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Show TE BOOK WINNER’S CIRCLE Bob Walters aa GETAWAYS FISHING Many workerssaytheycan’t soar with eagles,but not Use Marker Buoys Robert WaltersJr. of the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). Waltersstarted Bald agle Day in 1990. “U jah has a ge winterpopulationofbaldeagles, and B: ald Eagle Day Use marker buoys when fish romafloat tube, pontoon or mulated appreciation forthe nation’ Events NEV ie)(Of MO)OM ONW-sm Vide their ownfood andtransportation. Cost is $30. Reservations must be made before Friday Call Kevin Landis at 972-7054. Great Salt Lake Audubon’s annual Basin and Range Seminar is scheduled at the Fish Springs National Wildlife F the hot spot. Fish usually key on anarea for food, water tempera | Refuge with classes ture or structure. so marking Keith Johnson at 467-6497 WHERE IS IT? UTDOORS WEEKLY @ REC ROUNDUP, B-2 GUIDE WANN LANDERS,B-3 TO B COMICS, B-4 onbirds. plants, photogra phy. geology, exploration, marsh management and amphibians and reptiles. To register. call sucha spot canhelp you find it again. The Salt Lake Gribune A the lake. Participants must pri perimete regular boat. Once you find fish, toss one over the side. They are equipped with lead weight and stringthat unwinds. That marks dom,” he 's also “chief cook andbottle washer” onfield t s andevents focusing on watchable wildlife, h at the DWR. Workingto save burrow ing owls, KokaneeS: monDay, Raptor Watch Day and trips to observe nesting eagles all ffall under hi: To nominate someonefor Winner's Cir tion and colorphoto to Tom Wharton, P.O. Box8 alt Ligee City, Utah 84110. (recut Li alt Lake Audubon Society are TheFriendsof the Great Salt Lake and the Greg Spon ing trips the weekend of June 5 and 6 in th Great Basin. The Friends of the Great Salt Lake's “Great Salt L. Spection” is a vehicle tour of the north and west If you can identify where this picture was taken, vou could be 1 winner, Details B-2 KETOy, UTAH TELEVISION, B-5 TUESDAY WEATHER, B-6 MAY25, 1999 THE RESCUERS = TOM WHARTON Olympic Mascots Not Always Considered Cute Whatit takes to pull off a daring save on the steep faces of Zion Thousandsgatheredat the Triad Center onanippy May night to watchthe much; hypedunveilingofthe Salt Lake Olympic mascots The critters—a bear, snowshoe hare and coyote lookedlike Disney cartoon char: hey were cute, cuddly and lova and obviouslydesigned with kids in mind. The inventors traced theirselection back to American Indian lore, using an cient rock writings to link themto Utah andtheSalt Lake Games. As one whoknowsalittle about these three native animals and theirrelationship with humans, theirony of the selection mademe chuckle. After all, pioneers did Brian MaMy “The Salt Lake Tribune their best to eradicate bears and coyotes fromthelandscape. A sheepherdernamed Frank Clark killed Old Sphraim, believed to be the last Utah ain bear, on Aug. Dave Buccello,left, and Bo Beck use a system of ropes and pulleys during a training session on high-angle rescuesatZion National Park. 1923. Today, managedandseenby few. Bearsthat kill are destroyed. There is a legal bear hunt. Baiting is allowed in some situations. And some groupsare trying to reinstate controversial spring bear hunts. Many Westerners regard coyotes as ver min. According to an article by Mike Finkel inthe latest issue of Audubon maga zine, an estimated 400,000 coyotes are killed eachyearin theU.S., morethan 1,000 a day e U.S government spends $20 million in taxpayerdollars to eradicate them, suppos edly helping the sheep industry and wild amespecies.” Yet the dog-like crea ontinuesto thrive. AmericanIndians called the coyote “trickster,” a well-earned moniker. As for the snowshoe hare, it is an elusive little critter found mostly in alpine areas. Though there is a hunting season on this native rabbit, few hunters pursue them Unlike the more commonly seen jackrabbit andcottontail, snowshoes remaina seldom seenpart of the natural world Kirk Robinson of the Predator Educa tion Fund and a philosophy instructor hopes the selection of these native wildlife species will help Utahns recognize their value ‘Our goal is to make people understand predators more, appreciate th age themas a community,” says Robinson. If anything, this trio of mascots mayillus trate that. You have predator andprey there. They arenot necessarilyfriendly But they are activated BY BRIAN MAFFLY Utah'ssecretive black bears are carefully domestic livestock THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ZION NATIONAL PARK Vince Gonor was hanging froma 1,000-foot sandstone face above the Virgin River in Zion National Park last December whenhis protectionpulled from therock sending him plunging 20 or 30 feet Gonor’s an elite search-and rescue team Dean Woods and Karl Ham mer, bigwall climbers who work with the team, scaled the rock’s face in the dark and bolted an chors into the rock above the ledge. From there. they lowered Gonor onalitter suspendedfrom 4 rope. Without the expertise of head local climbers like Woods and Hammer ithorities may rope arrested his fall. Such falls usually result in nothing more thanscratches,but this became a life-or-death situation as Gonor hunghundreds offeet above the critically injur 25, who Spent two weeks in a coma They are invaluable,” said park ranger Daye Buccello, who heads Zion's se and rescue valley activities. “We can’t ters up here unhelmeted swunginto the rock when the floor, convulsing with seizures The spot where Gonor fell is known as Forbidden Wall, a climbed route just up m from the park's famed Angels Landing. Gonor’s climb: ing partner was able to lower the stricken man to a ledge before going for help. Park officials then to save the use helicop Tricky rescues like Gonor's are rare at Zion. But they are the yn the park maintains tl search-and people res ue team that include See RESCUERS. Pare B-6 Anything goesin Bay to Breakers, wheresilliness rules over soeed part of a community Likethe troubled Olympic community these mascots do notalways get along Thereis a pecking orderinthe natural world, just as thereis in the athletic and business realms. This world is not always SPECIAL. there is an important interdependence. liked by a juiet and rare seen. They ai not appreciat for their value within a comr cause they have different r with a combinatior of athlet brains. They need op healthy environment to The bear, coyote and rabbit could teact those who regard them as more than lessons about sport ronment, the ideal and Olympic n fed up with San Francisco t TRIBUNE . Photeby Jeane Van Amen Hula skirts were among the costumes wom by runners in the Bay to Breakers race. Other outfits were more skimpy A 1 race, Wa’ tubing ice cardboard Muni bus. A p with 5 turnin It got The event draws globe Returningrun hey have done an iit her Ms van th announced her thirt noble. indepe rT THE ; eae pic Mascot i TO SAN FRANCISCO t often you enter a footrace, only to be passed Jolly Green Giant.a Viking ship or the Cat in the Hat Welcome to the Bay to Breakers, a fromSan Francisco Bay to the breakers Ocean While there are finish line before « (as occurred when the U.S. and Sc Union boycotted past Olympics) and the en tire enterprise is altered, usually for the worse What three reatures could better sym. bolize the wide-openspaces wildness celebrated in the American West than a bear, a coyote and a rabbit? urtoon-like y_ Recent gett BY JEANIE VAN AMEN pretty. The strongprey on the weak. But Take away one member of the community Salt Lake's Dave Buccello, park rangerat Zion, is suspended off a rock face during a rescueexercise. nown many of the a which is always held Old ters frier , d the Bay area r Salt Lake City Cla exc stand-by ny. rain-free ar race runner ch he signed up he day after re aces,” said seen on this sun day by t f men in balle litted up Ha Street Hill (affectionately by returningrunners.) Hula skirts and Hawaiian shirts were popular garb, along with superhero Spandex and Elvis jumpsuits. The peren n te a salmon swimming up = be includir ame out ry Falwell ost r ageous costumes articipants in the e third Sunday in ‘ im. who literally ningeach year race from end to begin See BREAKERS, Page B-6 ‘ |
