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Show tEhr Page B8 (Iinif8-3rt2jfpmbr- Thursday, May 23,2002 nt State facing attacks of grasshoppers agent Matthew Palmer - looking ut a w all mz.i1 map of Tooele County ami Mnntmg out what looks like inou'iiu tils in a null tary exert in In a w a it K ery spring I'tah fates an attai k ami Mormon of grasslio-era kels theonlv variables are hen Tiie re a group moving up from the south ami another from the west over Johnson's pass ami they will le com erg mg here," 1almer says as lie points to the map This is where we need to stop them w i before they (nine up to the problems in fighting iriikets is year was bad, and they are far ahead of last years assault. By April 29 they were already coming into the towns of Oak Of course, the make no distinction of who governs tiie land, but the ape m ics don't alw ay s allow the same prmisiures Some areas only allow liute that is thrown on the ground, while others ul low aerial spraying Far her in the day J'almer w as on his cell phone talking to a Salt Uike City television sta t ion looking lor Mormon era ket sighting It makes a shot and sound lute when they start migrating across roads ami they make crumbing sounds as the i ars pass," lie says The war against Mormon r Tooele y alley " One oi the dered reinforcements. Last pmate lands i - how rnaiiv ami crickets has become an annual batik Tins year it would seem the ravenous hoppers have or work of land they crows 1almer holds up other maps that show ram h. Bureau of I .and Management, Forest Service, Trilstl and Its late April ami Utah ExteiiMiui State Uimt-rsil- the pateii ra ki ts City and Kanosh, says Michael Pace, USU Extension agent in Millard County. Considering that they may not yet teak until June, this is a bad sign Grasshoppers are a threat to crop and rangeland across the West, but Utah has always had a sjeiul historical relationship with Mormon crickets. Anabrus simplex has been know as a Mormon cricket since 1848 when hordes of tiie insect started eating the early Mor- mon tilers, crops. When they prayed for help, an equal horde of seagulls descended and ate enough of the crickets to save the crops and fxissibly the lives of the Ever since, the California gull has been Utahs state bird and the ravenous cricket lias taken on a religious nickname. The criikets were here before the pioneers, says Jay Karren, USU entomologist. Archeologists have found caches of dried and cooked crickets in Native American ruins that date to 1 f0 BC. Weighing in at a hearty 17 grams of protein per much-neede- d pio-ner- cricket, they were likely a I prized food source. Tastes change and even with the aid of a seagull air force, the crickets multiply out of control, Karren says. They are aesthetically unpleasing to humans. They are big and ugly. They dont bite, but they are not shy about clinging to anything, including slow moving humans. People have trid to herd, bum, drown and poison them, but with only limited success. Fortunately, the opposition is also ahead of schedule handing out more bait and doing more aerial spraying than in OtINOATION state-sanctione- For information on becoming call (435) Iw IhIsmh 3 a FosterAdoptive Parent 259-334- USI fStlll 5 mm the people that hi ought you the Moah Fast and West maps, the NIiW I Fruita Grand Junction ) Recreation Topo Map! r liiv map is l lie same I Moah k i k sialc us the AW and completes the hike Hail In I oma I i S') previous years, Pace says. The Moab Area Travel Council and a local events organizer represented Moab and the surrounding area at Colorados Hidden Treasure Travel Expo on May 9 at Two Rivers Convention Center. The Grand Junction Visitor and Convention Bureau, which invited the Moab Area Travel Council to participate, sponsored the expo. At the event, exhibitors were on hand to share infor mation about where to go and w hat to do to help visitors some of Colorado and dis-cov- said the list of the attendee s names was then given to each booth participant to use. The Travel Council has received a list of 1.300 names, some of which are duplicate addresses, w hich are available to any of the local businesses that would like them. The Travel Council w ill provide a copy of the names in either label form or in an Excel file. Businesses that are interested people are not working and are looking for something to do and the attendance would be higher. As each adult person entered they were asked to fill out a sheet of paper with their information on it. After doing so they were assigned a number and given that number to use to register for any of the algiveaways. This program lowed the Travel Council the means of counting the number of people that came to our booth and also the means of knowing the approximate at- tendance of the show." DeLay should contact the Travel or come Council at by the office at 125 E. Center htreet. 259-137- 0 Utahs most fascinating places. Over 100 travel experts from around Colorado and Utah were available to help plan vacation getaways. Over 1,300 people attended the show and approximately 72' of the people attending the show visited the Moab booth Marian DeLay, executive director of the Moab Area Travel Council, attended and said she had people come up to her booth seeking information and thanking Moab for being there. The Expo featured fun games specifically designed for those long car rides, as well us a special Kids Area" with arts and crafts and Bump N Jump. Each of the booth participants gave away one or more prizes at their booths and there were opportunities to win vacation packages to The "World Famous" Lipizzaner STALLIONS The Lipizzaner Stations tirnr trained for battle. Wow, they do SalleL Qhn 't miss this ran chance to set them perform, including the n Above the ground". Denver, Colorado Springs, Crested Butte and Mesa Verde. The grand prize was Amtrak tickets for two. The Moab Area Travel Council Producer Cary Lashinskj C gave away raft trips, Hummer tours and some golf packages. An events booth gave away package tickets for the Moab Music Festival. Attendance at the expo was high for the first year and this was probably due to the extensive advertising of the Expo," said DeLay. "Typically this type of expo would be held on a weekend when most tt feltes Pnfcilmi Iw TOUR WORLD 2002 OLD SPANISH TRAIL ARENA JUNE THURSDAY 20 7:30pm TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT: BIG HORN LODGE TICKETS.COM SPANISH VALLEY FEED STORE For more information 800.325.6171 charge ticketa by phone 888.464.2468 To Tboele and Millard counties are walerpiisil plastic the worst hit but APHIS estimates that 3.3 million acres are infested. Infested means at carry the following Colorado titles by Latitude 40": Aspen, Crested Butte, Gunnison Southwest Colorado We also least eight ier Bquare yard. "They are still in their 3rd or 4th instars, so they are still going to grow and subsequently eat a lot more," Pace says. Instars refer to their life cycle which consists of five stages before they reach adulthood. 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