Show dont don't act in haste Although at first g glance the proposed transfer of Dead Horse Point State Park to th the National Park Service Service Ser vice appears to make sense we fall fail to dev develop lop an awful M lot of enthusiasm for the idea wh when n It is scrutinized I Transfer of the park from State to Federal ownership ownership ownership owner owner- ship might as has been said speed up development work at the attraction And there is no argument that we weIn wein wein In Utah have little in the way of financial ability to do doa a job fob of developing the Point But the transfer transfer transfer trans trans- fer would also mean giving up the concept of multiple use at Dead Horse Point and would take from the State P Park and Recreation Commission one of th the only features features fea fea- tures ture yet developed in Utah which gives this body a reason for being To begin with wear we are convinced the National Park Service Service- wo vant would want considerably more than the acreage involved at at Dead Horse Point Point- for a park It is not in the books for them to take over an isolated small section of land without connecting it to a large park nearby To Todo Todo Todo do this would involve considerable ground now available for possible multiple use National Park has been established d. And no one was happier with the final victory than we were having devoted devote thousands of column inches of space to sel selling ini th the i idea a of fa a new national park The boundaries arrived at were were the result of years of sometime sometime sometime some some- time bitter compromise C Certainly there were features s left out of th the park as lis s beautiful hs ha as areas arens in it Certain Certain- Certainly ly Iy there are areas now being damaged because of lack of f protection But Bu in Southeastern Utah you cant can't draw the line We W had ad little sympathy during the controversy with the Concept pf of withdrawing large acre acre- ages of ground when there were no firm plans for de- de We Ye still h hold 1 that vie view When ds Is developed to Q its present capabilities Ues then the the i ia I of additional acreage acre k i palatable pala able The State of Utah has invested thousand in Dead Horse Point And And with the exception of a good goodroad goodroad roa road the park facilities are serving nicely This state money should be a consideration if the transfer is ne ne- ne A like amount should be made available for development of such areas are as Fisher Towers It is easy to see why the State Road Commission and State Park and Recreation Commission resolved in favor of the transfer It gets everyone off the hook and hands the unpeeled hot potato to the Federal government government gov gov- with the hope that development funds can be made available able from outside the state If the State of Utah cant can't afford to develop su such h attractions as Dead Horse Point then the State of Utah doesn't doe need a Park and Recreation Commission If this this' agency's only reason for being is preservation and restoration of historical sites this is a task that could very easily be turned over to the Historical Society Society So So- or some non governmental group If we ne need d a Park and Recreation Commission it needs real attractions such as Dead Horse HorRe Point Fisher Towers Goblin Valley y etc developed the way we want them developed incorporating ns concepts not acceptable to the Nati National nal Park Service such as multiple use |