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Show - ; .-- ' ; .... I cl,; " - - v J " ' ' . . . aJt . ; it "E irffti if-1 - 1 ABC News producer Steve Fleischman (second (se-cond from left) of New York City, met at a noon luncheon meeting last Wednesday with local officials to discuss tentative plans to shoot a two-hour documentary in this ABC Television Planning Canyon Country Feature The Canyonlands and Moab may have national television coverage according to tentative ten-tative plans of ABC television televis-ion network. The announcement announce-ment that ABC News is planning plan-ning to produce a two hour documentary film of this area ar-ea was made by Steve Fleischman of ABC News, New York City. Fleischman flew to Moab last Wednesday after an airplane air-plane ::"spection of the Canyonlands. Can-yonlands. He met with members mem-bers of local government agencies ag-encies and news media to discuss the content of the proposed documentary which is scheduled for shooting in this area September 15. ABC plans are for the filming film-ing of a public affairs program pro-gram based on conservation and tying in with city planning plan-ning and problems, the need area. Professor Richard A. Ogle (first right) and graduate research assistant Gary M. Smith (second right) from Utah State University Uni-versity accompanied Mr. Fleischman on a flight and tour of the area. (T-l Photo) for recreation facilities and areas. The requirements for the film, according to Mr. Fleischman, include a variety var-iety of wilderness and scenery. sce-nery. "This is as good a spot as can be found anywhere in the United States for such a document-1 rv," stated Mr. Fleischman Wednesday. ABC network v.anls to use this area as an example of what is beine done to alleviate the recreation problems that-are'' facing the nation. Accompanying Mr. Fleischman Fleisch-man over Canyonlands Wednesday Wed-nesday was Professor Richard Rich-ard A. Ogle of Utah State University and USU graduate research assistant, Gary M. Smith. It was through Smith that ABC got its interest in filming film-ing here. The documentary would be largely based on Smith's thesis which was recently re-cently completed for work toward his master's degree. ABC Mews contacted Smith reparding his thesis and decided de-cided to use it as a general plan for the two hour documentary. docu-mentary. Meeting with the ABC producer pro-ducer from Mew York City and the representatives from Utah State University were several members of local government agencies & news media. The local group which is in the process ning .up a study of ' environinonl..! education included national park and monument personnel person-nel as well as representatives representa-tives of the Bureau of Land Management, Grand county schools, both elementary and secondary, the Moab Sportsmen's Sports-men's Club, Educational TV, Town TV and Times-Independent. |