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Show Area counties support High Uintah wilderness In a meeting held at the Daggett County Courthouse last week, Republican Rep. Jim Hansen and county commissioners representing Summit, Duchesne, Uintah and Daggett counties agreed to support a proposal to include 408,000 acres in the High Uinta Wilderness Area. Other proposals included 520,000 acres recommended by the U.S. Forest. Service and 700,000 by environmentalists. en-vironmentalists. According to Daggett County Commissioner LaRay Sadlier, the governor-appointed wilderness committee agreed with the Daggett County Commissioners' recommendations. recom-mendations. Passage of the wilderness area proposal by Congress would set aside portions of Summit, Duchesne, Uintah and Daggett counties within the eastern Uintah Mountain range and will include hundreds of pristine lakes. According to Bob Minerod, area ranger for the Flaming Gorge area, the wilderness area will be maintained as a primitive area free from the influence of man. |