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Show 2003 Federal grazing fee announced THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, February 12, 2003 - Page 4 State Community Development Director steps down Kerry Bate, director of the Utah Division of Community Development, has resigned, The grazing fee for Western public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service will be $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM) in 2003, down from $1.43 in 2002. The formula used for calculating the fee, established by Congress in the 1978 Public Rangelands Improvement Act, has continued under a presidential Executive Order issued in 1986. An animal unit month is the amount of forage needed to sustain one cow and her calf, one horse, or five sheep or goats for a month. Under the State community Services Office (1996-1999Kerry was the state housing programs manager from 1983 to 1996. In 2000 he was selected as Utah state governments prestigious Manager of the Year. The diverse Community Development division oversees many state programs includ). effective February 14, 2003. Bate has accepted a position as executive director of the Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake. Kerry has been a devoted public servant for many years and his influence has been felt ing: Community Development in many Utah communities, and Community Services says David Harmer, executive Block Grants, Critical Needs director of the Department of Housing, Emergency Food Network, Emergency Shelter Community and Economic De1986 Presidential Executive velopment (DCED). Our loss Grant, Home Energy Assistance Target Program HEAT), Order, the grazing fee cannot is the countys gain. It has been a great privilege Homeless Trust Fund, Housfall below $1.35 per AUM. to lead a division engaged in ing Opportunities for Persons The annually adjusted grazand with AIDS, Uintah Basin statewide partnerships to proing fee is computed by using a vide opportunities for Utahns Navajo Revitalization Funds, 1966 base value of $1.23 per affordable Office of Museum Service's, AUM for livestock grazing on to receive safe and of Olene Walker Housing Trust public lands in Western States. housing, address problems homelessness, hunger, and Fund, Permanent Community The figure is then adjusted poverty, and celebrate ethnic Impact Fund. Rural Developaccording to three factors -ment Fund, Special Needs A- current private grazing land diversity and human rights, says Bate. The Community ssistance Programs, Utah lease rates, beef cattle prices, Development Division is also Commission on Volunteers, and the cost of livestock proa key player in building comWeatherization Assistance duction. Based on the formula, munity infrastructure from Program, the state ethnic of- the 2003 fee dropped primarily fire stations to museums, hosfices, and the Utah Martin because of a decline in beef Luther King Human Rights cattle prices in 2002. pitals to parks. Commission. It is this broad mission, The $1.35 per AUM grazing Bate says, that makes me excited to be joining the Housing Authority of the County of Salt We shall never have friends if we expect them to Lake. The Authority serves have no fault. in families more than 3,000 Thomas Fuller is and a Lake Salt powCounty erful force to enrich the lives of seniors, families, the dis( abled and other low-incom- e County of Salt Lake, says With Kerry Bates appointment, the housing authority $ 8 00 -- reation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by con- serving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on the public lands. The Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, manages 191 million acres of Federal lands in 44 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The For- est Service manages these lands for multiple uses, including grazing. permanent employees, also administers 10,000 full-tim- e, 700 million acres of sub-surfa- ce mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLMs multimission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the nation. ple-use The BLMs multiple-us- e Both humans and chimps have equal amounts of hair per surface area. Chimps hair is heavier. mis- sion is to sustain the health Fund raising dinner for Regan per plate & HERES WHY... Mori Richmond (TURKEY & DUTCH OVEN POTATOES) Community Development until a replacement is found. The SATURDAY, & Wlied Independent Suspension 4 Automotive-Typ- can give. Donations Blanding Arts will Engine Over 0 inches of 1 Ground Clearance WINNER ol' the 2002 Baja OOO Race AND Many More be accepted. FEB 1 Features 22 m ALL Events Center CONTACT Carol Richmond 435-678-28- ATVs and Lanell Stringham 435-678-21- 50 e Automatic Transmission 650cc Powerhouse Regan & Mori were in an airplane crash in December. Regan broke his neck and is unable to work. He will be unable to go back to work for several months. We appreciate any help you position. Bate has been the director of the Community Development Division since July 1, 1999. prior to that he worked for three years as director of the zona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The Forest Service applies a different grazing fee to National Grasslands and to lands under its management in the Eastern states. The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages more lands -262 million surface acres than any other Federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 Western States, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1.9 billion and a workforce of some YDmEYS MOW! will further its goals and develop new partnerships in the effort to provide more affordable housing. Richard Bradford, DCED's deputy director, will be the acting director of the Division of department is currently accepting applications for the on public lands administered by the BLM and the Forest Service. The states are Ari- and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor rec- VOW KES5E0WE Utnhns. David Knight, chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the fee, which takes effect March 1, applies to 16 Western states MOTORCYCLES 38 AVAIEABEE! 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