Show Ouray Refuge Gets Fund Hike A Senate Appropriations Sub Sub- Subcommittee committee last week approved more than 21 million in utah projects under the Interior Department fiscal year 1966 fund request according to Sen ator Wallace F Bennett Most of the items were in the budget however the subcommittee at Ute the request of Senator Bennett increased the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge reo re- request quest by The Committee also okayed a total for various phase phases es of development at the newly formed National Park Park- The largest item in that total is for construe construction tion of roads in the park An amendment sponsored by Sena Sena- Senator tor Bennett to the National Park Bill in the las last t Congress provided for the road roa d development program Manage ment and protection were list ed with and maintenance ance and of cal facilities were listed as reo re- receiving Senator Bennett listed the utah budgetary approvals from froc each agency within the Interior Department as for Bureau of land for Bureau of Indian Affairs for National Park Service for Bur Burcan eau can of Outdoor Recreation 2 for US Geological Sur ve for Bureau of Mines 1460 for Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and for Interior Administration functions The Increase in the Ouray Na Na- Na National Wildlife refuge request will be used for development work in the Shepherd Bottoms area of the refuge which is located 26 miles southwest of Vernal Utah |