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Show ! DLP to be good ' neighbor, IMiGQys Congressman Dan Mar-I Mar-I riott said he is pleased with the new Secretary of In-' In-' terior's approach towards I several issues which are 1 facing Utah. Secretary Jamey Watt said he hopes to settle several controversial issues suchas the Sagebrush Rebellion by making the Department func-. func-. tion as a good neighbor, i like that attitude. This means the Department will strive to do its job and open a channel of open and candid communication with the states. If the BLM had been doing a responsible job in the first place, people would not have become dissatisfied dis-satisfied with the federal management of state land, Watt recognizes that BLM's biggest problem is with management, man-agement, therefore, his emphasis em-phasis will be on man. agement with a balance between be-tween environmental needs and public land uses. Watt also recognizes the seriousness of the problems which could result from VS. dependence on foreign nations na-tions for several non fuel minerals. Marriott said the Secretary's Secre-tary's philosophy regarding regard-ing conservation is logical, He recognizes the need to develop the energy resources resour-ces of this country, yet he Is also concerned about preserving pre-serving the environment. According to him we have the choice of either developing develop-ing a responsible program for using our energy resources re-sources now, or waiting until un-til a crisis forces us to develop de-velop a crash program at a later date. I concur. |