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Show Emery County LLZV LOLt-- in AilO 3XV1 11VS 3iS S 003 M 900fr DNianna snvuo ZOOO- NOI1VIOOSSV -. S3 UHt9 d3 Id i"iiii Tuesday, March 2, 2004 SS3Ud 0 6S33 iiirrn" Home Grown News Since 1900 W(SSS Castle Dale, Utah Volume 104 Public Land Management: Taking a Look at FLPMA Number 9 50t INSIDE Parti By PATSY STODDARD, Editor . Basketball finals 5A Photo by Mark H. Williams The BLM is working on the resource management plan which will define use on the Swell. With the BLMs ongoing revamping of the resource management plan for the San Rafael Swell and the Price District it pays to keep up to date on the issues that are facing the county and learn more about the laws governing our area. At a recent Emery County Public Lands Council meeting, Dennis Worwood, chairman of the lands council talked about the Federal Land Policy Management Act and some of its highlights. He has taken selections from FLPMA and then discussed them in ap easier to understand way. Worwood said, We could spend days and days talking about FLPMA My intent was to highlight sections that are commonly misunderstood, or that were pertinent to some of Emery Countys concerns. Listed below are the FLPMA quotes, followed by my comments, Scouts pull their scout leader in this lively game of bowling with your scout leader as the ball. SUMME. TOfe Scouts Gather for Annual Event at Huntington State Park The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States that - ...the public lands be retained in federal ownership, unless ... it is determined that disposal of a particular parcel will serve the national interest. Worwoods comment: Prior to FLPMA, the BLM had been in the business of ma naging federal land until the government could get rid of it. FLPMA changed that policy and said that the government was going to retain the land, except for those instances when disposing of a piece of land was in the national interest. The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States that - ...the sled race between the troops. PII.H.1.1IWIIBBBHB Elmo Town Discusses Current Issues By COREY BLUEMEL Staff Writer at MEETINGS Emery County Commissioners will meet on March 2 at 4 Scouts carry their troop flag. winning bid. p.m. in their regularly scheduled meeting. They will meet on March 16 at 9 a.m. in the commissioner chambers. MayorWilcoxthenreadaletterfrom Brock Johansen, a law student at Brigham Young University. The letter stated that when Johansen passes the !bar, he will begin to practice with Robinson, Seiler and Glazier in Provo. IJohansen was requesting that Elmo ;Town consider his services as the A Lands Access subcommittee will meet on March 4 at 5 p.m. county building. I Emery County Public Winter camping was part of the Lands Council will meet March 9 at 10 a.m. at the county build- fun. ing. Sh. IfV' L i,i A AW w another person who has since used several of the lots, including the one Cole claims to own. Continued on PAGE 2A. , Emery County Public ;towns attorney Another item Mayor Wilcox informed the council about was a letter from a former resident, Tom Cole, who claims to own a lot in the cemetery in Elmo. Cole sfated that someone else had been buried in that lot. After some research, the town cannot find any proof that Cole owns the lot. In the early 1990s, the town sold the property to or Marlon 435-381-23- 81 Winger at ; ; Is it possible to improve range conditions while running more catfethan before? Ranchers and forest service workers from Colorado recently told how they have been able to do just that at a Range Management School held in Moab. Their information is so worthwhile that it was arranged for the School to be presented in this area. The Range Management said Elmo Mayor Daryl Wilcox began Elmo Towns meeting with the announcement that the town had bid on 75 water shares, but they had not been the successful bidder. The towns bid ,had been substantially lower than the School school will be held on March 4 m. at the Museum from 9 a.m.-4- p of the San Rafael, 96 North 100 East in Castle Dale. Cost of the school is $25, which includes all materials and lunch. Additional lunches will be extra. This is an excellent opportunity for ranchers, agency personnel and others interested in grazing of livestock and wildlife. The program will focus on grass growth, grazing management strategies, time of grazing, animal behavior riparian management, range monitoring, economics and animal nutrition. The Range Management School is designed to provide resource managers with common sense, science based skills that can help them be successful. The main objective of this program is not only to provide information on range management, but to also develop a good working relationship between ranchers and the land management personnel they work with. This one day presentation is sponsored by the San Rafael Soil Conservation District, Utah Range Coalition, Utah State University Extension Service, Utah Association of Conservation Districts-Zon- e 7, Castleland Resource Conservation and Development Council and Emery County Public Lands Council. For further information contact Roger or Shelley Barton at Dennis Worwood Worwood. Continued on PAGE 3A. BRIEFLY Range Management Scouts display the flag at their winter campsite. Scouts gather for games on the frozen lake. ft Continued on PAGE 2A. Photos by Patsy Stoddard email editorecprogress.com YUU m cm A rhiti(hU K'--' Y V |