Show Toured by N P PS S Director T rove I Heavy Henvy in hi Proposed Pork Park Area Ae The proposed national park area of Southeastern Southeastern Southeastern South South- eastern Utah was inspected last weekend week by Conrad Wirth director director director dir dir- ector of the National Park Service Service Ser Ser- vice from Washington Mr Wirth who was guided through the area by hates Dates E E. E Wilson superintendent of Arches national national national na na- na- na monument was accompanied accompanied pat d by Thomas Allen AUen regIonal regional regional re re- re- re gional director of the park service service service ser ser- vice from Santa Fe NM and his assistant George Miller I The group arrived late Thu Thu- day of last week and spent the next day touring the area west of the confluence of the Green and Colorado rivers Capitol Capitol Capitol Capi Capi- tol Reef Land of Standing Rocks Goblin Valley Orange Cliffs and others They arrived back rock in Moab late Friday and were up and on their tour again early Saturday Saturday mom morning they left leCt by chartered plane for an aerial tour of the entire area They landed in n Squaw Park in the Needles segment of Canyon- Canyon lands landI and there were met md by ree IW-ree three fout wheel four wheel I lor an the on tour I The jee jeep p caravan left the i j Cave Care Spring area and traveled I I up Salt Creek canyon canyo to Angel Arch where they had lunch then back down Salt Creek into Into into in- in to Horse Canyon for a look at many of the Indian ruins found there The two canyons are important important im- im I portions of what might soon soon be under the Jurisdiction of the Park Service ce l I I Director Wirth an enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic enthus enthus- admirer of the proposed park stated that his department department department depart depart- ment had been looking over for many years and said that he hoped development development develop develop- men ment t work could be commenced ed before many more years The group left Moab Sunday for Colorado where they planned planned planned plan plan- ned to inspect other national park faculties facilities before returning to their respective homes The areas have received tremendous increases in travel since the congressional al controversy pertaining to inclusion in inclusion inclusion in- in of this area in the national na na- sal al park system began a year ago The Bureau of Land Management Management Management Manage Manage- ment by order of Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall Isnow Isnow is isnow now patrolling the Needles area and has two rangers at ataU atall atall all aU times at the Cave Springs entrance station to check visitors tors in and out Harley Barley Handy Bandy director in Monticello on l stated that in the two-month two stretch from June 12 to August 24 49 different parties es from as far away a New Newt York had made thees the jeep trip over rugged Elephant Hill Hilland Hilland and into Needles people were represented ted in the parties and many more have been checked in since that t reporting date Last weel weekend week end when Director Wirth and alai his party J inspected the over six alx parties par par- ties were th their way over jeep trails to V view VW W thee the scenic e features The ILM t crews now aM assigned assign ed to have instituted instituted a system for patrols to assi as ass si slat lit t stranded visitors and ami have placed signs tip at important viewpoints viewpoints view view- ew points throughout the area |