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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, November 17, 1999 - Page More bighorn sheep arrive in San Juan County horns were the most 4 Blanding Council addresses ATVs, bids, and animal rights on Kent Redds land by Jami Yoakum During the Blanding City Council meeting on October 27, City Engineer Phil Palmer read Street Improvement and Water Line Project bids. Sonderegger Construction was awarded a street improvement contract, and Claw Construction was awarded a water line project contract. City Planner Bret Hosier said that in the last Planning Commission meeting, the commission recommended a draft of the citys general plan. Councilman Randee Bayles suggested that the commision put the review on hold and let the new Council review the plan after the first of the year. Hosier said that the planning commission has looked into possible changes to the Fencing Ordinance, focusing primarily on corner lots. Hosier asked the Council to review the current ordinance. Councilman Kelly Laws discussed concern that on-goi- he has with the ATV OrdiWe have several nance. streets in our community with gravel and when you drive down them, you can see the donuts that have been spun On October 31, residents of Hite near Lake Powell saw more than ghosts and goblins. They woke Sunday morning to an armada of trucks and trail- nance was difficult to enforce because it has so many gray areas. Mayor Balch suggested ers carrying desert bighorn that the Southern Utah Land sheep from Nevadas Lake Users take a look at a draft Mead country. We have a cooperative resolution change of the ATV ordinance and make any recagreement with Nevada, Ariommendations to the Council. zona and Colorado to bring as Also at the November 10 many as 120 additional bigmeeting, a public hearing was horn sheep into Utah this winheld on Kent Redds ter, said Jim Karpowitz, Species cograndfathered animal rights. to the According planning and ordinator for the Division of freani- quently depicted big game mal in petroglyphs and crafted by early Native American Indians, and were probably the most common big game animal in Utah prior to pioneer settlement. agement plan that calls for the dramatic expansion of bighorn sheep in the Beehive State. picto-grap- Presently, there are three varieties of bighorns in Utah - the desert, Rocky Mountain and California. Over a five year period, Karpowitz hopes to increase desert bighorns from their present 2,600 popu- mid-1980- s, 613-065- (435) A Hernia Can Be Painful and Dangerous Outoatient Surgery 3 636-065- 3. COMPANION CREEK ICEfCntS Corner of County Rd P & Hwy 66 ahohvm 970-562-47- 21 Board Certified Surgeons Reduced Costs A hernia is the intestine bulging through a need to appoint a new liaison to the Blanding Health Care groin, umbilicus or abdominal weakness in the She also wall. moved to drop the November 23 City Council meeting due to the Thanksgiving holiday. terriers Hernia Center In other news, Mayor Balch signed a resolution requesting the recertification of the Blanding Justice Court. Blanding During the November 10 John Withers City Council meeting, Mayor MD, FACS - 316 Sawyer Dr, Durango, Colorado Balch announced that the swearing in of the new Council will be held January 3, 2000 at noon at the Blanding City 970-385-90- 1 678-278- 1 Monticello 587-230- 2 SAN JUAN PHARMACY 78 77-3-HERNIA yanee Candle Jatl Scents AIR ABRASION & LASER... Office building. Those being sworn in will be Kelly Laws, Dale Slade, and Terry Cook. Councilman Kelly Laws said 25 that he spoke with the Blanding Police Department concerning the current ATV OFF ordinance. The police depart- ordi- - WILLIAM L. SCHULTZ Attorney At Law 317 S. Main, Suite 3 Monticello Criminal law DUI Drug Possession DomesticDivorce Custody Call for Appointment 587-280- 8 hs Thereafter, unregulated' Once-in-a-Lifeti- reminded the Council that when her term ends, they will ment reported that the man- hunting and disease resulted in the virtual extermination of the species from the state. lation level to 3,400. The specific release sites of Thanks to the cooperative efthis most recent transplant forts of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep were Gypsum and Bowdie canthis (FNAWS) and western states yons. in the area known as the North San fish and game agencies, wild zoning map, his property was Wildlife Resources. On this particularly mild Juan was home to the biggest sheep are making a dramatic not recognized as being and beautiful Sunday morn- and most productive wild comeback. grandfathered. After looking Funding for the Divisions at pictures that showed evi- ing, eight rams and 17 ewes sheep herd in the state. Howwild and lambs were unloaded from ever, a disease epidemic decsheep introduction and dence of animals being hara horse trailer, hobbled, blindimated the wild sheep herd. management comes almost bored on the property, and sevNow biologists are essentially exclusively from one source. folded and bagged in a restriceral testimonies from adjoinEvery year, one desert bighorn tive nylon straight jacket, and starting over from scratch. ing property owners, the planBighorn sheep are one of sheep hunting permit and one ning and zoning commission ferried by helicopter to two remade a recommendation to the mote sites in the Cataract the most magnificent big game Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep hunting permit are aucMayor and Council that they Canyon area of the Colorado animals in North America, tioned at the annual FNAWS consider amending the animal River in San Juan County. Karpowitz said. The huge Because of the steep, rug- horns of the rams are very convention. The Division genordinance map to recognize the property as being ged and remote country where impressive, especially when erally receives about $100,000 sheep are found, a helicopter they bang heads during the from the two permits. grandfathered. Weve had bids as high as Council decided that this is almost always used for both rutting season. The transplant is all part of $60,000 for a desert bighorn discussion would be placed as capture and release phases of an action item on the agenda wild sheep transplant a program to restore bighorn and a Rocky Mountain bighorn for the next City Council meetsheep to their native habitat sheep permit, Karpowitz said. projects, Karpowitz said. For more information, call in Utah, Karpowitz said. The Division of Wildlife Reing, set for December 8 at 7 or sources recently completed its p.m. Interestingly enough, big- - Karpowitz at (435) around and around (by ATVs). It costs money to build and maintain those streets and for some reason, we are not enforcing the law as it was written. Mayor Balch said that he would discuss the issue with the police department. Councilwoman Lou Mueller Advisory Board. statewide bighorn sheep CAU. AND A PATtlJVrs C.L1IM; ASK HK OCR BROCHURE-- .. IO UNDEKSTANUNC. .VUCROOENTTSIKY AIR AtlRASION Dr. G.O. Miller D.D.S. Dr. Brian J. Goodwine, D.D.S. 217 S. 100 W. Monticello 435-587-25- 28 FAMILY DENTISTRY AND ORTHODONTICS 7 a.m. 7 p.m. Monday - Friday Thanksgiving Decorations 30 OFF |