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Show WASATCH Essay continued of natural TIMES N ha A WILDERN we need them. As we learn to adapt to our arid home — to become natives — we gradually will increase our understanding of the ecological framework of the West. To do this requires preserving biodiversity. To ask deeper questions, to make new discaveries requires continued preservation MOUNTAIN CROSSWORD environ- ments. ! The philosophical heart of this new alliance has to do with thinking of ourselves as a part of this interrelated world of land and plants and animals. We need wild places as sources of strength and sanity, as places to restore our self-esteem. All Americans need them as pilgrimage spots where we can have direct contact with nature, rediscover our learn patience, connections with other creatures. Wilderness experience nourishes inclusive thinking. These connections form part of our humanity. Without them, we are incomplete. ecognizing these truths can come from a life in the city or a life the country. A land ethic can in develop from the need to escape the stress of urban life. Wilderness advo- economic forces to the life cycles of native grasses and livestock, and to see the land through it cycles. From either beginning, the endpoint can be the same. The new alliance rests on a belief in the importance of wild and open country, a certainty that we had better act now to save what remains of our natural heritage. If we act on these beliefs, we will banish the enemy — and live with the peace that comes from knowing that somewhere, still, wilderness survives. G @ E Advertising in 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. the arte me Basin east of Bryce Canyon named after a type of photographic film. A slow-moving, shelled creature that inhabits the Mohave Desert in extreme southwestern Utah A historic trail near Escalante that has recently been improved. The color of the rim above the Colorado River as seen from Island In The Sky park Acronym for motorized vehicles, which have been blamed for destruction of fragile desert habitats A Utah senator who considers himself one of the original Sagebrush Rebels. Governor whose father was a powerful state legislator and whose family has Southern Utah roots. States rights movement to privatize public lands is known as the Sagebrush ______ A river in southeastern Utah named after the first European in the region 1. 2. 3. SUBSCRIPTION REQUEST TO P.O. BOX 1433 © PARK CITY, UTAH ALNVTVOSH NOITIAase LLIAVAT HO.LVH ALY ALIA A waa HSIOLYO.L HNWOUHOVdOm SSOUdDV 84060 Cents CALL 801-649-8046 SOON SPACE RESERVATION Alia DEADLINE FAX 801-649-8046 With tT Become One With Published Monthly at 7,000 in Park City, Utah “The High Altitude Alternative . AUT ANIC OR GE— T a Makes OI LIV’ VANS ALVOAT SLIMOUVdIVS SHHOUV NaSNVH ANaaD TIAMS KAA NMOG Infamous Southern Utah writer A description of the topography named San Rafael. The maiden name of the Congresswoman from Utah’s 2nd Congressional District who recently said that her constituents didn’t really understand the wilderness issue A Utah congressman who wants to close some national parks. A sometimes overcrowded national park near Moab A plateau in Southern Utah with rich coal deposits that Andalex Corp. wants to mine The Southwest regional director of the Sierra Club Acronym for a Utah organization most interested in the Southern Utah environment The issues director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Edward Abbey’s gang that liked to halt development of southern Utah. MAIL YOUR ANSWERS HONAUMATINOW DOWN 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Tf YADA 2. aio global CROSSWORD ACROSS 3 to ON struggle co the ‘3 from mo grow aa can _— cacy make a living on a ranch — to weather the storms and the droughts, to fit a 12 ISSUES OF THE “TIMES” To a ADDRESS Subscribe and Get your issues delivered $12.00 - 12 issues APT./ SUITE NO CITY/STATE THIS GIFT ZIP PHONE NO. [ IS FROM APT/SUITE NO ADDRESS. PHONE NO CITY/STATE CHECKOQ VISAQ PAGE No. 9 Exp. SIGNATURE = Feet |