Show Grand County Areas Chosen For Possible State Park Sites Stites Washington March 20 Five scenic and historic attractions In hI Grand Crand county could be developed de vel as State Parks under terms of a bill Introduced recently re re- recently In Congress b by Senator Wallace F. F Bennett Dennett Utah R-Utah Included among the spots In InGrand InGrand InGrand Grand county which have tents tenta ten tentatively lively been selected for future State Parks and which would be affected fC eted by Senator Bennetts Bennett's bill hill are Green River Canyon CanOn Sego Sego Se Se- go Canyon Petro glyphs Fisher Towers Dead Horse Point area and the Upper Colorado river rivet area erea The largest of these areas Is Dead Horse Point covering acres of Federal land This Thill area Is a n vast high triangular mesa between en the Upper Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado and Green rivers The total acreage of the remaining four fou areas is approximately 2700 acres acres i Senator Bennetts Bennett's Ml bUl S. S 1436 would wOl remove the present limitation limi Umi- tation of acres on the amount of Federal land which can be turned over to the states for for for- development as state state parks or recreation areas Thus many of Utah's most spectacular seen seen- Ic lc attractions are arc on land owned partially or wholly by the Bureau of Land Management the Forest i Service or other agencies In Inmany Inmany Inmany many cases the Federal agency Involved has Indicated a willing willing- willingness willingness ness to turn over the land to the state but has been unable to Jo do so because of the acre GlO limitation I I I have been working closely with the Utah State Stale Parks and antt Recreation Commission headed by C. C J J. J Olsen which has donen donea done ft n truly outstanding Job Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Bennett said At present spots have been selected by bythe bythe bythe the Commission as likely sites for state parl parks s either cither in the Immediate future or within th the next several years Since most of these happen td be on Federal lands passage of this bill is necessary nee nee- ess essary ry before these areas can become state parks Since the State Park and Recreation Recreation Re Re- creation commission was set up two years ago four state stale parks have been established Dixie State Park In Washington county county coun coun- ty Old State House in Fillmore FUlmore Pioneer State Park near Salt Lake City and Camp Floyd Flod site of ot the Utah War Enlargement of Dixie State Park recommended by the commission commission commission com com- mission could be accomplished under the Bennett bill bUt Projects which have been recommended rec tee recommended om mended for immediate acquisition acquisition ac ac- by the State Park and Recreation Commission include Wasatch Park Mountain-Park City Recreation on Area Wasatch and Summit counties East Canyon Parleys Canyon area north of Salt Lake Oquirrh Mountain area Tooele county North rl of Ogden River Weber county Mantua Area Box Elder and Cache counties Bear Lake Rich county Circle Cliffs Petrified Forest Garfield county Cove Fort Millard county Dead Point San Juan and nd Grind Grand counties coun counties cOun coun- ties tics Escalante Petrified F Forest est Garfield county Goblin Valley Emery count county i Hyrum Reservoir Cache county Monument Valley San Juan county and Rockport Roc port Lake Stale State Park Summit county Projects recommended tor for early action include de Bonne- Bonne vl Je S Salt lt Flats Coke C Ovens at Connellsville Coral Pink Sand Dunes' Dunes In Kane county Dry Fork Forkin in county Donner Party Wagon Tracks In Tooele county East Enst Fork of the Beer Bear River in Summit county Fort Desert in Millard county Jac Jacob b Hamlins Hamlin's home In Washington county MO Mountain tain Meadows memorial monument in Washington county county coun cotta ty Goosenecks ot of the San Juan Juanin Juanin in sait SanJuan Ju county the Needles Ne K Kin in San San SanJuan Juan county the area in San Juan county Old Iron Ir Ir- Ir Iron on Town in Iron county Palisades Pali Pall Palisades State Park in Sanpete Sanpete- county Scofield Reservoir In Carbon county San of Emery county and Willard Bay Day Box Elder EIder county |