Show EntranceFees Again Charged at Parks Thursday April 25 1974 of Desert Bighorn Meet Topic Perpetuation of All lie said an indefinite desert Perpetuation bighorn sheep in their natural range was the main topic at the Desert Bighorn Sheep Council technical meeting in Moab Utah this month The Council which is comprised of state and federal wildlife biologists and interested citizens built this year’s theme around “Desert Bighorn Sheep-Ye- Robert I Kerr Super trance fee collection will intendent of Arches and start on June 15 and conCanyonlands National tinue through all of AuParks and of Natural gust The entrance station will be open from Bridges National Monument today announced the 8:00 am to 4:30 pm resumption of entrance daily fee collection at Archeq Entrance fees at both and Natural Bridges in the areas remain the same near fiiture as for the last few years: At Arches National to Kerr eccording ai?’ Crk airf nerl?lcei ®6es only on week- oS starting May tom 27 and 5) WJ basis May 11 4 Entrance ar $100 per car or $50 per passenger in a bus n0 entrance fee is col- lected at Canyonlands Na- tional Park n0 campground user fees are collected nor have they been since last summer The US Con- gross is presently considering action establishing such fees Kerr said 2050” Many conference fee collection will continue unitl an unspecified date in early fell The entrance station will be but the details of the pro- operated' from 8:00 am posal are not known Prior until 6:00 pm on the to late summer 1973 first two weekends Kerr campground user fees noted but will be open were collected at Squaw until 9:00 pm after Flat Campground in Cann-days opera- yonlands National Park tion begins and at Devils Garden At Natural Bridges NaCampground in Arches tional Monument en National Parkseve- - River Flow Predictions Still Above Normal The snowpack in the Colorado River Basin has decreased since the March River Flow Advisory was released The April -- July runoff is now expected to approximate 8 million acre-fe- et or about 110 per cent of the average for the last 15 years At Westwater Canyon the flow of the Colorado River is about 6000 cfs and will increase to about 20000 cfs in May or June The Cataract Flow including fee Green River is about 11000 and in May cis or June it will increase s 51 cfs WANTED! UNDERGROUND CONTRACT MINERS At Kerr-McG- ee Uranium Operations Grants N- - Wl BASE RATE $434 PER HOUR Contract miners average more approximately 50 than the base rate EXCELLENT FRINGE BENEFITS 9 Paid Holidays 2 to 5 Weeks Paid Vacation Group Life Income protection and Major Medical Insurance Retirement Paid Funeral Leave Educational Assistance this has caused many local sheep populations to abandon historcal lambing and watering areas Intensive sheep habitat inventory effective water storage impoundment for summer use transplants into historical ranges and radio tracking were cited as solutions for an proven-tativof declining bighorn habitat es Utah Division of Wild- life Resources biologists provided data identifying sheep movements within their home ranges through the use of radio In November 1972 radio transmitters with four different color collars were placed on seven ewes and five rams Data was collected cm three ewes but telemetry the other radios felled Eight rams and four ewes were fitted with improved radios and colored collars in December 1973 A solar cell was used with four transmitters which had lithium chloride and nickel cadmium batteries The solar cell can retheoretically charge the batteries for period are transmitters 1973 working Observation of color marked bighorns will continue even after' radio signals have stop- ped to aid in migration studies Sheep movements are moniteored from fixed aircraft winged ' A bio- logist and pilot fly the study area listening for beeps from the transmit- ters They can locations with tional antenna Biologists can identify lambing grounds summer ranges and movement patterns within the bighorn’s home range In the ftiture this data will aid land management agencies in identifying areas important to survival of the species a step toward keeping do- sert bighorns with usun-ti- ll - and beyond year 2050 he : READYTORENT Mrs Bill German firom Wellington is in Moab this week She came down to clean and painttheir home hero togetit ready to rent Vehicle Regulations Published Off-Road about 50000 cfs Powell-iBureau of Land ManPresently Lake at an elevation of agement Director Curt feet and is expected Berklund announced Monto reach 3668 feet this day that fee Department summer of the Interior published During weekdays fee final regulations pertainflows at Lees Ferry will ing to' the use of offaverage around 9000 road vehicles on public cJs for th8 monthfluc-of lands in the Federal ReApril although daily gister on April 15 They tuations will occur The will become effective on average for Saturdays May 15 will be around 6JI00 The regulations will and Sundays around apply to all lands admin5000 Lees Ferry and istered by the Bureau at Phantom Ranch post a Land Management and are daily forecast of mini- a part of fee Department mum & maximum flows rograrn to at- tendants emphasized the need for bighorns to have an environment relatively free from man’s encroachment Biologist Mark C Jorgenson re- his studies in a grted state park show an average 50 percent reduction in sheep twH watering activity near a back road when vehicles were in the vicinity He indicated free and undisturbed watering opportunities in hot summer months are especially Important Patrolman Gains Award for Arrest Record Gary Ferrier a bioHighway Patrol Trooper Charles Weber Green River (left) logist in the southern California -- Arizona area recently presented with a placque of commendation by Utah Highway Patrol Col RM Helm (right) for six arrests made during 1973 reported a tremendous for stolen vehicles Six lightening bolts were also earned by Troopgrowth in recreational use of the lower Coloer Weber which are placed on his vehicle representing each storado River Basin and its len automobile recovered Weber has been with the patrol 4 years impoundments trol and direct the use of principles of multiple use off-ro- ad vehicles to pro- -' management of public tect public land resour- - lands” The final regulations ces promote safety and to ex- deleted a proposal cept vehicles used in geophysical exploration exploration for minerals or fee development of a mining claim on areas designated as closed Persons entering closed public lands for these ' will also have to comply the regulations “Many suggestions ':wito AU vehicles were received urging to- tal closure of public will still be subject to lands” Berklund said state and local regulaPresident “However we have not tions as to registration ve Order followed this approach operation and inspection 11644 issued on Februbecause total closure in addition to the Federal ary 8 1972 In that or- would be' contrary to the Regulations der the President directed an Federal land man agement agencies to take REAP appropriate steps to pro- - tect Federal undue damage resulting reduce conflict among various public land users Regulations will also establish operating rules and vehicle standards for use on public land Areas and trails prill be designated as open closed or restricted off-ro- ad off-ro- ad Program Gains Funds for Hew Year from travel The Department published a final enviromental statement on January 17 off-ro- ad The total authorized be allocated to the states fending level of $2255 according to conservation million has been released for fee reinstated 1973 The 1973 REAP was 1974 Rural Environmental As- terminated in December The proposed regusistance (RE- 1972 It was reinstated in lations were published on AP) the Program US Dept of March 1974 following a February 14 1973 Pubannounced US district court deciAgriculture lic hearings were then $140 million of the sion reversing the terheld 'in all public land million has been $2255 mination action and exstates to receive com- allocated to feeinitially the 1973 program states tending ments and suggestions on when fee program was an- through Dec 31 1974 the proposed regulations nounced in Under few extended fee fell of 1972 and these were considerKenneth E Frick Ad- REAP' farmers can apply ed in preparing fee final ministrator of fee Agri- - for federal regulations Stabilization assistance for soil and srklund explained feat and Conservation Service water conservation and fee regulations will pro-vid- e (ASCS) the agency that environmental protection procedures to con- - admin sters fee program measures needed on their farms said fee will total fending Inflow to Flaming Gorge and Fontenelle Reservoirs has increased to about 120 percent of average The release from ' Fontenelle Reservoir is now about 1200 and to reserve space to fee peak inflow store the ' release will be increased as fee inflow cos(-Cultu- ral cis increases KERR-RIME- E NUCLEAR CORPORATION (An equal opportunity employer) Employment Office open 8 am to 4 Monday thru Saturday pm For further information and an 1 employment application call (505) below form mail the and collect or complete 676-225- TO: I I I NUCLEAR CORPORATION Personnel Office Grants Uranium Operations P O Box 218 Grants NM 87020 KERR-McGE-E Your name Address City State Up Code Flaming Gorge Reservoir is expected to reach an elevation of 6037 ft this summer and is presently at 6024 feet above msl The inflow is about 2000 cfs at fee Reservoir and fee mean daily release of about 1000 cfs will be maintained in April Daily fluctuation of releases ranging from 800 to will occur in response to power demands At Green River Utah fee flow of fee Green River is approximately 5000 and will increase to about 25000 in May or June The present release from fee Navajo Dam of 1000 cfs is enacted to be maintained for several months At Bluff fee flow of fee San Juan river is about 2000 cfs Due to tributary flows below the Navajo Dam a of about 4000 peak should be reached 00 cis cis mmim mm p lint Wf titfflen Mm Sksh MbAtuutfkt WATCH FOR OUR BIG OPENING North Highway 163 and 126 N Main-- — Moab vl v i 'i1 I VT ittm I |