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Show A4 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/INTERMOUNTAIN Saturday, December5, 1998 Leavitt Likes Trade Route From Canada to Mexico Dekect) ee ‘Enlibra’ Offered Gov. Mike Leavitt says Utah is on | board for a plan tostreamline a As Philosophy at trade route between Canada and Phoenix Summit Mexico Utah governor says state would support proposal — if streamlinedroad passes through Beehive State BY JUDY FAHYS PHOENIX Arizona Gov Jane Dee Hull urged other west ern governors to lend their sup- port for establishing a come out of this with a consensus,” Leavitt said, who likened their collective goal to achieving peacein the Middle East. “We ex pect to come out of this with a broadened view of how we can solve problemsbetter.’ Thus began the Western Gover- available through the federal gov: ernment. She urged governorsto sign a memorandum of understanding new endorsing the Canamex corridor streamlined trade route between Canada and Mexico. The document outlines the goals for states along the corridor and If we all speak with one voice it will help us with our efforts in Congress,” said Hull to a meeting of the Western Governors Associ ment planthat would guide devel- Utah already is on board with And, by signing the memorandum, the governors’ showofunity would help solidify support in Washington. The Arizona governor would like Leavitt, along with nors’ Asscciation’s (WGA) envi- || calls for the creation of a manage- opment along it ation (WGA) at the Pointe Hilton at Tapatio Cliffs the notion, according to Gov Mike Leavitt Wewould liketo becertain it thechief executives of Colorado. Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon. Washington and Wyoming, to sign the document One trouble area, Hull said, is the Hoover Dam. Thebridge there not only connects highways through Arizona and Nevada, but said the gov Leavitt said having a trade cor ridor through Utah wouid en hancethe sta role as a cross. roads of the West and a centerof transportation and distribution The Utah governor said the it also servesas a tourist center. T means tankers carrying state would be working with other westernstates to secure the fund. hazardous materials share the road across the dam with families making their way foot to the newvisitors center that alsois lo cated on the dam. Something as ing neededto fill in the gaps of highway for a route that would span thestate, probably along In terstate 15. The project, dubbed The Cana- simpleasa flat tire on the steep mex Corridor, would establish a grades oneither side of the dam four-lane divided highway be cantie uptraffic for hours, she tween Mexico City and Alberta Canada said. Building a new bridgeat a sepa- s she sought support from Tribune | away damroad. Four pos. sible routes are evaluated in a draft environmental impact state ment that was released in Septem- ber, and planners now aretrying to select a preferredsite for the new bridge. Collaboration, not polarization — use collaborative pro- cesses to break downbarriers and find solutions. @ Reward results, not programs — move to a performancebased system. Science for facts, process for priorities — separate subjective choices from objective data gathering. ™ Markets before mandates — replace commandandcontrol with economicincentives. Change a heart, change a nation — environmental understanding is crucial. W Recognition of costs and benefits — make sure environmental decisions are fully informed Solutions transcend political boundaries — use appropri- ate geographic boundaries for environmental problems ronmental summit. It was to be a brain-storming session 400 minds strong The two governorsalso noticed Leavitt, a Republican, devel- commonelements in the process oped the principles underlying of solving their respective envienlibra over the past year with ronmental problems. Thoseeight Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, a sharedprinciples becameenlibra Democrat. Leavitt came to it a kind of crib sheet for environ fresh from helping negotiate a mental problem-solving that the multistate, multitribe, multicom governors hopewill be adopted pany plan toclear the haze from throughout the nation. WGAfor. Grand Canyon. At the sametime mally endorsed the concept last Kitzhaber was grappling with a summer. similarly distrustful interest Thepeople assembled in Phoe groupoverplansto restore dwin- nix represented the governors dling Cohosalmonstocks first chanceto put the principles When the two got together to work in the real world both agreed that environmental But even before their summit conflicts often festered because began, representativesof national opposing interest groups would and community environmental argue and refusete listen to one groupsattackedthe governors for another, Meanwhile, agencies of attempting to undercut federal state and federal governments environmental laws and kowtow frequently insisted things had to to polluting companies. They ridi be donea certain way and, as a culed the eight principles as “‘a result, undermined many atromantic euphemism for uncon tempts to settle environmental trolled exploitationof natural re problems sources Wewant real actionto protect our environment, not empty rhet orie,” said SandyBahr of the Sier. ra Club's Grand Canyon chapter But a Montana environmental. ist said he thought enlibra’s prin. ciples hadthe potentialto revital ize democracy, instead Nevada already have pledged ‘They proach, even if he started out abi skeptical of its source. RaTony Malmberg, vice presi dent of the Wyoming Farm Bu reau Federation, urged partici pants toask one anotherwhythey believe what they do about the en vironmental problemsthey face ‘This meeting isn’t going to re solve the conflict,” Kitzhaber of Oregon said. But, ultimately, the principles of enlibra might help interest groups to look beyond their entrenched positions, he said. DON’T STAY HOME | “Rocky” WITHOUTIT! 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