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Show Trail report now available Colorado 80225 or the Southwest Region, P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501. Although the study team found the trail qualified to be designated as either a national historic or national scenic trail, they found little public suport lor such designation. With the consideration for the lack of public support and the current fiscal situation, the team recommended that no federal action be taken, and that the trail not be included as either a national historic or national scenic trail in the National Trail System at this time. The team recommended, however, that the trail be reevaluated at some time in the future, when attitudes at-titudes and fiscal conditions con-ditions may be more favorable for such designation. The Final National Trail Study Report for the Dominguez-Escalante Trail is now available from the National Park Service. The study was initiated to determine if the route of the 1,800-mile journey taken " by ' Franciscan Fathers in 1776 should be established as a component com-ponent on the National Trails System. Fathers Francisco Antanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante set out to establish a route from Santa Fe, N.M. to Monterey, Calif., but thier journey was unsuccessful. un-successful. It turned into a five-month, 1,794-mile round trip through parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona. The study was conducted con-ducted by representatives represen-tatives of the involved states, the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Forest Service. Additional information and copies of the final report may be obtained from the National Park Service Rocky Mountain Region, 655 Parfet Street, P.O; Box 25287, Denver, |