Show Land use meeting scheduled Considerable public opinion was generated last week when the Utah Legislature debated a aLand aLand aLand Land Use Planning Bill The Legislature eventually passed abill a abill abill bill which called for Cor planning of oC watershed and other borad areas of oC land but was to not Include planning on a county level EXTENSION has a program arranged to explain what Land Use Planning is for Cor forand forand and how the new Utah law will affect local land owners Everyone is Invited to attend allend the public meeting which will be beheld beheld beheld held in the Uintah County Courtroom at pm p.m. Tuesday February 12 This willbe will willbe willbe be the last session of the Agriculture Production Con Con- Conference Terence ference which has been covering a wide range of oC topics of particular interest to the farmers and ranchers of oC the area Speakers on the program include Burton Carlson Utah State Planning Coordinator William Reese Political Liaison Utah Power and Light Company Representative Glade Utah Legislature Booth Executive Director Utah Farm Bureau i and Clare Williams Legal Staff Union Pacific Railroad These men have had experience on both the national and state levels on Land Use Planning They were all involved in the drafting of the Utah bill but do not represent the same point of view THERE HAS liAS been a terrific amount of oC emotional reaction to the Utah bill much of which is not based on fact said Dr Vaughn Hunsaker area agronomy specialist Utah State University Extension He encouraged everyone who has interest in the legislation to attend the meeting and hear first hand what the bill was designed to do and how it will affect them geographical areas and were marked with collars color coded to the four areas Visual sightings of the marked animals will enable biologists to determine if there is intermixing of the populations IN TilE THE first part of the study a year ago more ewes than rams were marked and monitored and valuable data on the extent of their home ranges were obtained This year eight rams and four ewes were marked and hopefully information on the movement of the rams may now be gathered said John Biologists will monitor the sheep every two weeks in fixed- fixed wing aircraft One such aerial survey has been taken and the radios are reportedly working well The radios have a directional system which enables biologists to pinpoint the animals' animals location even though they cannot be seen IN TilE THE rugged southern Utah terrain radio telemetry is the only possible way to monitor the bighorn said Mr John |