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Show 6 . BRIGHT TIMES - NOVEMBER 1994 More SAND FLATS from Page 1 wheel drive routes, incredible hiking opportunities, and several sets of extremely popular campsites. Locals have built many memories around Sand Flats, and now tens of thousands of visitors arrive each year from around some sort of community forum to Flats to work with us. Some of our vital revegetation efforts are going on right present individual opinions on current issues of interest. We will start with the now, in November. This is fun, healthy, outdoor work that comes with some great company and a fine feeling of doing a good thing. If you are interested in further two which were suggested (see COMMUNITY FORUM on Page 7). We thank you for all your ideas. —Cris Coffey details and/or you wish to volunteer the world as well. Last year, Slickrock either this month or some other time, Bike Trail saw 103,000 bikers, and the camping area saw 20,000 people, and the numbers are not going down. please call the BLM Grand Resource Now concems are being raised around issues of sustainability. Significant environmental impact on the land, including destruction of irreplaceable cryptobiotic soil crusts, has accompanied the recreational use. There are only two pit toilets and one dumpster to service ALL visitors, and these are located at the Slickrock Trail parking Area office at 259—8193 to leave a message for one of the Team to call you. Two Community Sand Flats Team members just happen to be Castle Valley residents also—Sharyl KinnearFerris and Rebecca Martin—so you can be in touch with one of us to chat whenever we cross paths. We hope to see you up there at Sand Flats with us! ——Rebecca Martin lot, far from most of the campsites. Road signs and camp markers have been vandalized on a regular basis, so that even the most conscientious land users cannot tell what is expected of them. There are other compelling More CVT SURVEY, Cont. from Page 1 We received a good suggestion for abuse. a future article on housebuilding tips projects will be underway throughout which have worked for people living in the valley. It might be written by one person or sections by many. Who has tips to share? (Don’t be bashful, volunteer someone else!) Several the year, including revegetation of regular readers said they “keep up” severely impacted areas, construction campsite cluster, trash cleanup efforts, through CVT and some gave compliments which we lapped up like cream. We appreciate your thought provoking re-marking trails, roads and campsites, and other “fun stuff.” We would love to us shape our future issues. work to create some positive solutions for the area. Numerous volunteer of walls for camp—style toilets at each Birds of a Feather Feeding the Birds Now that winter is upon us, we think of feeding the birds, particularly if there is snow on the ground. Here are some suggestions for your feeders and a few birds attracted to each: BEEF SUET—woodpeckers, chickadees, Clark’s nutcatchers, jays, starlings, nuthatches, juncos, sparrows. WHITE BREAD (small pieces and crumbs)——quail, pheasants, jays, chickadees, robins, starlings, sparrows, examples of controversial “fine line issues” between land use and land Through a combination of physical labor and educational efforts, the Community Sand Flats Team is hard at We have had two requests for have any and all interested Castle Valley volunteers come up to Sand and constructive ideas. They will help juncos. SUNFLOWER SEEDS—quail, mourning doves, jays, chickadees, nuthatches, cedar waxwings, evening grosbeaks, purple finches, red crossbills, towhee, juncos, sparrows. PEANUT BUTTER—flickers, woodpeckers, jays, chickadees, nuthatches, robins, towhee, juncos, sparrows. WILD BIRD SEED MIX— homed larks, sparrows, purple and house finches, pine grosbeaks, juncos, sparrows. SCRATCH FEED (for chickens)——- grouse, quail, jays, pheasants, wild turkeys, mourning doves, horned Children’s Creative Movement Class Offered in conjunction with the drama group. Castle alley Players. 0 children’s creative movement class will be offered Saturday, November 19, from 9:30-10:30 am. at the LDS church. The class promises to involve imagination, movement. music, and fun, and is open to children ages 3 through 7. Children are asked to wear loose. comfortable clothing. socks and/ or soft-soled shoes. There is no charge or previous experience required. Date for the last class will be announced in the December CV Times. It you have questions. please call Ann at 259-6968. larks, sparrows. DRY DOG FOOD (softened with hot water)—magpies, crows. (You may want to place this food on the opposite side of your yard from the smaller bird food. OTHER MISC. FOODS—com bread, biscuits, cake & cookie crumbs, cottage cheese, fried potatoes, nut meats (crushed), rolled oats, grit and finely crushed egg shells, whole or ground seeds from pumpkin, squash, cantaloupe. —Sally Rains |