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Show MOUNTAIN Volume 3, No. 4 April 1997 Dinosaur Oases in Navajo Sandstone Page 12 Sometime about 160 million years ago, there were small oases lost in a sea of sand in Southern Utah. Dinosaur’s visited these places to take water and find food. David Williams shows us where they left their tracks behind. Stone Age Rock Art Saved From Vandals Page 8 Thousands of years ago, ancient peoples left pictographs on the walls of sandstone canyons throughout the Southwest. But one large and infamous rock art panel in Buckhorn Wash in the San Rafael Swell was damaged over the years by vandals. Mark Gerard shows how the ancient art was restored. Hiking is Magical in Zion National Park Page 7 Steve Lewis takes you on a magical mystery tour through the canyons and mountain tops of Zion. This is a perfect time of year to see it for yourself, too 1600 EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE There is a stealth war going on against wilderness while political leaders pass the peace pipe. Well, it’s spring time and that can only mean that Jim Stiles is measuring the impacts Page 2 of tourism only SPECIES Page 5 on Moab, a.m. - STATE LIQUOR 10:30 p.m. Daily LICENSEE as 11 OF THE MONTH Did you know that without honeybees we wouldn’t have much food to eat. It’s true. Pam Poulson tells us about this little-recognized miracle worker. Page BODY 6:30 he can do. Page All work and no play is making Randy Hanskat a dull boy. He wonders aloud what happened to the good ol’ days of leisure time. Nead te the Yarrow Hoted Park Auenue > Park City + 017-655-4416 14 LANGUAGE vd tebe] It’s that time again to get in shape for bicycling. Abi Wright gives insight into ways you can shape up to make cycling more fun. Page 6 | 2) From Ivan Weber quitting the Environmental Advisory Committee of SLOC to Orrin Hatch taking greenbacks from big polluting industry, our environmental news capsules keep you informed Page 15 : LETTERS Mark Gerard, John Helton, (801) 575-6106; or email: csmart@slweekly.com. Letters should be type-written and double-spaced and should not exceed 500 words (1 1/2 pages). Letters must be signed. Editor Layout Contributors: Pamela Send your letters to Sounding Board, at the Mountain Times, 60 West 400 South, Utah, 84101; FAX Smart: Leslie Miller: and Design Kris Edwards, Randy Howie Fred Garber, Hayes, Lewis, Leslie Miller, Mills Poulson, Jim Stiles, David Abi Wright, Jack Williams, Steve Hanskat, Featuring a la Carte Vegetarian, Tasting and Wright. Cafe The Mountain Copperfield copies are distributed tain region, Heber Times is published Publishing. and including monthly throughout Salt Lake, our Park Offering a one royce ualesiac-Mual=valel mounCity, Moab. ‘Join The observations publication those Menus by Thirty Thousand expressed are not of the publisher. Ga an award -winning tJ restaurant | 73 w. broadway, salt lake city ~ 801 * foie* gras (364 ° 3472) Cover photo courtesy Buckhorn Restoration Project us for live j in this necessarily | S3WIL NIVINNOW Christopher evenings. Senet 8 ol a € 19Vd If you have comments, concerns or insights into articles appearing in the Mountain Times, or would like to address other timely outdoor and conservation issues, write us. |
