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Show WASATCH MOUNTAIN TIMES You Blew Wilderness Crossword Puzzle Editor, As outdoor enthusiasts and wilderness advocates, we Bolderians from Boulder, Utah are Land Grab, Park City-style dis- Editor, There is a developer who wants to take land from you. The develop- appointed at your lack of attention to detail with the construction of the crossword puzzle in the July issue of The Wasatch Mountain Times. When are you er wants and as remain public use open space. as area This and to land is the Gamble Oak Park. Today, a land grabber, the Leo Rhea Partnership, wants to take that land and develop it into another subdivision. They have a mining claim they want to convert title for use PCEAVAie ment. Today into a patented in real estate developthey only have rights for mineral — not housing — development. Leo Rhea will only receive a patent title from the BLM; if Park City is willing to give up any public rights and re-zone_ the parcel from Recreation Open Space mammals within Park City. This is an area that should remain open to hikers, mountain bikers, equestrians, cross-country bird watchers skiers, snow-shoers, and so on. It is public development rights, the with a mature forest of Gamble Oak, ranging in height from 10-to-15 feet This area is seen from many places in Park City. Deer, Elk and recog- nize your error, and your lamentations, though belated, will provide some solace in the twilight of your days. You blew it, The Boulder Mountain Lodge staff Moose, along with many small mammals and birds inhabit this area. During the past year, both Moose and Elk wintered there. To develop this land by building park with limited access and appeal? This is a land grab, pure and simple! developer developer has never land. They paid They have worthless property taxes on this have never lived there not made any significant improvements to the land. Why should the partnership have any claim to the land beyond an antiquated 1871 mining ic law was put 30-acre “passive” recreational with “sheltered pavilions,” 36 mineral park park- a mining claim it is trying to convert to real estate. The partnership has will give clear title to Park City for a law? This in place wealth for archa- to extract an emerging nation, not to develop real estate for 5 ing spaces, and a whopping miles of trails. Why should, we, the public, give a wealthy Nick 5 few Nass LETTERS to to Park City. It is one of the very few large parcels of undisturbed public Open space remaining within the Park City limits. The land is covered up a 90-acre undisturbed park with great connecting trails to all parts of Park City in exchange for a smaller The land, land for the general public to use and enjoy Gamble Oaks is green in summer, yellow and gold in fall, and white in winter. It is a quiet, beautiful place year around. Gamble Oaks should remain as it is. But the developer has a carrot, as all developers do. In exchange for Residential Development and Master Planned Development. The Gamble Oaks Park is special longer to be the recipient of our support. Perhaps someday, when your children are employed at one of the strip malls within Zion Park, or watch movies at the “Natural Arches” you'll to pub- nate a large (90-plus acres) parcel of land I'm sorry sir, but your wilderness movement is no Cinemas, access In 1985, Park City entered into a 25-year lease with the BLM to desig- blends into “GREENE” at the second letter, but for those of us out in the trenches fighting your battles for you, these disparities are too great to be ignored. “Any movement which fails to provide it’s foot soldiers with robust and sound puzzles is sure to fail,” quoth Plato. Multiplex you City. “environmentalists” going to understand that any populist movement begins at the grassroots level. The longer you ignore those of us who thrive on, nay, yearn for complete and accurate puzzles in our publications, the more you threaten to alienate the very people whose support you desperately need. Maybe in the ivory tower where you dwell, “ATV” successfully crosses with “MONKEYWRENCH” to deny lic land — land owned by the Bureau of Land Management, here in Park so-called roads and houses would further reduce any natural habitat for large, wild Dear Reader, Send the you Editor City, Utah, exceed two comments Department, 84060. and observations to our Sounding Board, Letters doubled-spaced must typed be P.O. signed pages, or Letters Box and 1453, should 500 to Park not words. . Sincerely, Editor * Wasatch Mountain Times pata} Aleta] t When Park City JBeriomie rem tar Wyman finishes a long day of composing, an Taco b beta: s Fuggles is music to his \ ears. |