Show 2 2004 SunNe?sJ) April Classic Motors to showcase Parks National Now is time to reserve a visit to one of many new Chiyslers this week I h Event Kicks QffBiggest VehideJjuinch in ChryslerJGraup History WithJIPremicre Days'! To celebrate the biggest product offensive in Chrysler Croup history Classic Motors Inc is inviting local consumers to expethe Chrysler rience brand's new vehicles being launched in 2004 "Premiere Days" events will give the local public a "sneak preview" at some of the new Chrysler vehicles on display at Classic Motors Inc even before they became widely available "All of our local consumers are incited to the first "Premier Day" beginning on April 23" said Craig Ross of Classic Motors Inc in Richfield "Premier Day is occurring at more than 2100 participating Chrysler brand dealerships representing nearly 90 of total sales volume We are inviting our customers to see the new face of Chrysler Chrysler 300 the Chrysler Town and Country with Stow n' Go seating and storage system Chrysler PT Cruiser Convertible and Chrysler Pacifica" Ross continues "Premiere Days" event are designed to look and feel like a Hollywood premiere with the vehicles serving as the "Stars" " explains Ross "It is an opportunity for us to showcase all of our new vehicles under one roof reinforcing the fact that the Chrysler Group has some of the most stylish innovative and affordable products in the marketplace today" "Premiere Days" will be held at Classic Motors on April Inc Consumers are invited for all of the day's festivities and the dealership will be decorated to create "buzz" and excitement providing the opportunity to spotlight not only the products but also the latest in vehicle technology an quality In addition to direct mail invitations Classic Motors Inc consumers can leam more about Chrysler "Premiere Days" through owner publications the Web brand site wwwch r y s leLtom online adverand premierdays tising Chrysler Group's Dodge brand dealers will host "Premiere Days" beginning in June and the Jeep brand Premiere Days will take place at local dealerships this fall New 2005 Chrysler vehicles showcased at "Premiere Days" include: Chrysler 300 signals an ennew design direction for drive Chrysler With and HEMI power Chrysler 300C redefines the classic tirely American car Chrysler - com- bines elegance confidence power and value Begins arriving in Classic Motors Inc in April Chrysler Town and Country with Stow n Go seating and stor- age system began arriving at Classic Motors The company Inc in February to the With visitation country's 387 national park sites having dropped seven percent in the past five years and forecast to drop again this year prospective national park visitors who have not yet made their travel plans are fortunate According to the country's largest operator of national park lodging restaurants and other concessions this year offers a prime opportunity for prospective visitors percent at Bryce Canyon Visitation is expected to increase at Mount Rushmore (19 percent) Zion (1 percent) and Crater Lake (3 percent) this year By following a few simple suggestions any traveler can enjoy an affordable and memorable vacation in one of the country's most spectacular settings even with as little as 24 hours notice Lages offers these tips for planning a national park vacation "Although calls to our reser1 Be informed Visit vations centers are beginning to web site at Xanterra's increase we're a long way form for general selling our especially at parks wwwxanterraxom like Death Valley and the Grand information on the parks as well as lodging descriptions rate and Canyon which have experienced considerable visitation de- availability Rooms can be booked online too Another creases over the past few years" said Judi Lagas vice president good source of information on national parks is the National of sales and marketing for website at Xanterra Parks and Resorts "We Park Service will believe domestic travelers wwwjipsgov 2 Be aware of "reservations want to visit classic American destinations like national parks services" that charge fees to book rooms for so we expect many families to decisions to travelers a service that is free for make those who book directly with take a drive to the Grand Canauthorized concessioners like yon or Yellowstone" has Xanterra Some of these reserva- 5 Be timely International tour operators reserve blocks of rooms up to two years in advance in anticipation of selling these rooms as part of tour packprices at facilities outside the ages to the United States If all can find Visitors great the rooms are not sold operators parks bargains on popular items such must release them for resale 30 as Black Hill Gold at the Mount days out 6 Book activities prior to your Rushmore National Memorial gift shop and Native American arrival by calling the reservations office Also dinner reserjewelry at the Hopi house gift shop at the vations at some restaurants like South Rim of Grand Canyon the El Tovar Dining Room at National Park Travelers can Grand Canyon's South Rim can learn about rates and special by be made six months in advance visiting wwwjcanterracom and Dining rooms do fill so plan following links to specific parks ahead Popular activities like the and resorts at cookout West Old Because some Yellowstone's 4 Be flexible Roosevelt Lodge people make their plans far in fill up fast too advance they often have to Xanterra operates lodges at Yellowstone Grand Canyon change or cancel existing reservations Be as flexible as possible Bryce Canyon Zion Crater with travel dates and choice of Lake Death Valley and Everlodging and you stand a better glades National Parks For more information about chance of getting a room on short notice Check the website Xanterra and links to individual visit: frequently to see of rooms have properties become available Roughly 70 wwwjcanterracom For reserpercent of the 907 guest rooms vations and more information at the South Rim of Grand Canabout Grand Canyon Bryce Nar 3 Be a tional Park vacations are a great and prices at lodges restaurants and gift shops inside the parks are often lower than value National Park located off are The National Park Service yon that invented the tions companies have names the rim There's still considerminivan category 20 years ago forecast visitations to drop 152 web site graphics that may able availability at the delivers yet another leapfrog percent at Death Valley 68 per- and lead consumers to believe they locations so guests who are flexwith unmatched convenience cent at the Grand Canyon 34 are dealing with the National ible are more likely to find a versatility and storage Slow n percent at Yellowstone and 73 Go second-an- seating in one of more than 15 new Town and Country features and safety enhance- ments Chrysler PT Cruiser Convert- Don't miss that important meeting of your town council! ible looks as good on the inside as it does on the outside It redefines the segment in much the same way the original PT Cruiser With a starting MSRP of $19995 the PT Cruiser Convertible which began arriving in dealerships in March is the convertible car available in the US Park Service Sage-Grou- Search the Utah 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Will you have a specialty you want to advertise -Call Jim Before Friday! 11 Ask about our 3 inches for the price of 2 inches ov-r-- call US Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate a Status Reviewof the Greater The US Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that sub- ing the species is ally there is a made Gener- period stantial biological information between the time a species is exists to warrant a more proposed and the final decision examination of the status 3) Listing is warranted but precluded by other higher priority of greater sage grouse This finding will commence activities This means the species with a full status review of the is added to the Federal list of species and once the review is candidate species and the procomplete the Service will determine whether to propose listing the species as either threatened has completed its three petitions to list the greater range wide as either threatened or endangered The Service has determined that the petitions and other available information provide substantial biological information indicating that further review of the status of the species is warranted The information details loss and degradation fragmentation of habitat due to wildfire invasion of plants livestock management agricultural conversion herbicide treatment and mining and energy development among other causes The Service's decision comFindmonly known as a ing is based on scientific information about the species provided in three petitions requesting listing of the species under the Act The Service is preparing to send this finding to the Federal Register It is important to note that our finding regarding these petitions does not mean that the Service has decided it is appropriate to list the greater sage grouse explained the Ralph Morgenweck The Service evaluation of 435-528-31- Canyon or Zion call or at For reservations and more information about Yellowstone room or endangered If 1 Service's Director Region of the Rather this finding is the first step in a long process that triggers a more thorough review of all the biological information available This process which includes a request for input from the public should e completed within 12 months of receiving the petitions This status review will determine whether the greater warrants listing as a threatened or endangered species To ensure this status review is comprehensive we are soliciting information from State and Federal natural resource agencies and all interested parties posal to list is deferred while the Service works on listing proposals for other species that are at greater risk A warranted but precluded finding requires subsequent annual reviews of the finding until such time as either a listing proposal is published or a not warranted finding is made Conbased on new information declines in cern about se implement solutions conservation local for Since 2001 the Service has provided Utah with $24 million and Washington with $730000 for the restoration of sagebrush habitat Through its Landowner Incentive Program the Service also provided $14 million to Montana to improve the management of sagebrush habitat on private lands there The Shoshone and Arapaho’ tries on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming will use part of a recently awarded $190000 Trial Wildlife Grant to monitor populations develop a management plan for the grouse and its habitat and enhance the sagebrush depend populations has ecosystem almost entirely on sagebrush for western State wildlife and Federal agencies food and protection from predathe Bureau of Land tors In the summer the birds de(BLM) US Forest Management Service and US Fish and Wildpend on the grass and plants that grow under the sagebrush life Service to engage in a variety of cooperative efforts aimed to provide nesting material as insects that at conserving and managing well as are critical to the diet of chicks sagebrush habitat for the benefit in their first month of life In of and other winter more than 99 percent of species: For example over the past their diet is sagebrush leaves five years the BLM has worked and buds with several western states on Greater are found in Washington Oregon consercooperative vation projects and has estab- Idaho Montana North Dakota lished partnerships with comeastern California Nevada munities throughout the West to Utah western Colorado South Dakota and Wyoming They are conserve and restore also found in the Canadian habitat These efforts are designed to province of Alberta The greater is found at elevahead off continued loss of America's important sagebrush tions ranging from 4000 to over 9000 feet ecosystems which support hunFirst described by Lewis and dreds of plant and animal species including Clark during their expedition one half of the that Egan in 1804 it is an inhabApproximately sagebrush habitat in the United itant of the open sagebrush States is on land administered plains It is a large roundedprompted agencies such as by the BLM This year BLM will continue to work on a variety of projects to map and monitor populations and habitat develop cooperative conservation projects to conserve these game birds and work with State and Federal partners on other conservation planning initiatives The Western Association of and Wildlife Agencies is leading the preparation of a range wide conservation assessment of the and sagebrush habitat with strong regarding the greater cooperation from the Federal and its sagebrush habiagencies The assessment scheduled for completion in tat Morgenweck added Based on the status review the May of this year will be a valuService will make one of three able source of information re1) Listpossible determinations: ecology garding ing is not warranted in which Western states that include porcase no further action will be tions of the current range of are developing contaken 2) Listing as threatened or endangered is warranted In this servation plans to address issue's case the Service will publish a such as habitat loss fragmentation and degradation and to proposal to list solicit independent scientific peer review of the identify opportunities for habiproposal seek input from the tat restoration and enhancepublic and consider the input ment The goal is to find and before a final decision about list Fish bird winged up to 30 inches in length and two feet fall weighing from two to seven pounds It has a long pointed tail with legs feathered to the base of the tin's Females are a mottled brown lack and white color Males are larger and have a large white ruff around their neck and right yellow air sacks on their breasts which they inflate during their mating display Anyone wishing to submit information regarding the greater may do so by writ- ing to the Field Supervisor Services Parkway Cheyenne Wyoming 82001 or mail to: by electronic wwwsagegrouse4ifwsgov Comments must e received within 60 days after publication of this finding in the Federal Wyoming Ecological Office 4900 Airport Register For more information about the and this find-- ” ing please visit the Service's web site at sagegrouse i |