Show i S SUP UP Proposes Forming State Parks Proposed state parks for a number of areas of Utah including at least five In the San Grand-San Juan county areas will top the agenda of the state meeting of the board of directors of the Sons of Utah Pioneers Saturday night In Salt Lake City at Pioneer Village at 7 pm p.m. Included In the proposed state park areas arcas will be Fisher Towers and Dead Horse Point in the immediate Moab area and the Goose GooseNecks GooseNecks GooseNecks Juan Escalante Creek-Coyote Creek the Hole Necks of the San rock and Needles areas of San Juan county Other areas named In the SUP SUF agenda for Saturdays Saturday's discussions discussions' Include the Clay Hills lolls Crossing on the Colorado river the Paria Parla river river riv riv- er area below Henriville Devils Devil's Garden on the Escalante desert Lands End and Land of Standing men on the Colorado river Flaming FlamIng Flaming Flam Flam- ing Gorge and Red Canyon on the Green river and the Crossing of ol the Fathers I It was pointed out in the announcement announcement announcement an an- anI I from the SUP that there were many more fantastically fantastical fantastical- ly lovely areas elsewhere in the state that should be preserved in inthe inthe inthe the security of state park regula regula- Examples of this was pointed out by Bates Wilson superintendent superintend superintend- I ent of the Arches National Monument Monument Monument i ment who offered the suggestion I of such sites as Grand View Point I and Dome It was pointed out all of the theland theland theland land represented by these suggested suggest suggest- ed sites has been withdrawn by bythe bythe bythe the U. U S. S Department of the Interior Interior Interior In In- within the past several months There are many logical reasons why efforts now to preserve these areas as state parks and these will be aired at the Salt Lake City meeting this weekend Another discussion will be on why state park plans will be better than National National National Na Na- Parks at these sites The areas are arl now easily obtainable obtainable obtainable obtain obtain- able from the government if they will be designated as state parks Access roads already exist leadIng leading leading lead lead- ing into these several sites It isn't a matter of building new new roads but one of improving existing fa fa- fa- fa Grazing rights water rights and can be continued continued continued con con- under the state park regulations regulations regulations regula regula- so no groups will stand tobe to tobe be hurt when the p parks are creat creat- ed National officers of the group have 1 Had ad surveys made and will have experts on hand to give field knowledge of the country ed Color slides of many potential sites will be shown and reference maps will be exhibited and dis dis- dis- dis cussed The state parK party plan to come under under under un un- der discussion is of the utmost importance to southeastern Utah and would be instrumental in giving ing the tourist business its greatest greatest greatest great great- est boost in this area The meeting will wll have the effect of putting new emphasis on the proposed tourist route from Crescent Crescent Crescent Cres Cres- cent Junction J to Flagstaff via Moab Monticello Blanding Bluff Mexican Hat and Monument Valley Valley Valley Val Val- ley and would make this highway the feeder line to the numerous state parks of the area as well as the national monuments at the Arches and Natural Bridges |