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Show Final Plans Made for SE Utah Visit Of National Parks Advisory Board WASHINGTON', D. C Kinal plans bavo now boon l iUi fvv tho wook-lons tour of T l ah's Canyonlands Country by t)u Advisory loard of National Parks, ,'llistoruv Sitos, ViiMinris and Momtnionts. Tho toiir will tvS:M at Mo;ib on Fri-day, Fri-day, SopionilH-rs ;uuj iviu-hulo at Salt I.ako City on Friday, CVUbor G. Son. Frank E. Moss, D Utah, w!-0 will ao.-nipany tho Boara and several N.i-tional N.i-tional P.u-k Service offi,-. ials on the tour, s:,id that tho itinerary is now firm. "Tho 1h.m1 w-iu tour a con siderable part of C.inon-lands C.inon-lands National Park during dur-ing the first three days in Southern I'tah." S-n Moss said. "Wo will go into tho Needles District of the Park on Saturday by four wheel drive vehicle, with slops onroulo at Indian Crock State Park, tho Nar rows, Castle Arch, Squaw Flat and overnight camping camp-ing at the Cheslor Park area. On Sundsiy, our tour will include Picture Point, Silver Stairs, Elephant Hill and will clinnix with a slop to enjoy the tremendous tre-mendous panoramic view of tho confluence of the Gnvn and Colorado Rivers After the return to Moab Sunday afternoon, wo will also visit Arches National Monument. Sen. Moss said that the eleven - member, non-salaried, Advisory Hoard advises ad-vises tho Secretary of the Interior on matters relat ing to the National Park System, including proposals propos-als to add new areas to tho System. "The Board will see from the air much of the areas which I propose pro-pose to add to Canyonlands National Park and the Glen Canyon National Rec reat.ion Area. This will include in-clude Tho Maze, west of tho present Park boundary. Son. Moss said Hint on Monday the group will also al-so visit Canyonlands National Na-tional Park's Island in tho Sky District,- and will include in-clude The Neck, Green liivor Overlook, Grandview Point anti tho Dead Horse Point State Park. Tuesday, the group will travel by air from Moab to Halls Crossing on Lake Powell, to begin a three-day three-day boat trip down the Lake. Tho overnight camp ground will bo established just below where the Es-calante Es-calante River drains into Lake Powell. |