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Show 4 - ANOTHER TIMES - SEPTEMBER 1992 Firewood Gathering With the arrival of autumn, many of us begin to think of gathering firewood for the winter. All three of the federal and state agencies with land around us sell permits to gather firewood. I have found that the best place to some of the kids—? on a community lot. With part of the adjoining lot to the west added to the Opportunity Lost one we have, we might actually have had enough land for the future needs of I feel sad that once again we’ve this community. (And we wouldn’t missed an opportunity to make this a have any lot, if it weren’t for Bill better community for those who will live here in the years ahead. By Viavant’s efforts in getting this lot for us from the grand County Cemetery committing some of our community Board for free!) funds now, we had the chance to buy The adjoining lot has now been sold, and the opportunity is lost. get firewood is on the State land up on the LaSals. All the State-owned land is part of the lot adjoining our new slated for sale or commercial exploita- community lot. tion (20 million board feet of aspen has recently been sold to mills in Colorado), so cutting some trees there doesn’t do much damage (in the sense that the damage will probably happen anyway). Let’s try to save our BLM and Forest Service lands while we can. It’s a bit farther around to the State The new community lot is a long, skinny lot that is not easily used for grouping the kind of uses we will need ——Jack Campbell Lands, but it seems worth it to get wood from a place that’s likely to be damaged anyway. to spare some of the areas that haven’t been cut up already. Wood gathering permits and maps of wood cutting areas can be obtained from the State Lands office next to the telephone company office on Center Street (259-6316). and Mitcfielf May you 5e Ham! witfi [ow and'joy, Subscriptions Available CV Times subscriptions are now available due to continuing requests from property owners who live out of the valley and other residents who are peace dr pawssion. 9’ourfiiemis also out of the valley for large amounts of time. We continue to hope that picking up copies at the front gate box will work for those of you who live here. The CV Times is still free to those of you living in the general Castle Valley, Castleton, and Professor valley areas. Jil If you are interested in having the CV Times mailed to you, the subscription rate is $12 per year. (Our finances continue to be the same—all advertising money and contributions are used exclusively for copying costs. This is a volunteer effort.) Those of you who have sent me self-addressed envelopes will continue to receive the CV Times that way until I run out of your envelopes. Subscriptions may be made by contacting Jack Campbell, CVSR Box 1903, Moab, UT 84532, or 801-2595115. AND if anyone has an idea about how to get the Times out to people in Castle Valley ’ Inn For the best real out west. Eric Thomson Lynn Forbes Thomson the valley more reliably, please let us know. We’ve even been wondering if there is a way to do paper routes with Innkeepers CVSR 2602 Moab, Utah 84532 801-259—6012 |
