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Show CThe Page A3 vEimf5-3itirpmhn- Thursday, February 22, 2001 tt BLM hasn't issued Jeep Safari permit; expects appeal when permit is issued 4, hr miv v into by Franklin Seal I ITSZJ holly wood.com Shcwtimes for 2 23, Cl All snows before 6 p m $4 Jinn'thl g Sat 4 7 00 4 925 Sun. Matinaaa 1 00 4 3 25 Nigoy J Nightly 7 00 4 9 15 Sut. 4 Sun Matinees 1 On 4 3 15 ficcolat iBHil Sat 4 Nightly 7 00 4 9 15 Sun Matinees 1 00 4 3 1 5 Certificates Available 580 Kane Creek Blvd. Turn at McDonalds! Gift IAI staff writer g BIST & a I'lC (nlM( ,rb S flf four-whe- k I LI K Montreal I el OIHI lALt 9NIRY JJ. jE M Jf 'STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL! A GEM!' -- Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES "SO SIMPLE AND TOUCHING! Like The -- Bicycle Thief' and 'II Postino'." Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIME- S theyre going to issue a permit, but theyre going about it carefully We just have to go ahead as if were going to get it Red Rxk 4 Wheelers BLM permit comes up for review every five years and was up again this ear For months, the BLM has been working on puxessing their application, conducting an environmental assessment to see if the permit complies with all existing environmental otherwise part of that process, they reviewed some 200 letters received in response to a request for feedback from the public The As majority of them were from people interested in seeing this event take place and saymg that it was well managed," said Russ i on Koch, recreation manager for the Moab Field Office Bill Stringer, associate field manager for the Moab BLM office added that few of the letters substantive details A lot of it w as a votmg campaign form letters, different signatures but the same letter What we were looking for was, is there something here that were really missing7" Members of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance may think they are missing something Throughout the environmental review, the environmental group has raised objections to six of the trails the Jeep Safari traditionally uses They say on those specific trails, the large number of vehicles raises a conflict with other land user groups or destroys wildlife habitat Were asking for a 10 percent shift in their routes, said Herb Mcllarg, SUWAs Moab director Thursday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. STAR HAT I, rrm - $6 that the Jeep Safari doesnt presents, The SC KKTO Musical March 1, vehicle! Z fgj Time 35 an (aw . Arches Repair Center oi most u lii Its. Ojfer aliil only uitli this mheitisemvnt. 284 mit is issued, it will be appealed Mcllarg would not confirm or deny what SUWA will do if the BLM issues a permit but he hinted that legal action could be m the offing If the BLM fails to look at these impacts we would explore all administrative and legal remedies, he said BLM managers say even if SUWA does appeal the permit, they intend to honor it unless a judge orders them not to. Knight says that even ifan injunction were to kill the events permit, a large number of jeeps will still arrive in Moab come Easter I dont think people will stay away just became we arent out there leading them around " con- tribute to attracting these unof S3 & Its Main IN. 259-19- 59 out there who might appeal Weve been told that if the per- non-register- FILM SOCIETY FLICK your dont have the Nevertheless, he adds, his Notwithstanding those objections, SUWAs primary concern is not with the registered Jeep Safari participants but with the large four- number of wheelers who come to town the same week as the event. We re not trying to shut the Jeep Safari down We recognize, and everybody else recognizes that its the unofficial participants w ho are creating the damage, Mcllarg said During the past year, SUWA has offered to work with the BLM to address and the the problem of the unofficial participants, he added But those offers have gotten them now here The BLM continues to pretend f.vifc SiOfiMSliiiVi We group employs several strategies to keep renegades" in line, including warnings m Jeep Safari literature to stay on the trad and guides who are continually on the CB while guiding the groups But their best strategy, he says, is the good example set by the majority Theres a lot of peer pressure But that cuts both ways Adds Knight, If you get a renegade can work, group, the peer Still he the direction in opposite thinks most of the rowdy behav ior that has sparked complaints stems from the activity of four-heelers not registered with Jeep Safari But Im not taking all the blame off our group. A permit is going to be issued, said BLMs Stringer The question is, is there somebody ed con-tam- '3i5 people to do this But we should probably be out there countirg the n amber cf people out there w ho arent part of the event " Knight agrees the event mav attract its share of rowdies, but he points out that many Moab events draw crowds We deliberately publicize Moab to bring people in And I dont know how you can selectively publicize to keep the bad apples out This bolls true for all pubLcity" s legula-tion- , ficial participants The way we see it, it does The BLM must prevent the damage from occurring bv these unofficial participants That wav, we can decrease the damage while still allowing the Jeep Safari to continue But BLM managers say they lack had data on those unregistered jeepers Im not going to say that there isnt a problem. said Stringer, but dont really have the numbers to prove brinkmanship, said Ber Kmght. heelers informaRed Rock officer It sounds as if tion 4-- Organizers of Jeep Safari Moabs Easter-weedrive festival are proceeding apa.e with plans for this year s 35 annual event, which is scheduled to begin April 7 But o far, the Bureau of Land Management has not issued the Red R xk 4 Wheel rs a permit that is critical to their jamboree Registrations are flooding in to the groups post office box though the current number, 725, is ahi'ut 70 percent of w here they were this point last year Meanwhile, the group is still waiting for a land use permit from the BLM, which manages many of the trails the group uses BLM managers say they fully expect to issue the permit m time for the event. 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