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Show MOUNTAIN Utah’s Bad SALT CITY few states are worse ing to a report from groups. Actually, worse. Idaho tied State — second to Defenders keep the historic uses of grazing and mining out. The suit was filed by the Alameda Corp of Delaware and a Texas man, Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. Named in the suit as members of the conspiracy are the Division of Wildlife Resources, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Bureau of Record LAKE — When it comes to protecting the environment, ing programs ment. TIMES than Utah, accordtwo environmental only Wyoming is with the Beehive last — when rank- to protect the environof Wildlife and Center Environmental News Capsules WHO’S ON FIRST? Land Management and the Nature Conservancy The suit contends that the defendants conspired with hunting outfitters to create a wildlife reserve in the Book Cliffs. The suit says they purchased large tracts of land and then donated them to the federal government as part of the Book Cliffs Conservation Initiative. Alameda and Wyatt own the nearby Sweetwater Ranch of 345,000 acres and want the court to stop implemen- for Wildlife Law issued the report that rated Utah states in 10 scored 40, different categories. along with Idaho. Wyoming scored 39. Utah was found deficient in protecting endangered species and encouraging biodiversity. The report found that concerns surrounding environment in Utah came after growth and economic development. But the director of the The new directive is aimed at banning logging in pristine areas. That may have saved some 1,500 acres of clearcutting in the Timber Mountain/Pole Heaven area of the Uintas, as reported in the July issue of The Mountain Times. O Utah Department of Natural Resources said the report is misleading. Ted Stewart says Utah is doing many things to protect endangered species and the envi- ronment. oO Unprecedented Logging SALT LAKE CITY — More logging than ever on US Forest Land in Utah is being proposed by Forest officials. Under the timber salvage sale act, eight large timber sales are being proposed from Dixie to the Uintas. The “Timber Salvage Sale Act” allows trees to be harvested without complying with most environmental laws. Calling it logging without laws, critics say that more than dead and diseased trees are being logged in massive clear-cuts. The largest of the timber sales is in the Manti-La Sal National Forest, where 71 million board feet of dead and live Englemann spruce will be cut. Recently, however, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman tightened restrictions on salvage timber sales. Hansen Seeks Revenge LOGAN — Utah Rep. Jim Hansen wants to give Easterners a taste of their own medicine — he wants to foist off federally designated Wilderness on eastern states. Hansen said that Easterners seemed so eager to manage Utah’s Wilderness, he wanted to give them some of their own Wilderness to manage. The Utah Congressman was referring to his Wilderness bill outlining 2 million acres for Wilderness protection in Utah. That legislation was shot down, after intense lobbying by Utah environmentalists and others, who sought a larger Wilderness designation. But Hansen denied his latest move was in retribution against New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley and others who helped derail the bill co-sponsored by Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett About 70 percent of all comments from Utahns to Goy. Leavitt’s office favor 5.7 million acres of Wilderness designation. o Etiquete in Logan Cave LOGAN — A colony of rare bats in Logan Cave may be at risk and US Forest Service officials want to close the cave to people in an effort to save the flying mammals The Townsend’s big-ear bats are threatened because visitation to the of Logan has dramatically cave east increased in past years. Simply walking past a colony can cause them to permanently abandon a roost, Forest Service biologists advise. The Logan Cave bat population is one of only a few in northern Utah. Logan Cave has the only known breeding population and one of the few places suitable for bat hibernating in the area. The Forest Service is proposing a gate across the entrance of the cave that will keep people out but allow the bats to come and go. Tours of the cave will be by permit only. And those interested in visiting Logan Cave must be instructed in “cave etiquette” to keep from disturbing the bats. o raptors on the Navajo reservation large up to PRINT Public Relations WORKS 4 New Chef Michael LeClere formerly of Stein Eriksen Lodge and Grappa Restaurant, has joined our staff to create a brand new menu for summer with revised pricing. 1974 Established If you haven't tried us out yet, now is the time. Please join us for excellent food, professional service, and a fun atmosphere in one of Main Street’s most beautiful historic buildings. NEW CHEF, NEW MENU, NEW PRICING . . 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