Show Added Concessionaires At Dinosaur Opposed V Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce directors unanimously voted Tuesday to oppose the forthcoming decision of the National Park Service to increase th the number of concessionaires within the theD theE thet E t National Monument from the present two to five A LETTER ill v.-ill be sent to the Dinosaur Dinosaur Dino National Monument Superintendent dent the Park Service and Sen Frank FrankK FrankI I K Moss staling slating the Vernal Chambers Chamber's stand opposing additional river running concessionaires unless the present ones fail fall to take lake care of the river running business The two conducting river trips within Dinosaur National Monument J are arc Hatch latch River Expeditions of Vernal who ho have been serving the area for about 20 years and Western River Expeditions of Salt Lake City who have been in the area for about 12 years HATCH RIVER Expeditions in presenting pre renting its opposition to the Superintendent dent of Dinosaur National Monument 1 stated staled that the area used by present float trip operators and two concessionaires concessionaires conces within the monument was far too small to handle the volume necessary necessary sary to add three more additional concessionaires Campsites at the present time arc congested and the large number of boats floating the river is destroying the wild wilderness erness experience which is the very reason for far the trip explained the Hatch River protest HATCH RIVER RIVE R Expeditions alone has over 75 boats and over 75 lic lie boatmen This single operation could alone over congest the river area in Dinosaur Monument stated Don Hatch We do not wish to increase volume in Dinosaur but to protect pro test what is there additional concessionaires wont won't do this remarked Mr 11 Hatch In summarizing the problem Hatch River explained the D Dinosaur area cannot can not handle a greater volume of river passengers More 1 concessionaires will only mean that the river business will w willbe willbe be split five ways instead of two LETTERS HAVE been written by Hatch River Expedition for protection of the two Dinosaur which are arc Utah based against the pro proposed posed three additional concessionaires which are arc allegedly Colorado based |