HARVEST IN UTAH SPORT & DEPREDATION HARVEST, 1967-1989 120ir 67 69 71 73 75 68 70 72 74 PREMIUM ALL SEASON RADIALS p i ss tm ij, j of. r.-;v?:.n. 1 1 ru.', rrnii .uro y; -': n-., n;M5r.mj.3.it$ r;iv?:.ni$ rir-.Tr,ai3,??r8 fr:'7'n:s 100- 1 80-- 1 II 1 mf 60 40 rm 20 nfi3 tan fi-fl fill nil 0 . LUUMMi mm UUuUILL 111 ins 41C1 , 33 4004 Light Truck Tire Special I-- I Ir. L I I ' - - Vernal Association proposes to set aside land for bear survival The Utah Wilderness Association is heading a movement to limit Utah black bear, cougars and pine marten hunting and set aside a large tract of undeveloped wild land for those animals' an-imals' survival. The movement will climax during a Wildlife Board hearing Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. in the Vernal District Courtroom. "Black bear populations in Utah are unknown, while habitat has continually con-tinually declined and hunting pressure pres-sure increased," said the Wilderness Association's release. Bear permits in Utah are issued for either a bait hunt with archery tackle or a hunt with dogs. "Both hunting methods are arrogant arro-gant human intrusions into a disappearing disap-pearing and fragmented will habitat and must be stopped," stated the release re-lease from the Wilderness 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 Hot Summer Specials at Vernal EJDGE A reputation you Introducing Pro Comp Wheels MclutiYtlf H Big 0 Tirttt Suptriot Ouility tclltrtPncwg Shop tft comptlilion. ti9 torn to Big 0 Tint hf your be deal wheels! Save Your C.ish! Get a Big O Credit Card! etc r I l I I I I- I I Z - J I I Ll Association. "They do not represent the best of human sport hunting -in fact neither pits man against the bear in its habitat" The Association opposed bait hunts, pursuit or hunting of bears with hounds and any bear-killing by animal damage control. The Wilderness group supports creation of five bear preserves of 20,000 acres and a limited entry of 100 permits statewide. In the past two years, the number of bear permits and bear taken has more than tripled. The curb on the number of bear hunters and a limited limit-ed hunt was introduced this year. This spring 13 bears were killed in Utah. One was with bait, the rest were with hounds. That is down dramatically from 100 bears killed last year. The spring is typically when 80 percent of the bears are hunted and taken. . Depredation Sport Harvest TTflCff ES can ride on! Legacy Plus Thi Prtnian, High Milttgd Ail ittton Hsduii Legacy II Great Handling, iupcrlor ride, All Season Radlall Big OTtrti xclutivt Warrtnfy Big Foot AT Bh Foot XT uJkXj i w 1 I 1 I I I 1Q OK M Of Of I 1 L I 8 I T |