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Show San Juan Commission Seeks Powell Action Members of the San Juan County Commission last week adopted a resolution resolu-tion proposing a "natural ' boundary" at about 4,000 feet elevation to separate the areas of Glen Canyon National Recreation area between the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The Commissioners havo declared that the lake and the immediate shoreline lend themselves primarily to ' sightseeing, fishing, boating, camping and oth er related recreational uses. However, the upper reaeh-es reaeh-es of the proposed Recreation Recre-ation Area have been used for grazing, mining, ami oil exploration and have known coal reserves, the commission stated. Therefore, There-fore, the areas, since they are almost totally separated separat-ed geographically and geologically geo-logically from the recreational recre-ational and scenic areas of Lake Powell should be mannged separately. The resolution also stales stal-es that the Commission feels that since the BLM has present charge of the area outside the shoreline, and has the knowhow to continue; and the Park Service does not now have any cf these prerequisites and would have to hire additional personnel to manage ma-nage the area, the move would be a logical one. The resolution also advocates ad-vocates establishment cf community and commercial developent "to provide both the opportunity for people to live and engage in business busi-ness activity and to heip provide the facilities and visitors require." In conclusion, the resolution reso-lution encourages cooperation cooper-ation between BLM and Park Service officials in administration of the lard and development of all areas under consideration. |
