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Show IN ijMKUHity f R! ffyKlKCXte ' ... iK;o the Needles Vunvoiilands Na- :'.'Vrk Ust week fully ! e:v'e au!i' ' '7- action taken bv ... Mtl rark Service )g :; r threatened to ''ti delicate aura of , coexistence that u" -; -e sr.d this desk 4.5 .. -ss cc-p;e of years. , -.; i:rj was out that ;n. s had closed ot'f 2 ( : F.vket" to vehicle Kin Focket, a de-y de-y -.' jhi- tributary to : Citycu. is only a Jj chve from the en-station, en-station, and con-s con-s "m; ir.il of the nic-c nic-c Aiisii ruins to be Cu i tie bij park. A " was blazed bto tr.e 5' 2 tie early l?50's. Ken used by visi-. visi-. 6 :- :;r:u:des and others rears. TI- i:: tie word was right after turning oft tit F.utn Pocket road. I: trreler is now met i series of poles p'ant-, p'ant-, ii tie Diddle of the S trl rioted Park Service 'j letii? the traveler IV : t ia no uncertain 1T1. .tj iit this is the end ' i; i'cze. Whether or not :-. can ever be "sce-0 "sce-0 .a!: restored' after 20 ':3 ?: hard use, is a f; r-stti only time will Tie big question fi-Whr this particular ft" ? so many other -! a:; left almost at .terete disposal of Z i:::i;:s? 2 is expected, I came .mt nxet at this act of r f "-i-g:ment, thinking : r r.tetts of reasons why i'.a should not only a": open, but interpreters interpret-ers tie extent that the I --si visitor might get aa f fi: rsater enjoyment iy": his visit i more miles of driv-;P driv-;P :;P Horse Canyon, hov- Kiiowed my anger. 't f-! heavy visitor -'olving a large nun-2 nun-2 '''ijt&nwA jeep clu'03 " ":- 25 individual trav-'j trav-'j cut rc,ads wher ; r'iii existed a f ew ill ,fceore- Battered yih and sandy ruts l:f Proof that Horsn -a can stand only so '. "nicss some ac- a:tion to be taken, a!' 1 ''er' is the big ques-i-i , answered. V ;.;frful that instead of rangers on patrol canyon on regular, ' '-rf- season duty, tho. 1 .;. Vision will be sim-;;'tVethe sim-;;'tVethe canyon to I t-'-u18 traffic. That ;.- .;dr unfortunate, as W limit the ereat : of traveling UJ f rf most hardy :;;;; re are plenty of , ;-4.s'n'he Needles like k : -Ia L,ini'r-"Iands was J t:-."v ' ,v,'e were told by that this would Pfk -here s''f ' VVoul(i '-f't only - Cd' hut encoura?- -;-'.d i r:uJ3 al'"e;ldv . :-'i t-t.n ?reat numbers, I 'ouId be left op-' op-' :'.;,;,.S,-0ry went. That "rie in thr.r.r V.,,f works a little differently in praeuce in an area that will probably see a doubling doubl-ing if visitation each year for the iuxt few years. The policy which will y-overn management prac rices in the future, must be established today bo-fere bo-fere the situation gets any worse. Our greatest hope is that when the park planners sit down to lcg.n writing that policy, they will involve a few outsiders outsid-ers who have a stake in the outcome. Lovers of the area, commercial tourguid-cs tourguid-cs and local jrovernmenl officials have every right to be given a chance to make a recommendation. And who knows maybe the outsiders could coma up with some answers that the experts would never think of. Sam Taylor |