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Show M "-' Z Wednesday, February 28, 2007 B LM 's February Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets $1.8 BLM Utah's February quarterly quar-terly oil and gas lease sale netted net-ted $18 million dollars today, which was drawn on 65 parcels (108,000 acres) that were lease f.nd 58 parcels (93,000 acres) that were sold. Bids ranged from $2 to $900 per acre. Parcels at the February sale were also sold in Beaver, Carbon, Grand, San Juan, Uintah Counties. The highest bid per acre for a parcel was $900 per acre for 40 acres in Grand County (by Deer Valley Resources of Salt Lake City) and the highest overall total for a parcel was $111,300 for 2,120 acres in Uintah County (Contex Energy in Denver). "The sale results reflect that Utah is at the heart of the Rocky Mountain oil and gas frontier.'1 said Terry Catlin, THE POWER TO GET A - LEAR, MEAN, TECH iJlACHO WE. 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The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and the 1967 Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reform Act authorize leasing of Federal oil and gas resources. with NEXTEL for 4-nort or iss far a or $20 wireless modem. Eora 830 3 IBTAmft Animal Services district board names new member On Monday, Feb. 26, commissioners commis-sioners at the Uintah County meeting appointed Annette Hatch to the vacant Animal Control and Shelter Special Services Ser-vices District board position. County commissioners also discussed the potential development develop-ment of Agriculture Protection Area within the county Darrell Gillman, Soils Conservation Con-servation District board member, mem-ber, said, '"The soils conservation conserva-tion district is very interested in this protection for farm producers pro-ducers in the county" A distinction of this type af Chamber internet auction underway Vernal Chamber of Commerce Com-merce Internet Portion of 'Radio' 'Ra-dio' Auction is underway Register online http:ver-nalchamberauction.com http:ver-nalchamberauction.com and participate in the 18th annual OnlineRadio Auction. These are the items auctioned auc-tioned online only. "Internet Only Items" for bid online with the exclusive listing of "Internet "Inter-net Only Items" category The "Internet Only Items" portion of the auction will end before the radio portion of the auction begins, so the highest bidder for each item online will win that item. Internet items will be added on a daily basis. Check back of- SITLA legislation School and institutional trust lands legislation, presented pre-sented by Senator Bob Bennett (S390) proposes to trade mineral and development properties in southeastern Utah, along the Colorado River, for the benefit Utah schools. S390 is actually reintroduced to the Senate, tabled for lack of time in the previous session. ." "The legislation represents a truly collaborative process that has included local governments, the state, the recreation and environmental en-vironmental communities, and other interested parties," Bennett Ben-nett said in addressing the Senate. Sen-ate. Trust lands totaling 3.5 million mil-lion acres were dedicated to support Utah public education when the State joined the Union in 1896. The proposed trade will involve approximately 40,000 acres of these lands being exchanged ex-changed for Bureau of Land Management properties, resulting result-ing in the preservation of the Colorado River's Westwater Canyon, the Slickrock and Ko-kopelli Ko-kopelli biking trails, viewsheds for Arches National Park, and other recreational and environmentally environ-mentally sensitive areas as federally fed-erally owned properties. Utah Republican Senator Or-rin Or-rin Hatch backed the bill when it was previously presented and is cosponsoring the legislation again this year. "Senator Bennett has put together to-gether a good bill for everyone involved. Well have more money mon-ey for Utah's schools, which we desperately need. And well have more coordinated management manage-ment of some very important public lands," he said. Part of the reasoning behind the proposed land trade is that the school trust lands are scattered scat-tered throughout Utah, with much of the property flanked by public lands. This makes management and utilization Citizens for Education Alliance organizes Former governor Olene Walker and A. Scott Anderson, presidentCEO of Zion's Bank announced Feb. 15 that they are in the process of forming an alliance of Utahns who strongly support the public education system. "An effective public education educa-tion system is the best investment invest-ment for the future of strong communities, a strong state, and a strong nation," said the two co-chairs. They commend the Governor for his strong budget recommendations recom-mendations for increased educational edu-cational funding. The committee, which is fords property that normally sustains agricultural use be afforded af-forded protection as residential lands encroach upon farmlands. This is a 'right to farm' resolution resolu-tion that protects the farmer from nuisance complaints by new arrivals who are unfamiliar unfamil-iar with agriculture industry operations. The discussion of agriculture agricul-ture zones was tabled until additional ad-ditional information could be made available to county residents resi-dents and data on other counties coun-ties with similar areas could be reviewed. ten. "Internet Only Items" will not be auctioned off during the radio portion of the auction, so if you wish to bid on an "Internet "Inter-net Only Items," place your bid online before Friday, March 9th at 3 p.m. when the online auction auc-tion ends. The radio portion of the Chamber Auction will begin on Friday, March 16 at 9 a.m. and end at 12 p.m. Listen to KVEL 920 AM, and support your local Chamber of Commerce. Should you encounter any problems with the auction web site, e-mail Monica at salewalstonet.com for assistance. assis-tance. presented of the trust lands difficult. The proposed bill is part of an ongoing ongo-ing effort to consolidate environmentally envi-ronmentally sensitive lands like the Colorado River properties and also provide the education system with property that can be utilized to produce money ' tor schools. ' ..,, .... i h P Hundreds' of thousands of acres nave oeen similarly con-, solidated in the past. . TTG 9CC UU9 CA.WICU1C 09 M. win-win solution for the state of : Utah and its school children, as well as the Department of the Interior, the caretaker of our public lands," Bennett said. Lin Alder is the executive director of Citizens for Dixie's Future, a local group that advocates ad-vocates for smart growth in Washington County. He said the research and development leading lead-ing up to the Recreational Land Exchange Act were well executed execut-ed by those involved. "The inclusive process that led to this bill is the kind of process needed to produce legislation leg-islation on controversial land issues," he said. Alder said his understanding is that the process leading to the bill was inclusive of all positions posi-tions and came about without pressure from any side. "It was an honest dialogue between all the affected parties. par-ties. This bill acknowledges the economic value of recreational lands, as well as the appropriate appropri-ate location of development projects," he said. "We support this kind of thoughtful, careful care-ful planning, and I would offer congratulations to those who participated in the development of the legislation, from Senator Bennett's office to state officials to the local people, because these are very complicated issues." Alder noted that legislation affecting public lands takes an enormous amount of work and patience. tentatively called "Citizens for Education Excellence" is being formed. Membership of the group is not yet final, but currently cur-rently includes, besides Walker and Anderson: Lane Beattie, LaVell Edwards, Ardeth Kapp, John Pingree, Dave Sperry, and Lynne Ward. They expect their effort to take several years, and they intend to provide citizen support sup-port for all policy makers and the public as they seek to strengthen Utah schools. For additional information, contact Olene Walker, 801-891-5458 or A. Scott Anderson, 801-524-4839. wwwMbta-vbet.com622-so07 .r |