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Show rSPOO Feedback Dear Senator, Please register this letter let-ter as a formal complaint concerning a controlled burning the Bureau of Land Management made 18 miles west of Beaver, Utah, August Aug-ust 21, 1978 that resulted in a wild fire burning. At the time of this letter approximately approxi-mately 3,000 acres of public and private land has been burned of which only 300 acres was in the control burn area. A number of people make it known that they thought the burn should be put off for the following reasons. 1. The wood in the area is the only oak available to cut on public lands at this time for firewood. The Fall and Winter is the time most people peo-ple cut their firewood, they don't cut it in the heat of the summer. 2. This is public land and if it or its assets can be us -ed we see no reason to hurry hur-ry such a burn except to preserve a bureaucrat's job. 3. The Forest Service in the area has limited cutting in the forests to deadwood on the ground. You can not cut any standing deadwood this year. This has forced people peo-ple to cut their wood on BLM Dear Ed: I would appreciate it very much if you would print this in the paper for me. I am sure all the groups of the 1930's graduates feel as I do. The reunion was a great success. The three days with class members was planned beautifully. Of course, it could not have been such a success without the good members there in Milford. Please give me this opportunity oppor-tunity to tell them, Thanks loads, we all love you and appreciate your great effort. ef-fort. Irene M. Gerkin Dear Editor: In regard to the recent "controlled" fire burn on the east side of the Mineral Miner-al Range: I think this, and most other "controlled" fire burns, is a sad mistake in- stigated for the benefit of a few. I feel sure many wild animals and birds are killed, as well as much feed for our deer herds. If I were guilty of such a deed, I would be up at the Point of the Mountain! We are told by the BLM that we can't cut Cedar Posts, gather fire wood, build a camp fire, pick up rocks, collect arrow heads, ( and other numerous things without with-out a permit on "our" public pub-lic lands. This agency, in turn can do anything they desire de-sire in the name of BLM business. I would like to go on rec -ord, along with many others, in protest against future ac -tions of this kind. Gale V. Banks Senators Jake Garn and Or- rin Hatch P. O. Box 99 Cedar City, Utah 84720 land or private land, and most private land owners don't want people on their property during grazing season, sea-son, makingtheareainques-gion makingtheareainques-gion one of the few places wood can be taken without too much trouble. It is our contention that the BLM and persons in charge of making these decisions de-cisions be made to answer for what we feel was: 1. Not in response to the public voice. 2. Poor planning in the time of the year for the "controlled burn." 3. Bad judgement in not postponing the burn under the dry, windy weather conditions con-ditions at the time of the burn. We would at this time like to make a few suggestions pertaining to "controlled burns." 1. If there is an asset such as the oak was on this particular burn that it be made available to the general public as long as there is an asset or until the interest in the area concerned con-cerned is minimum if this means 2 or 3 years to clear an area of wood or the other asset so be it. 2. The BLM should be more responsive to public voice by letting the public be aware of what they are doing, and if it is a controversial con-troversial item holding hearings, or at least registering regis-tering comments made to the agency and answer to these comments. We wish to thank you for your' interst and help in this matter. Sincerely, " Paul Wilden William Paddock Kenneth Riddle Brent Walker Gerald Hyatt Lori Dodge Scott Bott John Star ley LaVoy Star ley Fern Dee Bryant Merlin Sorensen Wallace E. Adams Dear Editor: Labor Day has always been a weekend of high fire dan -ger and this year is no exception. ex-ception. During the month of August we received a couple of days of summer moisture. This mositure helped reduce the fire danger temporarily. temporar-ily. As you have noticed, our hillsides are very brown and the vegetation is completely dried out. Even a few leaves on the trees have started to dry out. With all the vegetation drying out, the risk of fire increases tremendously. tre-mendously. This year we have had quite a few costly fires. These fires have not only been costly in the term of dollars (12 million dollars) but also in lost resources. Valuable timber, wildlife habitat, along with good livestock grazing land has been lost. The majority of the fires this summer have been man-caused. man-caused. Many of those fires have been along our highways and can be traced to a dis-carded dis-carded cigarette butt. Campfires have also been the cause of many fires. Either they were improperly built or left unattended. We, at the State Forester's office, feel that with the public's cooperation and support that we will be able to cut down on the number of man -caused fires over this holiday weekend. So, during your travels, be extra ex-tra careful and when you are out enjoying Utah's natural beauty remember that a single match, a discarded cigarette or an unattended campfire can destroy many acres of scenic beauty. |