Park Record | 2004-09-15 | Page 30

Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 15-17, 2004 The Park Record B-6 Recreation Report WasatcFCache National Forest ^7. In the Uinta Mountains.all campgrounds and trailheads and water systems except those above Shady Dell are open.There are no specific fire restrictions in place, but caution is advised. The Ranger recommends being prepared for cold conditions at higher elevations. For more information about camping and hiking, including fire regulations call the Kamas Ranger District, 435-783-4338. Boating, Jbishing, Hiking, Camping Facilities and services are available at: Wasatch Mountain State Park- (435) 654-179 l;Jordanelle State Park - [phone]; Rock. Cliff Nature Center - [phone]; Rockport State Park [phone]; For more primitive trails and camping, contact the U.S. Forest Service - [phone]. Wasatch has a fishing pond> that offers fishing and free equipment rentals to kids. Hiking and Bikiiie ™*" The Mountain Trails Foundation maintains 300 miles of trails in and around r V k G t y . As of Tuesday, Sept. 10 their Trail of theWfeek' is Mid Mountain Train from Park City to Rnebrook Watch out for orange fencing and construction equipment on Lower Sweeney's Switchback through October The Team Big BearTrail at Deer valley is dosed. Trail maps are available at bite shops and the Visitors Center. The Tour Des Suds will be held on Sept. 18. For more information, call 649-6839 or visit wwwrnountaintrails.org. Sundarice Resort offers hiking and bikrig for the summer season For more iriforrnaboa call [phone] or visit www.surxianceresorT.com Fir£ Conditions Fire danger is currently moderate, but caution is advised. Summit County has banned fireworks this summer. Open fires reauire a permit available through fire wardens, fire chiefs, sheriffs o r through the State Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. For more information, contact the Division at [phone]. Park City Go] The Park City Golf Club course is open, weather permitting, from 9 a.m. t o dusk. For more information, call 6(5-5800 or visit www.parkcitygolfclub.org. You can now use the web site to book your tee time. r w wv •< m.-. "Gdlf Courses "" golf courses open to the public include: Wasatch Mountain State Park. Midway - [phone];The Homestead Resort, Midway - (435) 654-1-102; Round Valley Golf Course, Morgan - [phone]; Soldier Hollow. Midway - [phone] Deer Valley Resort Endangered Species Act assessed Endangered Species Act during his lime as chairman and wanted to hear about local hardships. The panel of Southern Southern California officials took advantage of a federal forum California officials - Fonlana Friday to complain bitterly about Mayor Mark Nuaimi, Fontana the cooling effect the Endangered Council woman Josie Gonzales, Species Act sometimes has on Riallo Mayor Grace Vargas and Collon Mayor Deirdre Bennett - growth. 'the hearing of the House were happy W> oblige. Committee on Resources at the Bennett blamed the fly for Fonlana City Hail touched on failed projects and even roadside problems cities and developers trash. Her city is not allowed to have had working around the use heavy equipment to remove endangered Delhi Sands giant roadside trash because of the flower-loving fly. the kangaroo rat damage that could be caused to and desert tortoise. the fly's habitat. "They are pests. Nothing more, nothing less." she Speakers talked about ways the act could be changed to reduce said. lawsuits and re-evaluate both the Rep. Joe Baca. D-Calif.. who number of species listed as endan- had requested the field hearing, gered and the amount of land set asked panelists if they'd ever seen aside for them. one of the inch-long flies, which "None of that is intended to emerge from the Delhi Sand destroy the act. We're just trying dunes only in the hot summer to make it so the mayor of months. He implied that the flics Font ana can have economic might be extinct. development," said committee Nuaimi prcsenled him with a chairman Rep. Richard Pombo, T-shirt with an image of the fly, R-Calif. ^It is just not about sav- saying that the picture is the closing endangered species any more. est any Fontana resident has come It has become a way of controlling to seeing it. land use with a federal hammer." Gonzales suggested that insecBrian Kennedy, a spokesman ticide spraying several miles north for Pombo and the committee, to kill mosquitoes that spread said the legislator has held about West Nile virus might have killed 12 field hearings on the off the flies as well. By NAOMI KRESGE MedidNeun Group Wire Most panelists urged the three members of Congress present - Baca. Pombo and Rep. George Radanovich, R-Calif. - to change the way the act is enforced. "It's being used, as has been expressed by many, as a hammer to stop development or to extort money out of development," Nuaimi said. Just one speaker. Dan Silver, executive director of the Endangered Habitats League, argued that instead of changing the 30-year-old law, local developers, policymakers and conservationists should work together to develop a broad-based plan for how to enforce it and still allow economic development. Silver called for a habitat-conservation plan like the one approved this year in Riverside County. San Bernardino County attempted a similar plan in the late 1990s, but did not finish the process. vv In my view, (the act is) not broken," Silver said. " I don't believe it needs fixing, in terms of changed scientific procedures. The safety net should not be weakened." Much of the discussion related to changes proposed in two bills the Committee on Resources approved in July. One, sponsored by Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., would give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service more lime to consider whether to list a species as endangered. The second, sponsored by Rep. Greg Waldo n, R - O r c . would change the way I he act defines the science on which a decision to list a species should be based. Environmentalists oppose both bills, saying they would weaken the act. and local uiivironmentalisls said Friday's hearing was a thinly veiled attempt to drum up support for them. "H seemed everybody was talking about how bad everything was instead of talking aboul how we could sit down and talk to each other, which is what we need to do," said Terry Wold, conservation program director n( the San Gorgonio chapter of iho Sierra Club. Proponents of the changes say they will make the act more effective by adding a peer review process and reducing the flow of endangered species-related lawsuits, which they say leave the Fish and Wildlife Service with little money for conservation programs. Bloomberg: NYC may nab Olympic bid (APJ New York will be forced to abandon its bid'to host the 2012 Olympics if a deal is not reached soon on a $1.4 billion stadium for the New York Jets. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday. "If we were not to get the stadium going very soon, we will have to drop out of our bid for the Olympics." Bloomberg said before participating in the coin toss at the Jets' opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. Tlie plan calls for a $1.4 billion stadium built above a rail yard on Manhattan's far West Side. But the idea has met with opposition from neitihborhood residents. local politicians and some civic groups. 'l"hc proposed stadium would house the Jets and anchor the city's bid for the Olympics. Under the proposal, the Jets would " spend $800 million and the city and state would add $300 million each. The Jets play in New Jersey, sharing a stadium with the New York Giants. New York is one of five finalists for the 2012 Olympics, along with Paris. London. Madrid and Moscow. The Intcrnaiioiuil Olympic Com mil lee will announce the winner in July. Deer Valley Resort's summer activities will continue Friday through Sunday until Sept. 19. Hikers and mountain biking enthusiasts can now use either the Sterling life from the Silver Lake Lodge or the Silver Lake Express lift from the Snow Park Lodge t o access trails. For more information or a list of upcoming events at Deer Valley, log on to www.deervalley.com. * • ..in.ij ai^i The Canyons • i r* The Canyons summer activities are scheduled Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. The Farmer's Market is open on Wednesdays. Hikers and bikers can enjoy lift-assisted access to mountain trails. For more info, call 649-5400 or log on to www.thecanyons.com. Park City Mountain Resort Park City Mountain Resort late summer and early fall activities will be in operation Friday through Sunday until Oct. 31, weather permitting. Hours will be from noon until 7 p.m. Among the summer activities are the Alpine Slide, Climbing Wall, ZipRider, Miniature Gotf, Horseback Riding and more.TheTown Lift is also operating. For more info, call 800-222-7275; or log on at www.parkcitymountain.com. Utah Olympic Park The Utah Olympic Park is open for activities Friday through Sundays including Freestyle and Adventure Camps, Street Luge.Aerial Bungee and tethered Hot Air Balloon Rides and the new ZipRider Saturday will have a Freestyle Big Air STOW. Guests can still visit the Joe Quinney Winter Sports CenteWAtf Engen Ski Museum. For more information, call 658-4200 or visit www.blyparks.com. Volunteers Wanted for Navajo Rug Show 1 Come to the meeting , Wednesday, September 15 6:00pm Adopt-A-Native Elder is meeting ; for its 15th Anniversary Rug ( Snow November 10-14, 2004 and are looking for volunteers who want co work the show. 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