Vernal Express | 1953-01-22 | Page 2 | 'Subdued' Bill Seen Block to Echo Park Section

subdued 9 bill een n block 1 to echo park WASHING TONA california cong congressman has introduced trod a bill bm in the house Mk which hc has all I 1 the earmarks of a new effort to block the utah echo park dam bays says news re ports the bill ace according to its title would establish the green river canyons national park in the states of colorado and utah from a portion of dinosaur national monument and for other purposes bill provision ProT ision actually what the bill would do is remove from the present monument area two areas wh which ch in include c lude the site of the old browns park dain damsite site which has been suggested as one of the alternate sites to the echo perk pork dam the hill was sponsored by rep leroy johnso John sori Stock lori tod republican lican reportedly a good friend of the opposition to echo 0 park opposition aid michael W straus commissioner of reclamation told the tribune it appeared the bill was transparently given him johnson me bytha scenic opposition to the ec echo 0 park dam he said that passage of such a bill would strengthen the case ease of the opposition to the echo park dam which the so called wildlife groups group oppose on the grounds its rese reservoir would flood a small portion of the monument