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Show Parklands Visitation Still Down Visitation figures for the Canyonlands Complex Com-plex during March, 1973 continued this year's trend toward reduction of visitors in the complex com-plex as compared to figures fig-ures for the same months last year. Arches National Park showed the least percentage per-centage reduction with 12,973 visitors compared compar-ed to 14,151 a year ago, netting an 8 per cent loss. Neddies District recorded re-corded 2,401 visitors compared to 3,804 last year--a reduction of 37 per cent. Natural Bridges Brid-ges National Monument had 46 per cent fewer visitors this March with 1,650 visits, than March of last year, during dur-ing which 3,072 people visited there. Canyonlands National Park recorded 47 per cent fewer visitors last month, seeing 2,936 visits vis-its compared with 5,511 during March, 1972. 524 people visited at Island in the Sky compared with 1,707 last March, re- suiting in a 69 per cent visitor reduction. No visitors at all ventured into the Maze last month. I Auger; secretary, Dick Robertson; tail twister, Rodney Phillips; and Lion Tamer, Robert Kerr. Directors for the organization will be Kay Hawks and Orb Wiggle. The men reported that 330 reservations have been received for the convention to be held here later this month. |