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Show - Oatlen Newspaper hwms 'Park fed Cmidms The Oodnn Stnnd.ird-Exnmincr Stnnd.ird-Exnmincr last week commented com-mented ed tori.i'ly nbout current requests by the Stnto Rord Commission for corridors within nn-tlcn.il nn-tlcn.il p ark ind rccron-t rccron-t on areas a ieque;.t which is now under con-sicbrat'ion con-sicbrat'ion by cDngress'on-al cDngress'on-al committees working cn measures to enlarge various national parks in Utah. The points made by editorial ed-itorial writer Murray Mo-ler, Mo-ler, associate ed tor, were well mado. Mr. Moler, who is also chairman cf the State Travel Counc.l, has been in this area on numerous occasions, and intimately knows the situation. sit-uation. His editorial follows: HIGHWAY CORRIDERS NEEDED IN PARKS Congress begins hearings this week cn legislation to f.nalize expansion cf several Park Service rescrva lions in Scutlurn Utah. I; sails will be cf tremendous tremen-dous Inii'Ku'laiK'e in setting the pattern under which the scen.c tvauf.es cf cur stale nvy be enjoyul. The first hearing by a sub-cemmiitee sub-cemmiitee headed by Sen. Alan Bible, D-Nev., on Tuesday Tues-day end Wedm sday will be cn brundary changes proposed propos-ed for Canyonlands National Park and fcr giving permanent perm-anent status to the Glen Cau- yon N.'i'iiiv'I liccrcnlion Area. Ar-ea. IiVr Irgbl.alimi will in- V'l.K'C the -(K:-.l,:t; U'' P''SI'd cn Che day he lel'l. ( Il.ee il'.y rre:, :!:n.' Ly;;;!' n Jolin-si.n Jolin-si.n en 1 ; ; j : 1 1 1 .-: en cf Anii":v (ir.d Capih.l Wei I' N-ilional iM.,r:nit(-r;;!i. 'I'litrc? are also reii Is in the r;,-,t;;rc:i.sioii;il Jh r lint :;ild i aise 111- se ii.ni inemiineiit to national .park claK.-.'Tieation. It wf.l be up to .senators and r jTcxenla'tivcs to decide just what h umlrry lines shi uld be established on all fi ur i eservatiiavs. Numerous 'I .eld he wrings have been 'tr.r.duc'f d and tbr' pros and ecus cf the expansion hav hvrx d.seiis.sed in great detail. One new clemen', we feel, that tin uld reeelive favor-cble favor-cble action by Confess s live request by the Utah De-;;: De-;;: ; Inicr.t of II p.li.vays that the legslaliiu incliule spe-C spe-C fie j:iv:riz:v'icn for highways high-ways cot r.d.irs. Ciiaiiinan Clem Church of the Utah Rend Ci;mm ssion r.rd Henry llelland, Highway Department director, will be .'m Va?,iiiiigni on Tuesday lo pre:,c.!t their text: ninny to Sen. B ole's ceinm'.t.cc. They carry with them the blessir.'.'.s cf every state and rr.uu'icipal govcrcnicnlal ag-cr:-y in the seuthern Utah crca d.rectly involved. There is opposition to the li'ghway corridors from al-tra al-tra cor-;erva'iien groups, particularly par-ticularly the Sierra Club. They want to maintain hun-dr-.His of thousands of acres Cn primitive, inaccessible condition. The Standard - Examiner lands f.rnily fcr reasonab'e conserve? c:i p actices. We reccgnize that Utah is uniquely uniq-uely endewe;! wth secnic beauty that shou'd be maia-(r.'ncd maia-(r.'ncd in jewel-hke conditio.i fcr Hie benefit of fu'ure generations, gen-erations, as will as the people peo-ple livlrg here tcday. We have examined the III. rh I !'..;) iv;ry l)('pirliiii"nt ipr.'.pi.sa.1; nii ibi;,, parlieu-,1; parlieu-,1; r'y those c- ,ri .(i( irs north (1 Lake Pi.v II wluu'e the hi). lev-ays eventually will he 'l.'iiilt unless (he Co.'vgress sets' aside the area as wilderness. The roads would benefit everyone. They are vital to the economy n-f Southern Ula" and to its suiviva'l. There is room - and ;:r nery fur everyone. Without the h'gC'Aeys wily a wea'lhy few can ev; r cc-jey cc-jey these canyon and red-rock red-rock wondi rs. Wi'Ui the roads, built in a manner to complement comple-ment the country, the ordin ary Ir ivder can I a la:,1.: ( f the : ee.iry (nan h's own car. This l.-c.l" :-,!k.uM wt-.i h s app( lo re'uin an I explore ll:c ur.distui bed bad: ccun'ry. Ti.:.t, wc h-el, should he the goal of Congress and the Park Service. |
