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Show he Salma Sun, March 17. 1977, Fishlake National Forest Travel Plan In Effect over travel plan for the Fishlake National Forest has been in effect since December 31. 1976, announced Ralph C. Cisco, Forest Supervisor He stated that it became necessary for the Forest Service to establish certain regulations for the use of areas, roads, and trails on the Forest in order to protect resource values, safeguard users, and minimize conflicts of A snow New Telephone Center 11,500 acres covering the Par tridge Mountain area between Oak Creek and Dry Creek, several watershed treatment terraces on the Pahvant Mountain range between Willow Located in the American Bank of Commerce Building in Cedar City, requests for new service and repair of existing service from Mountain Bell customers in Salma and the surrounding area will be handled from this new office The new order center was created because of a division in Creek Peak and fuiv-.e- t Peak, and the Birch Creek drainage area east of the Big Twist and use Birch Creek Road junction which are open only to foot and including horse travel and in which big Many factors, safety, noise, impacts on soil, game retrieval access is not watershed, vegetation, fish and permitted Detailed maps of the wildlife, and the quality of above restricted areas are recreation experiences, were available in the Forest Supetaken into consideration by the rvisors Office, Richfield, and in Forest in developing this plan the District Offices in Fillmore. The first draft closed or restric- Loa, Beaver, and Richfield ted 50 percent of the Fishlake National Forest to various forms of travel, with some areas having different closures for different seasons of the year. However, input received during Never open the door auto public hearings from several hundred concerned citizens, matically to a knock. Know whom you admit recreation groups and vehicle organizations was analyzed by Forest Service personnel, and the results prompted them to reduce the restricted areas from 50 percent to 13 percent, for a total of 191,000 acres now under some form of travel restnction. Mr. Cisco emphasizes that closures or restrictions have been made only where and that necessary modifications will be considered as information and public input become available. He also states that future plans the Provo District which previously served telephone initial implementation and enforcement of the travel plan and ask that all users demonstrate common courtesy, good judgment, and wisdom when operating their vehicles on 1 jj '"sTKIrl V' d vehicle the area of travel as concerns the protection of our natural resources and the fulfillment of our public needs. He calls upon all conand citizens cerned organizations to join together to meet these needs. The four major restricted areas are: (1) 100,000 acres from Fish Lake and Johnson Valley Reservoir north to Interstate Highway 70 and Salma Canyon, which are open to foot and horse travel, vehicle travel on designated routes, and oversnow vehicle travel; (2) 52,500 acres from lower Salma off-roa- ju 3 !? - 3. 4. 5. j 1 safety pin was in 1849. Chev.-Old- s Salina, Utah Open 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 Midnight Buffett Every Tuesday The Organic Act May: Prohibit Fishing, or where 4 O hunting camping you please when you please Eliminate Hiking when you please Prohibit rock hunting, arrow head hunting and fossil hunting Eliminate jeeping, picture taking and picnics when & where you please Prohibit the gathering of firewood, 3 U Xmas trees and flagstone 6. Make every individual subject to search V 9. Establish the necessary law enforcement designated routes between January 1st and April 30th to protect the wildlife; (3) 27,000 acres of the Upper Beaver Basin, which are open to foot and horse travel, motor vehicle travel on designated routes, personnel to enforce the denial of use and occupancy of public lands 10. Establish a fine of $1,009 andor imprisonment of no more than 12 months P for violations 11. Establish an unrealistic bond of $100,000 M" thereby eliminating the livelihood of the small miner 12. Create an economic disaster for many communities such as Moab UP&L To Purchase Coal Mines 5 Li mission i : F e vSrt Whaf you Can D V Contact Your State and Federal Officials and Representatives and Protest This Act. Seek Changes to Protect Your Interests. Mr Curt Berklund. Director Bureau of Land Management C Street and 18th N W Washington, D C. 20240 acquired properties. The Utah Commissions or. . evidence shows der said, that Utah Power can achieve a cost savings of about $5 per ton on coal from the Deer Creek Mine and $1 to $2 per ton on coal from the Wilberg Mine. . and have a direct fuel costs relationship to the price consumers pay for power and energy . . . Utah Power and Peabody Coal Co. have had a long-tersupply arrangement through which Peabody Coal supplied fuel from its Deer Creek Mine for Utah Powers Huntington Plant and had contracted to supply coal for the companys future Emery Plant from the Peabody Mine. In October of last year, the ... ,, $ Cr n million tons, was $25.37 million. American Coal Co., which is under contract by Utah Power to mine the utilitys Deseret Mine in Emery County, will also mine and operate the two Governor Scott M Matheson State Capitol Building Salt Lake Citv, Utah 84114 State Sen Omar Bunnell State Senate Chambers State Capitol Building Salt Lake Cit. Utah 84114 4- - J . tX.: ir: Address Your Letters to: Sute Rep John Garr House of Representatives State Capitol Building Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 Honorable Jake Garn United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D C 20510 3229 Dirksen Office Building Washington, D C 20510 Honorable Henry Jackson United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D C 20510 U S Rep Gunn McKay House Office Building Washington, D C 20515 If You 2 ?i U S Rep Dan Marriott House Office Building Washington, D C 20M5 li Idall Rep Morns House Office Building D C 20M5 Washington U Honorable Onn Hatch United States Senate Senate Office Building Washington, D C 20510 For More Information, or Honorable Clifford Hansen United States Senate S K U S Rep Teno Roncalio 1314 Longuorth Bldg Washington. D C 2051 5 f Want to Help, Contact the Wes tern Association of Land Users P. 0. Box 536 - Moab, Utah 84532 Utilities Group, Inc., of which Utah Power was a member, made an unsuccessful bid to purchase the common stock of Peabody Coal Co. from Ken-neco- tt Copper Corporation. However, Kennecott accepted a higher bid from a competing group and Utah Power entered into an agreement to purchase the two Emery properties subject to approval of regulatory authorities. Regulatory authorities ordered that the purchase price of the coal mining properties go into the rate base. 'fr'WiM&v and seisure without warrant or due process of law 7. Restrict livestock grazing 8. Restrict the sale of public lands Canyon south to Boobe Hole Mountain, which are open to all travel between May 1st and December 31st with motor vehicles being restricted to The Federal Trade Comand the Utah Public Service Commission today authorized Utah Power & Light Co. to purchase the Deer Creek and Wilberg coal mines in Central Utah from Peabody Coal Co. Purchase price for the two properties, with mineable reserves of a minimum of 146 . 2. ' The modern patented Monday Thru Friday customers B3 public lands. Mr. Cisco points out that there is a need for education in as Dine Out Tonight! 10:10 Motor Sales Inc. Branding iron Resfciura&ifl n will depend on how vehicle users conduct themselves while on Forest lands. He said, We plan to use an educational approach in the off-roa- d are Don assignment Hancock Assisting Heeren operations m Southern Utah Heeren, a 20 year company veteran, also comes from the Salt Lake Main District Humpherys was promoted to his1 present position after serving three years as a commercial representative in the St George Business Office local business office and their 8:10 AM Kay Lou could expect a shorter waiting interval between ordering a telephone and having it in off-roa- d children Inreman, and Carl Humpherys as dispatch foreman KDLT COMMENTARY customers in Southern Utah In the past, customer service responsibilities were handled from the company's Provo Office The new Southern District in general and the order center in particular have been created to better serve the needs of our Southern Utah customers," explained Dennis Hancock, order center manager Hancock said In many instances, the change is not readily noticeable to the general public Customers desiring new service should still contact their stalled, as well as fewer held orders because of the new facility It has been in operation about a month now, he continued, and it is really working out well We feel good because we are more responsive to the needs of our customers, and they seem to appreciate our desires to serve tnem Mountain Bell s newest Utah oi der center is open and ready for business vehicle travel and vehicle travel, i4 Hancock has worked for Mountain Bell for 15 years He comes to Southern Utah after having served as order center manager in the Salt Lake Main District He and his wife, Lenore, are the parents of three request will be forwarded to the new Cedar City order center A total of 16 people are em ployed at the new center, three of whom are supervisors They currently handle about 60 orders a day In April, these people will also assume the responsibility for repair service Page 6 rlBr- t F j ' . j- ' .jir-'-.v-'-- vJ k 0 |