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Show l""J lyMwyrnujfiwpjTif lywiyutnmt I I 'I rTr yir yrpniprnitir"irnrntr' w Thursday, August 12,1993 30 DROUGHT YEAR Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 5A I Ju IP "vk A , , Castle Valley Watch Downpours hit Price (Continued from Page 4A) Birth announcements July 30 A girl to Christy and James Kulow, Price. A girl to Renee Aug. 3 Olsen and David Brinkley, Price. A boy to Elexsis Aug. 6 Martinez and Ronnie Gonza-laEast Carbon City. A girl to Brenda Aug. 7 Kyle, Green River. A girl to Laura Aug. 10 Kane, Green River. pfiu4 V) D sz o c c William Dean Aug. 9 Barnes vs. Elizabeth Ann Barnes, married Feb. 14, 1976 at Salt Lake City; Gloria Mar-lan- e Tufts vs. John Tufts, married June 2, 1989 at Wellington; Miles David Frand-se- n vs. Patricia Ann Frand-se- n, married July 19, 1986 at Huntington. 1- Uid Miia( as of 10AUG93 10r 13 9r 8- 71" 6- - ao 5 inches. At left is the precipi- tation update for Price, reported by the National Weather Service station operated by the - o- V- Divorces 1- of normal Precip. is 128 s, Bum by Michael Oliver (right) makes a mad dash for cover as a heavy thunderstorm hit Price Tuesday. Kerry Flood, BLM hydrologist, reported Price received .70 inches of rain Sunday through T uesday, moving the years total rainfall closer to a predicted 7 BLM. Q) al - a 3 E 3 o hi NOV - JAN 8992 drought . JUN APR FEB DEC OCT MAR ave MAY AUG JUL n SEP li 30yrave 71993 propose grazing fee increase The Secretary of Interior has announced he will propose to Congress that grazing fees on public lands be increased to $4.28 per AUM from a current level of $1.86 per AUM. An AUM is the amount of forage needed to sustain a cow and her calf, or five sheep, for one month, This proposal delivers on President Clintons promise that taxpayers will be treated fairly, when it comes to the use of their natural resources, said Secretary Bruce Babbitt. But our plan also recognizes that the public lands grazing issue is more about the condition of the land than it is about fees. Weve found a reasonable balance between the need to sustain the health of range-lan- d ecosystems and the need to sustain the Economic health of rural Western areas. But a spokesman for the will go out of business if significant fee increases are made. An alternative fee schedule has been introduced in Congress by a bipartisan group of senators on behalf of farmers and ranchers. Our proposed new fee formula will meet the Clinton Utah Farm Bureau tion disagrees. Secretary Babbitt has ignored the testimony heard in his public hearings as well as these studies and has proposed a fee level that will s ound the death knell for many Utah ranchers, said Ken Ashby, UFBF president. In a statement released Tuesday, Ashby said ranchers and agricultural economists repeatedly told Babbitt that significant increases in grazing fees would wreak economic havoc on livestock produc- ers as well as the rural economies that depend on the public lands grazing industry. The release cites a study by New Mexico State University economist John Fowler indicating that 42 percent of public lands-depende- nt ranchers tr s 75 BLM, USFS Federa- , administrations goal to raise an additional $35 million per year from grazing fees, while the Babbitt proposal goes far beyond that goal, Ashby said. The Interior Secretarys recommendation came in the form of draft proposals for rangeland reform, published cooperatively by the Bureau of Land Management and the Department of Agricultures Forest Service. The two agen-.iie- s 260 n federal graz- - 3 ,fYnilKoir acres-oing lands. manage--more--tha- f the release, BLM field offices apply different locally developed standards even within the same ecosystem. The BLM would consider a permittees land stewardship record in determining the length of a permit or lease. Under the proposal, a grazing permit could be issued to ranchers who have complied with permit terms and conditions, have met grazing allotment objectives and have helped achieve the desired 10-ye- ar condition of the lands resources. A permit of five years or less could be issued to those who have substantially complied with permit terms and conditions, but whose management practices have not helped achieve desired conditions and those who aretf,new The administration intends to phase in the fee over a three-yea- r period, a move intended to lessen the impact of fee increases on ranchers. After the phase-i- n period, annual adjustments to the fee would be limited to no more Can you prevent migraine than a 25 percent variation of headaches? Which treatments the previous years fee. It is and techniques are most effecexpected the grazing fee tive to lessen the effects of a would be $2.76 in the first year headache? Can stress cause and $3.52 in the second year. headaches? Besides raising grazing The answer to these and other questions and concerns fees, the proposal recommends replacing grazing are just a phone call away. advisory boards and district Treatment and prevention of headaches will be the topic of advisory councils with resource advisory councils, jointly Augusts Deseret News chartered by the BLM and Intermountain Health Care Forest Service along with Hospitals Health Hotline. other federal agencies. The hotline will be offered N ational rangeland standards Saturday, Aug. 14, from 11 e hotand guidelines would be a.m. to 1 p.m. The enacted for managing range-lan- d line number ecosystems. According to can be called. riSi rrvad. Al Spwwo'i Httrnik Babbitts announcement comment period, 30-da- Sun fidvocate oji Ike permittees. will be followed by a Copyright 993 dun Advocate. M property of Sun Advocate. No pvt hstofmay b rapioduoed witmut prlorwrltM oonaiil HiwnusMssti CONSUMER PREFERRED y during Service. which the public will be able to suggest changes to the proposals. After a review of the comments, the BLM will release proposed regulations and a draft Environmental Impact Statement. The release of those documents will be followed by a comment period of at least 45 days. To solicit additional public response to the grazing reform proposal, the BLM will hold meetings in each of the states where it manages large amounts of land. Quality & Fair Value Radio station Published Every Tuesday end Thursday by the Sun Advocate 76 W. Main, Price, Utah M501. 2 Phone (801) Kevin Ashby, Publisher Roeann Fillmore, Editor Second Ctaa PotUge Paid Price. 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