Show w rr M9V Section Friday March 1 2002 Page The Herald Journal 1 Outdoors report Malone named to commission SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone has been federal comnamed to a mission created to suggest ways to preserve pristine lands and endangered wildlife Malone 38 an avid hunter was picked by Interior Secretary Gale Norton for the newly formed National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission Others named to foe commission include retiring Rep Jim Hansen and Coors brewery mogul Peter Coots The commission is to offer ideas for protecting wetlands wild species' and federal lands It will hold its first meeting next month in - R-Ut- ah DG Washington Turkey banquet The Cache Valley Chapter of thp National Wild Turkey Federation will have its first annual fundraiser banquet tonight The banquet will be held at the Cache Valley Hunter Education Center 2851 W Valley View Highway Activities will begin at 5:30 pm and dinner will be served at 7 pm Dow prizes drawings and auctions will be offered Tickets may be purchased at Dave’s Den or Al's Sporting Goods For information call 6 Richard Beard in Logan at 750-012- Cache Hikers The Cache Hikers will participate in a moderate snowshoe walk from 10 am to 3 pm Saturday Few more information call Susan Buffler at 752-42- 75 Canyon slideshow The USU Outdoor Recreation Center will host a slideshow presentation of Utah's most beautiful canyons by backcountry explorer Steve Allen author of the Utah Canyoneering guidebook series This statewide tour is sponsored by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance grid comes to Logan Sunday March 10 at 7:30 prtL at the Outdoor 4 Recreation Center Call for details well-kno- : 797-326- Bike classes- - Bike mechanic Paul Vaslet and the USU Outdoor Recreation Center are offering bike workshops in time for spring Choose from a basic bike maintenance class for $15 or a bicycle overhaul program for $50 Classes begin March 14 at 6 pm Sign up at the ORC Call 797- 3264 for details " Snowshoers find joy of trudging By Lance Frazier outdoors editor Tundra swan day The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will be holding its annual tundra swan viewing day from 9 atm to 4 pm on Saturday March 9 at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Manager mentArea: There will be DWR personnel as well as spotting scopes and binoculars for viewing the swans and other birds that will be in the area Dress warm a weather can be unpredictable sind brijig binoculars and ' spotting scopes if you have them Tundra swans are migratory and only pass through Utah during their migrations north in die spring and south for the winter months For 0 information call (801) WELLSVILLE CANYON — Bobsled racing ice dancing and ski jumping have gripped Utah’s attention the last couple of weeks but the hottest winter sport going — at least from a participation standpoint — - was invisible at the 2002 Winter Olympics That would be snowsboeingi die rejuvenated by an infusion pf technology The National Sporting Goods Association estimated that in 2000 over 1 milium people were inow shoeing up from 900000 in 1999 and way up from the 440000 rcporfed ' snowshoers in 1992 V Those increases are reflected locally according to Julie Lefgren business development manager with Escape Outdoors in Logan“We’re seeing a lot of people come in who’ve never tried snowshoeing or have only been out once and they've rented from us and thoroughly enjoyed it” she said “We’ve had a great response 476-274- place By Jared Thnynn I still don’t know whether it was bad root beer or more figure skating in a week than I’ve watched the rest ofmy life combined but the other ry 1 had an experience r remarkable for a guy who f the time is hicky to make it out of his parka I know but I swear hold- -' on all of Miss Cleo’s ings that it’s true! in heavy I was snow fighting my way spring through dogwoods and teasel while frying to give JacksontheTwell you’re graduated time tq take your-self a linle more seriously now take : - : ' -- ' re - ' ''akfqafeda ' ' See SHOE on C2 pkture of him in his puppy pomp waft fenyard myself! Andmaking ' “What’s it called are you sen- and circumstance cap to prove it) I thingirAm creepier rathe fact that ous? Unbelievable! Any Gomer was a little skeptical about him actu- - ' itwa’tttecurrei me but the me knows this is The OT Standby and if that doesn’t ring a bell you don't ally being able to execute a flawless 6fI5yeatpast southeastern I didn’t Want to believe it but have permission to be here Chester Idaho drawL See ya! Thanks for playin’! Don’t there I wiswithin 30 yards of a That partly two exuberant pups feirget your lovely parting gifts at the vbddyahd because his ' ctihttiririg pheasant tracks in the Actually I don’t even remember srkwith the boundless enthusiasm puppy profes' sor insisted how that particular corner of the uniaaqirifitious energy only youth verse caime to be called The Standby affoitdsWben het looked skyward talking was to usually postprimmdividuai rds in a mucous (it was something deeply com--V graduate level geeseIcould seeF-fo- pelling to be sure) but I’m confident stuff but x that if ! were to call Blainer cm the foe moment the cell phone screaming: “!RABID totting but promise because as you’ll rraurimbec asked VDUOETsdUTHWES he muchr STANDBY!” there’s a good kaiL?But hot for already had a mouthfrd i Still rU admitthat foir ''‘'A r ''?'J thance he’d be there in time to save V fleeting ? Aft Mm An anfiwmw V — - TsU gfljrf j - out-of-bo- dy off-sho- The great response extended to the company’s inau- gural Snowshoe Demo last Saturday at Sherwood Hills Resort Around 220 people braved gray skies and gust- -' ing winds to try out snowshoes by Yakima and MSR as well as compete in a snowshoe toss savor Dutch oven stew and leam how to dodge an avalanche “We just wanted something to do and thought this would be interesting for him to try” Joanne Hughes said nodding toward Martin Welker who sank in the snow to his hip when he stepped out sans snowshoes '“This is completely different it’s more demanding" added Hughes a regular cross country skier “But going uphill is a lot easier (on snowshoes)” Martin said he enjoyed the snowshoeing but was most interested in the avalanche pit where he learned that “there are different layers of snow” and got to study which types indicate slide risk Another lad was particularly impressed by the self-- ariy other name is just a place tire ' ' i i r two separate spots on the marsh that offer extraordinary looks of our western mountains and Husser- 11 which issome-Jime- libost-Died-Slough ’ hnS'rbw yeaSsli’’ There’s the Limit Blind so deemed because you could always bank on it Toad Road obvious Lost Hat Flat say no more and Steeple- Crane Road thus named because ' there’s a church house ibn one end ' and a faithful colony of sandhills regularly viewed on die dther ' There’s Wellsview I and Wellsview ' : 5 There’s no confusing Goosehead Lake (where ond of Blai net’s canine chinns once wdnt into the repds and came bhek with guess what) and Pintail Point or Chicken Hill (sage ' ' ' V i r V- ' k mapped as y j Journal Snowshoers make their way up and (town the mountain at Sherwtiod HWs Resort during Snowshoe Demo Day last Saturday About 220 people attended the event Which organizers hope to make an annual affair six-we- ek A Brent StayansHerald SrePLCEpn - C2 ' a v ‘i ' f vte ' A ::--- ' ' i |