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Show Officials He view Halls Creek Road Closure In response to pressures pres-sures brought to bear by Sen. Frank E. Moss, D-Utah, D-Utah, following protests over the closing of the Halls Creek Road in newly-expanded Capitol Reef National Park, a group of Park Service officials, along with state agency officials, toured the area Tuesday of this week to review the closure action. ac-tion. Moab Chamber of Com- sional Women will be held at Jo's Cafe, Wednesday, Wed-nesday, January 29, '12 Noon. A program is scheduled. Members should bring a guest and all women in the area are welcome to attend. merce officials had previously pre-viously protested the closure, and called on Sen. Moss for assistance. assist-ance. A letter was also drafted to the Superintendent Superin-tendent of Capitol Reef, asking for reconsideration. reconsidera-tion. Making the tour with Superintendent Franklin Wallace, were Regional NPS Director Lynn Thompson of Denver; Utah State NPS Director James Isenogle; State Road Commissioner Clem H. Church of Pan-guitch, Pan-guitch, and others. No decision de-cision was to be announced announ-ced following the Tuesday Tues-day tour, but it was ex-. ex-. pected that an answer (Continued on Page A3) Road Closure (Cont. from Page Al) would be forthcoming in the near future. In his most recent jab at the Park Service for closing the Road, Sen. t Moss stated: "I have al-a al-a ways supported a logical ja balance between totally wild and public access ( areas in Utah's varied gj scenic and wilderness jj areas." I After his last request, Senator Moss received notice that National Park Service Regional Direct-I Direct-I or, Lynn Thompson, f would make a personal !' survey of the jeep road Sarea. The road existed previously but was closed clo-sed as the area it traverses tra-verses was included in U in a proposal from the National Park Service t for a wilderness area. Senator Moss explained that the road does not ; disrupt scenic or fragile : areas and ". . .is the only way most people would be : able to see and appreci-j appreci-j ate these unique forma-5 forma-5 tions." s The next step, then, ; is to await Mr. Thomp-; Thomp-; son's report on his site ; survey. Senator Moss i feels confident the Na-l Na-l tional Park Service will 1 agree with him on the ; road request. Should the s jeep road be approved, li the boundary forthepro-i forthepro-i posed wilderness area ' will ha.ve to be slightly I reduced. |