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Show WedThursFri, April 14-16, 2004 The Park Record A-5 MOUNTAIN TOWN NEWS Sun Valleys' first black ski instructor tells story :A Roundup of wws pom other Western. ski iff jg.- By ALLEN BEST Record guest writer SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Ed King is finishing up his fifth year as a ski instructor in Sun Valley. He is the first black in the 70 year history of the Sun Valley ski school. But in the 1960s he wasn't exactly welcomed. Reared in Seattle, he comes from a family of blacks with a string of "firsts" among black people in Washington state. He took his first ski lessons at Stevens Pass when he was 11, and he was immediately hooked. In 1968. he became a certified ski instructor and went to Sun Valley. Although welcomed by some, he seems never to have been asked to teach - although who wasn't interested in his services -the ski company or clients - was not clear from a story in the Idaho Mountain Express. Returning in 1970, the story was the same. But after he returned aaain during dur-ing the 1990s, Sun Vafley was ready for him to join the ski school. " It is where I belong." he says. Red Lodge looks to expand its economy RED LODGE, Mont. - A onetime one-time coal-mining town, Red Lodge has a ski area and is a portal to Yellowstone National Park. Still, it could use some economic development, develop-ment, a new study says. Per capita income in Red Lodge averages $19,090 while the national nation-al average was $29,469. As usual, service jobs in the1 tourist sector pay the lowest wages. In Red Lodge and surrounding Carbon County, average earning per job dropped from $29,0983 in 1970 to $14,972 (in adjusted terms) in 2000. Despite these low figures, it's not for absence of brains, reports the Carbon County News. The population is well educated overall, over-all, and there is a strong presence of intellectual capital and entrepreneurial entre-preneurial capability. The report seems to suggest somehow using those attributes in an economic development strategy. It's getting ugly at some resorts, pretty at others SILVERTON. Colo. - The lower portion of Vail Mountain looks like something you left in the refrigerator too long. At Snowmass. the lake under one lift looks deep enough for waders for anyone attempting to retrieve a glove or a ski. But at Silverton Mountain, there's still powder. A storm the first weekend in April delivered 26 inches of snow. "It might be golf season in the lowlands, but up at 1Z300 feet it is still mid-winter," crows the new resort. Discounted skiing for its guided tours are available avail-able through April. Meanwhile, Silverton Mountain continues to await word from federal fed-eral officials as to what will be allowed on federal lands. Silverton hopes for unfettered skiing, but the more likely prospect is continued contin-ued requirement of guides, as is being done now in the trial program. pro-gram. Few laces have as much steep-and-deep terrain - and hence as much avalanche threat. However, according to reports in various newspapers, the new resort has shown it can do avalanche control con-trol well. Allen Best has edited mountain town newspapers for 20 years. He has served as managing editor at four different mountain town newspapers news-papers and is now living in metropolitan metro-politan Denver. What Happens in Park City... ) - - Stays in Park City! www.theluvbrokers.com 435.940.1444 i: - is 1 Symposium planned on wilderness preservation 'Hie Wallace Stegner Center will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act this year by hosting a symposium on wilderness preservation, "Wilderness: Preserving Nature in a Political World." This two-day symposium, to be held April 16-17, will explore the politics, science, economics and law of wilderness preservation in the American West. One of the most important environmental laws ever passed by Congress, the Wilderness Act has given wilderness wilder-ness preservation a prominent posi tion on the public land policy agenda. agen-da. Since the Act s passage, though, our notion of what is wild and deserves preservation has evolved. Traditionally focused on scenic value and recreational qualities, wilderness advocates have become increasingly concerned with biodiversity biodi-versity and ecosystem protection, as well as the economic implications implica-tions of preservation. Wilderness opponents, however, object to "locking up" vast areas of public land, placing them off limits to the extractive industries and severely limiting access and recreational opportunities. But for many, the very idea of wilderness transcends politics, economics and science. As Wallace Stegner argued in his 1960 "Wilderness Letter." wilderness is an "intangible and spiritual resource" one that has helped to form our character and shape our history as Americans. The Stegner Center has invited a diverse group of 22 regional and local speakers to explore our relationship rela-tionship to wilderness and our efforts to protect it. On Friday, the Stegner Center will examine wilderness . preservation in the American West, focusing on the history, science, economics, and politics of preservation. On Saturday, the Stegner Center will turn to the Utah wilderness experience experi-ence and be joined by local speakers speak-ers engaged in the state s ongoing wilderness debates. For additional information on the symposium or to register, please visit www.law.utah.edupdfstegn-er2004symposia.pdf www.law.utah.edupdfstegn-er2004symposia.pdf or call (801) 585-3440. USDA to provide funds for farm, ranch land Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman has announced that $84 million will be available to protect pro-tect farm and ranch land through USDA's Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP). "The Bush Administration is committed to conserving our natural nat-ural resources," Veneman said. "Through this program, USDA will work cooperatively with states, tribes, local communities and individuals to protect farm and ranch lands." Through USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service-'(NRCS), Service-'(NRCS), FRPP protects .produc-- tive agricultural land by purchasing purchas-ing conservation easements to limit conversion of farm and ranch lands to nonagricultural uses. NRCS will accept proposals from interested state, tribal and local governments and non-governmental organizations until the end of April 2004. The Request for Proposals was published in the Federal Register March 17, 2004. For those proposals selected for FRPP funding, USDA enters., . -into -agreements with selected entities to support their efforts to' " protect soils and historical and archaeological sites. USDA provides pro-vides up to 50 percent of the appraised fair market value of the conservation easement. To participate in FRPP, landowners agree to limit the use of their land for nonagricultural purposes and to develop and implement a conservation plan. To qualify, the farm or ranch land must contain productive soils or historic or archaeological sites and be: . Part of a pending offer from a non-governmental organization, state;' tribe or local farmland pro tection program Privately owned Covered by a conservation plan Large enough to sustain agricultural agri-cultural production Accessible to markets for what the land produces Surrounded by parcels of land that can support long-term agricultural production. 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