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Show McKay stops wilderness designations Utah Congressman Gunn McKay recently recent-ly persuaded the chairman of the National Parks Interior subcommittee to withdraw Zion, Bryce, Cedar Breaks and Arches national parks from the wilderness package his committee proposed last Friday. Meeting today with Rep. Phillip Burton ID-Calif.), ID-Calif.), McKay explained the Utah State Wilderness Wilder-ness Review Committee I has not yet completed I work on a unified National I Park Wilderness Plan and I requested Rep. Burton I withdraw the four parks j from consideration in his Omnibus Wilderness Act until the committee com- pletes its study, j McKay said Burton I included the four parks in J the bill last week in an j effort to round out a national wilderness proposal. pro-posal. Rep. McKay said that Burton agreed to withdraw with-draw the parks on assurance assur-ance the state review committee and Utah's congressional delegation would have a wilderness proposal for him by October. "Mr. Burton showed consideration in honoring my request and I think it's reasonable for him to expect we'll have something some-thing before the end of the year," said McKay. McKay added that Utah currently has one wilderness wilder-ness area. Lone Peak, south and east of Salt Lake City, was designated a wilderness area late last year. |