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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Thursday September 3, 1981 - Page Where the deer and antelope Names and Faces it Four San Juaners were among the 2,189 graduates who received diplomas at the 106th Summer Commencement exercises at Brigham Young University in Provo. Earning a bachelor degree was LEE BLICKENSTAFF. NAKAI and MARY CURLEEN LEAN TAHY of Blanding. KURT Earning a masters was SONYA N. SEELEY REDD of Monticello. 17 - and people - play More than 400 million acres of all public lands are classified as wildlife habitat muskeg, tundra, grasslands, forests and sagebrush. AU of the big mammals use these lands: antelope, wolves, bear, wild sheep, caribou, buffalo, deer, elk, moose and mountain goats. There's a profusion of small game, furbearers and upland game birds. Fish are found in 261.000 miles of streams, reservoirs and lakes. And last year on BLM land alone nearly 200 million outdoor enthusiasts camped, picnicked, fished, hunted, went sightseeing, horseback riding, rockhounding, photographing. assistant with the solid waste program of the West Virginia Health Department inCharieston, West Virginia. He received a Master of Science degree in Recreation and Park Administration from the His University of. Wyoming. Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Virginia is in sociology with minors in government and environmental studies. Mass - 2 His wife, Kitty, who will join him in a few months, is pres-sent- ly completing requirements for a nursing degree. LINDA COOK, daughter of Pat and Rudy Cook of Bluff, has been named to the United States Achievement Academy for her accomplishments in gymnastics. Linda was nominated for the honor by Coach Gay lea Manning of San Juan High School. The criteria for selection includes athletic or musical ability, dependability, citizenship, academics, enthusiasm and coach's recommendation, pride in personal appearance, attitude and cooperative spirit and lead-dersh- Brian Woods has joined the San Juan Resource Area office of the Bureau of Land Management where he will work in the surface protection program. He fills a position left vacant by Jennifer Head, who has taken employment in the private sector. Wood, who worked as a range technician with the Medicine Bow National Forest in Laramie, Wyoming, also served as staff ip, responsibility. . Linda's picture will appear in the United States Achievement Academy Yearbook published nationally. Linda's grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. G., R. Cook of Chicago. West and East fight over 514 million public acres One hundred and twenty years ago, it was the South against the North. Today, it is the West against the East fighting over 514 million acres of public land in a battle dubbed the Sagebrush Rebellion", says the National Wild- life Federation. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) runs 174 miUion acres in 11 western states and 153 million acres in Alaska. Another 187 million acres are vice. On and beneath this land are half the western coal reserves, 80 percent of the oil, high-gratar sands and oil shale, 40 percent of the natural gas, plus vast amounts of timber, rich grazing land and some of the finest recreational areas in the nation. de The Rebels, says the Wildlife ...typically Federation, are western cattleman, loggers and mining companies demanding that Washington surrender the land to state ownership. Something New Under the Sun... PeirdlueWoodlworks at managed by the U S. Forest Ser- BLANDING HOME CENTER Qualify Unfinished Furniture at a Price You can Afford According to C. Clifford Young, president of the Wildlife Federathe tion, Sagebrush Rebels' demands are a smoke screen" for their real objective: to wipe out or weaken federal regulations limiting the exploitation of those lands. Young says that the chance that large tracts of federal lands might actually be transferred to the states is so remote as to be almost nonexistent." So why are Young and other conservationists worried? Young yThe Rebels may use the treat of rebellion to get re- explains: strictions eased or regulations changed that they don't like. Such things as controls on drilling for oil in wildlife refuges... cutting timber in national forests faster than sustained yield... risking destruction of wildlife habitat in deof unregulated more or grazing velopment... livestock than the land will pursuit carry." Young agrees that the search for conventional energy sources is important. So long as we scrupulously protect the ecosystem and recreational values, we should permit mineral exploration on some public lands, he said. CEU scholarship (Continued from page 6) sponsored by the American Homegrown Fuel Company. This is for people who would like instruction on how to make alcohol fuel. The course will cover all aspects of ethanol pro- duction from stiU design to automobile conversion. Anyone with an interest in alcohol fuels is invited to participate in this workshop. The scholarships provided by the college will cover only the cost of tuition; participants must plan on providing their own lodging, meals and transportation. For more information on how to apply for the scholarships, call Van Potter, C.E.U San Juan Center or Ray Taylor, Moab Energy Coordinator at 678-22- 01 259-780- 0. STORAGE BOX $25.95 A DRESSER Six Drawers trusted family tradition NITESTAND Generation to Generation Two Here to Serve You! 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