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Show i C-8 The Park Record Saturday, November 11, 2000 STOCK MARKET DRIVING 1 2-1 5! Real Estate Secured CALL RON KADZIEL 649-9S56 FiKST WESTERN anchor steals back his impounded cattle 0 Cattle seized by feds from the Grand Staircase-Escalante national monument SALT LAKE CITY (AP) With law enforcement officers looking on. a Utah rancher took back cattle impounded last month by the federal government. govern-ment. "1 went up there and took my cattle home," said Mary Bullock, a Kanab rancher who has battled the Bureau of Land Management over grazing privileges in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Three weeks ago. BLM wran glers began rounding up Bullock's cattle after monument manager Kate Cannon determined deter-mined Bullock had failed to comply com-ply with repeated orders to remove the animals from the drought-stricken monument. About 45 cattle were to be sold at auction Tuesday in Salina. but Bullock, flanked by 15 sympathetic sym-pathetic ranchers from Kane County and Nevada, persuaded local authorities to release the cattle to her. "The U.S. attorney believes this is an utter flaunting of the rule of law." said Melodie Rydalch. spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney. "We will pursue all administrative, criminal and civil remedies against the people who did this. ... What happened - we can't let that stand." Rydalch said federal attorneys will be in court soon seeking legal action. The U.S. attorney appears to be most disgruntled with Sevier County Sheriff and cattleman Phil Barney, who allowed the cattle cat-tle to be turned over to Bullock, The Salt Lake Tribune said. Barney previously said he would help the BLM with its impoundment . and auction, telling the U.S. attorney it did not need to send any federal police to Salina for Tuesday's auction. Rydalch said. "When you give your word to the U.S. attorney, that ought to stand for something." she said. Barney did not return phone calls Wednesday seeking comment. com-ment. The sheriff decided to release the cattle about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, apparently after consulting con-sulting with Sevier County Attorney Don Brown, who TQ PEGASUS Pegasus has made it hassle.free and as easy as 1-2-3 to have satellite television installed in your home. One phene call or a visit to your local Pegasus dealer and you're well on your way to enjoying the benefits of satellite TV! It doesn't get any easier than that! You don't have to buy the equipment -we'll provide all you need to be up and running in no time. Just enjoy one of our Total Choice" programming pockoges for one year and pay your monthly bill automatically with a credit or debit card. We'll install your DIRECTV System for you. For a small, one-time set up fee of -49, a professional will come to your home and set up the entire system. 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With Barney, his deputies and several Utah Highway Patrol troopers looking on, Builock and her fellow ranchers loaded her cattle, along with a hall dozen head belonging to Escalante rancher Quinn Griffin, into four cattle trucks. The cattle were being held at the time at the Producers Auction in Salina. The auction's owner earlier had refused to sell the animals, saying the BLM had failed to submit proper documentation docu-mentation of ownership. Bullock said several area ranchers had pressured the auction auc-tion companv not to cooperate with the BLM. Once loaded onto trucks, the animals were driven south and released at multiple locations which Bullock refused to disclose. dis-close. Kane County Sheriff Lamont Smith, anticipating federal law enforcement action, dispatched his deput.es Wednesday to interview inter-view Bullock and the ranchers. Smith said if federal agents attempt to take back the animals from the ranchers, he will make sure the agents have proper documentation. doc-umentation. "I will abide by the law." Smith said. "But I'm going to do my job." Landowner demanding access fee ASPEN. Colo (AP) A landowner who has been letting skiers use a trail on his property for free is now asking the 10th Mountain Division Hut Svstem to pay $;4.(H) annually for access. Hut system officials have vowed to find another route to the top of Smuggler Mountain rather than pay the fee. Peter Looram. executive director of the hut svstem. said landowner Wilk Wilkinson didn't did-n't mention a fee when !Plh Mountain Division Hut Association representatives first discussed building two small ski huts that opened in 1997 neat" Warren Lakes. Hut system representatives sent Wilkinson a document that would have formalized a trail easement. Looram said, but it was not returned. When Looram called to inquire about the agreement, between one and two vears ago. Wilkinson mentioned that he'd like some compensation for use of the trail. "1 said. Wait. Wilk, that's a change from what we agreed on." Looram said. "He said. 'My situation's changed "' Wilkinson said he requested a trail fee last month. "I asked them for two grand a month." Wilkinson said. "That doesn't even cover the taxes on my land." Looram told Wilkinson the hut system is a nonprofit operation opera-tion that mostly pays its own way. But it cant afford to undertake under-take unnecessary financial obligations, obli-gations, he said. Wilkinson also has suggested Pitkin County shoulder the cost of the trail easement. Looram said the hut system will have to use Smuggler Mountain Road or create a new trail if Wilkinson insists on payment. pay-ment. ' The road route would be slightly longer than the trail, and Smuggler Road is exposed to more sun, which could create poor skiing conditions. 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