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Show 5an Jucn Officials Slill Oppose '.'ark Additions, Letter Points Out sL Moinbers of the Smu n n Tounty Commission '. p:ist week .sent !l U'l- .' to Senator Frank K. ikvhirinir their option op-tion to Moss l.ilU wouKi pi-ovule for 'o.; p.msion of Canyonlands Jtional Park. Sn tlioir lotter. the Com-ssioners Com-ssioners stated that laek "l'muls for earo ami ex-psion ex-psion of current park .jUties has boon a prob-sinee prob-sinee the creation of i park almost 7 years "o. The lack of of funds u': -rordiiisr the Omniis-ii, Omniis-ii, has not proviiW for Miiiscvi completion of r -' ids i Gle" C;ul-von Rec-" Rec-" 1 ition nor has an airport n- . that same area been "upleted. The Commis-n Commis-n stated. "At this rate U will be -10 years before S'f amount of money will k i spoilt that was to have 1 r.jn used on development Si-fins the first five years." It was pointed out by the San Juan men that the bill creating the park was supported by them only because of the development develop-ment commit ment and wording which was to have called for the Park Service to maintain roads in the area. The Commission Commis-sion continued, "The Park Service lias refused to us. fume this responsibility from US 1 C0 (UuA near Church Rock to Dugout Ranch and San Juan County is burdened with, the obligation of maintenance mainten-ance of an access road to a National Park. There is no other National Park in Utah, or probably in the Nation, where such a condition con-dition exists." ''Because of the forcpo-inpr forcpo-inpr and other reasons . . jriven in testimony at hearings 'held on bills to San Juan County Commis- sion with virtually 100 per cent support of our people peo-ple reman unalterably opposed op-posed to any expansion of Canyonlands National Park at least until the Park Service keeps faith with all Americans t make the Park accessble, and with the people of San Juan County who 'Rave up' multiple use benefits of a (quarter million acres of land for promised economic econom-ic .benefits ... If the rark Service doesn't have the funds to administer and develop a 2f0,000 acre-Park acre-Park what kind of a job could they do adding: ano. ther third to it. We are opposed to any action on a bill creating G.C.R.A. (.Glen Canyon Recreation Area"), at this time and request re-quest that the Counties and the State be consulted consult-ed on any bill before it is introduced. The Commissioners also al-so sent letters to the other members of the Utah Con-'gressional Con-'gressional delegation and to George B. llartzopr, director di-rector of this National Park Service region. |