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Show T' Monitor Lake Effect On Monument To program to monitor the possible impact of the backing of the waters of Lake Powell into Bridge Creek Canyon beneath Rainbow Bridge has been initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation with the cooperation of the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. A w (&. 3tuO V ' t! 5 4 i i i i I o ;u I Any changes which might occur, no matter what their I i be recorded aerial photography, will i f 5t I & i ' O ic FOLKS H DRIVE HUNDREDS OF MILES TO LOOK AT OUR a! - & CANYONS, but ROCK-RIMM- ED residents of San Juan County would have had to drive all of about three or four miles east of Monticello to see the late sun light the rim of Vega Wash the other day. Nice to have so many wonders so wonderfully close. ; 5 f Utah Indicators Show Gain in First Employment, payrolls, production, construction and trade in the first quarter of 1974 in Utah increased at rates equal to or above the national average. Personal income for the first quarter was approximately 15 per cent above a year ago. This is the report of the quarterly First Security Bank News Letter being distributed this week, according to W. Lovell, Manager at Monticello. The publication is edited by Dr. ElRoy Nelson, First Security vice president and economist. Exploration and production of all mineral fuels and most metals had increased, as had manufacturing output and conEl-wo- od struction contracts. Except for automobile sales, retail trade had increased. There was a significant increase in bank credit. Outlook for the second quar- 1 ter is generally good, despite the national problem of infla- tion and the shortages of ma- ' i i i ; terials, states First Security. Further increases are expected in development and pro- duction of mineral fuels and most metals, and in manufacturing. However, a number of firms are operating at capacity levels. Construction, outlook is fair to good. Employment should increase but at a rate below that of a year ago. Quarter Residential construction value had increased 30.9 per cent and totaled $41.4 million. Increases from a year ago in utility construction has offset declines in highway construction. According to the report, cash receipts from farm marketing in Utah in January totaled $27.1 million, an increase of 27.8 per cent above the same month a year ago. Mineral production in Utah for the first quarter of the year was approximately equal to that of a year earlier. There were, however, a number of variations as among the different types of minerals. Lead and zinc were lower, raw materials for fertilizer were higher as was that of uranium. Coal production in Utah for the first three months is estimated at approximately 1.5 million tons with increased demand for steam coal, principally from the mine producing and stockpiling coal for the new Utah Power and Light Plant at Huntington scheduled to open in the middle of the summer, the First Security report states. There is some increase also in the shipte ments of coal from the area where demand is bot to the East and the West. Crude oil production as well as that of natural gas is slightly higher than a year ago. In January total oil production was approximately 3 million barrels, up by 31 per cent from a year earlier. contracts Construction the first two awarded for months at $72.9 million were up 49.1 per cent from 1973. Classes for Nurses Aides Arlow Freestone, Administrator of the San Juan Hospital and San Juan Nursing Home, announces the scheduling of a Nurse Aide Training Course to begin September The class will be 3, 1974. at new vocational the taught center in Blanding, with the clinical aspects of the course being taught in the Hospital and Nursing Home. Mrs. Carolyn L. Christensen, a Registered Nurse, now living in Blanding, will be the course director. Other instructors will be enlisted to help as Cas-tlega- needed. The course will last for a period of three months. Anyone desiring to take the course can do so without charge. Interested individuals should contact Fern Wood at the San Juan Nursing Home, or Margaret Bronson at the San Juan Hospital, prior to August 15, 1974. The number of students taking the class will be limited and selected by ? i 4 4 i I gJgai1..'.1!!!! 11 1T1 0 Touch across the Much of the work will be periodic in nature, but a few which provide instruments continuous recordings will be installed inconspicuously near the bridge. As a result of recent litigation which allowed the backing of the waters of Lake Powell into Bridge Creek Canyon, the Tenth Circuit Court held that the UnitedStates District Court for the District of Utah should retain jurisdiction for 10 years so that the plaintiffs might be granted relief should structural damage occur to Rainbow Bridge as a result of the presence of water in the canyon. Details of the Bureaus program to monitor any possible changes which might indicate impending damage to the have been included in bridge a report presented to the District Court. Field work to implement the monitoring program has begun and will continue indefinitely. long-ran- ge on May 17, Sullivan stated the energy needs of the Nation will require decisions soon on the use of waareas ter in the water-sho- rt of the West. Enough water Utah, to meet all demands is simply not available." In discussing operation of dams within the Colorado Ri- ver Storage Project, Mr. Sullivan said that power needs were important, but adjustments had to be made in water releases for other interests. At times, extra water is released to facilitate geese nesting, bass spawning, or for boating on rivers. For example, extra water will be released from Flaming Gorge Dam to help insure safe boating on the Friendship Cruise over the Memorial Day weekend. Occasionally, he said, flows are cut back to minimize flood dangers. Sullivan stated that construction work at Crystal Dam, in western Colorado, is on schedule, and that the power-plathere should be on line by April, 1977. Completion of Crystal Dam, designed to fluctuating releases from Morrow Point Dam, further upstream, will permit development of an additional 88,000 kilowatts of peaking power. nt re-regul- ate Due to present and antici- Oldest Trees In Ceylon Sri Lanka (Ceylon) a nation with an exceptional conserva- tion record, can boast that it owns the oldest trees in recorded history. These are the great bohdi trees (Ficus religiosa) which were planted in the third century B.C., at a time when King Devanam-piyatiswas converted to Buddhism thus changing the officially recognized religion of the country. The trees survive at three locations in the south Asian nation. sa pated shortages of electric power, Mr. Sullivan said that the Bureau of Reclamation was an evaluation of planning hydroelectric potentials in the Upper Basin of the Colorado River. Potential at a few remaining undeveloped sites will be examined first. Older projects will be examined to see if additional power can be generated without significant environmental consequences. Sullivan said the Bureau of Reclamation was heavily involved in environmental assessments for private steam generating plants and coal gasification plans in the Four Corners area. miles i 1 cause, through sedimentation surveys, collection of water data, testing of rock samples, recording of surface seismic activity, photography, geological mapping, and precise surveys of the Rainbow Bridge area. Edwin F. Sullivan, Assistant Commissioner for Natural Resource Management of the Bureau of Reclamation, said today that plans must be quickly prepared for natural resource use in the West. 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