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Show LIVESTOCK MEN OPPOSE CEDAR BREAKS PARK Scenic Area Under Federal Government Management Would Seriously Curtail Grazing Lands in District The National Park Service desires de-sires to create a national park at Cedar Breaks with an area of eighty-three square miles, according to a letter from Director Di-rector Horace M. Albright to the office of the chief forester in Washington, D. C, a copy of which has been received by the supervisor in Cedar City. A map of the area is attached attach-ed with a proposal to discuss the transfer to the parks service when congress meets next winter. win-ter. When the move to make the Breaks a national park was first started it was thought that only a small area around the Breaks would be taken and that it would affect the grazing rights of only a few sheep men, but the present pres-ent plan would have a much greater effect on the livestock industry of the country, msieau of taking off about one herd of sheep it would take up the range of possibly six herds from Cedar City owners, a like amount from Parowan and besides a good share of the cattle range of Cedar people. The area would extend east to the thick timber on the west side of Hancock peak and into Sage valley; it would include the Three Creeks section, the Cedar canyon cattle dsitrict, the Six Lakes section and the Breaks proper. Sixty-nine square miles of the area would be within the Dixie national forest, and fourteen four-teen miles would he outside the boundaries. The park area would be reserved re-served strictly for recreational purposes and the grazing and the timber resources would not be available. The Cedar-Long Valley road traverses the area and would make it possible that the park service would charge a fee for crossing through the park as is done on the Zion-Mt. Carmel tunnel road. The creation of a national park of this size would no doubt greatly affect the administration administra-tion of the forest service as well as tie up the grazing and forest resources. |
