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Show Does Utah Congressman Jim Hansen Girl Scouts: Still Strong in the 21st Century Have a Heart of Environmental Green? BY SHARON STETZ Scout heritage will take place nationwide, with girls performing community service projects, wearing uniforms to school and in houses of worship, BY HEIDI MCINTOSH environmental protection. Inarecentop-ed piece he sent to newspapers around the country, Rep. Hansen vowed to “seek a wise balance between the protection of lands and species, appropriate public access to public lands and the environmentally sound extrac- Swell. Sounds good, but again, look more closely. While this area contains breathtaking wilderness quality lands, the bill did nothing to protect them. In fact, it facilitated the continued use of dirt bikes and ATVs, whose vivid scars stretch like spider webs across the land and grow every year. Hansenhas also supported bills that would eliminate wilderness study areas within 10 years oftheir creation; would have halted an ongoingstudyoffederal lands in Utah to determine their wilderness eligibility; would have given the Air Force ented primacy in tion of energy resources,” and the rightly argues that Republicans havefielded strong environmental leaders like Theodore Roosevelt. There are many Republicans in Congress today whoare sensitive to Americans’ concerns about the environment. However, whether Hansen has truly undergone a last-minute conversion remains to be seen. Either way, conservationists will look for opportunities to work with him to advance meaningful conservationinitiatives. As committee chair, Hansen will wield enormous influence over the fate of America’s wilderness areas, national parks, and national for- lands in western Utah; would have transferred federal public lands to the states; decommissioned certain national parks; and would pave the wayfor the construction of highways across pristine public lands under a Civil War-era statute known as R.S.2477. Mostrecently, ina Dec. 27, 2000 letter to President Bush, Hansen identified no less than 14 diverse environmental policies he intends to scuttle. These include the Park ests, and on the congressional en- vironmental agenda. Much is at stake. Conservationists, however, view Hansen’s conversion with skepticism. Heis,after all, a man with a record on these issues, one that doesn’t exactly glow with green credentials. Since he has put his record at issue, it bears close strip the Forest Service roadless area protections put in place after two years of widespread eae support and involvement, and he maligns the Fish and Wildlife Service’splans to restore the health of wildlife refuges. According to Hansen’sletter, mining companies can also expect an easier ride if he succeeds in his stated goal of rolling back even modestregulations on that industry, which already management of wilderness gets federal lands virtually cost free, and mines gold, silver and other metals with no royalty payments to the U.S. Treasury. Hansen’s history provides a clear picture of his vision for this nation’slast wilderness frontiers. Our unique heritage as Americans is onthe block, and we should look more closely at what Mr. Hansen does than whathis press releases parks from pass a watered-down wilderness bill for Utah that included just a fraction ofthe nine million acres of pubic lands that qualify for wilderness in that state. With a dash of salt to the wound, he included atrocious language that would haverolled back the 1964 Wilderness Act by permittingdams,roads and other developments smack dab in the middle of designated wilderness areas. Fortunately, this bill died on Capitol Hill in 1996, with every major environmental group aligned againstit. Meanwhile, Hansen continues to block a House vote on America’s Redrock Wilderness Act, put to- today continue to move forward with the founder’s vision of helping girls everywhere grow strong. From nature walks and learning Morse Code in the beginning of the 20th Century, to meeting with members of Congress and developing Web sites in the year 2001, Girl Scouts has alwaysbeen in step with the times. Traditional activities to commemorate the Girl BY GORDONS. LIND Sharon Stetz is the CEO ofGirl Scouts ofUtah. Well, now we see there is another reason to move Hogle Zoo — The Presidential Club condominiums located on the east bench above the zoo (Tribune, March 3). These luxury condos will sell for between $236,000 and $400,000. Butwhenthe wind is from the west, it seems to me the condos will et FREE Windshield!) "GlassAct will waive up to $125.00 of yourInsurance Deductible. Plus With Every Windshield You Get... FREE State Safety Inspection: RockChip Repair’) Mobile Service! wearing green! Ry oe eehcaks Gis Saint of Gi Sms -w continue to commitourselves to providing girls witha place where they can develop qualities of character, conduct, and community service, and in the process grow into tomorrow’s leaders. While the values that were synonymous with Girl Scouting in the beginning ofthe 20th Century still hold true today, we continue to evolve with a program that works best for girls in the 21st Century. March12, 1912, markedthe beginning of an organization that for almost nine decades has helped girls grow strong. Founder Juliette Gordon Low’s vision ofbringing something “special to girls of America andthe world” culminated in the founding of the Girl Scouts, where girls throughoutthe nation develop physically, mentally, and spiritually. Girl Scouts. Where Girls Grow Strong. Pecuniary Motive for Moving the Zoo? Heidi McIntosh is the SUWA conservation director. loud, Free Pickup - Tax Dedu losea considerableamountoftheir value. , Then Preston Miller’s ” will become a smelly aie So obviously, the taxpayers should help him out. GordonS. Lind lives in Sandy. AIR DUCT CLEANING Seclpoy aoa We Do All Paperwork - RunningorNot" Utah Council of the Blind has helped the blind become moreaT in the workplace since 1972. Vehicles, Real state, Lots, Boats, RV's, and more! 800-767-0258 scrutiny. In 1995 and 1996, he fought to ing, young womengrow courageous and strong. During Girl Scout Week, March 11-17, scouts from all over Utah will celebrate the anniversary of the organization’s founding 89 years ago. With the same dedication that the 18 initial Girl Scout members had in 1912, local girls will participate in activities that celebrate the fun and friendship that Girl Scouting provides. The3.6 million members in the organization say. Service’s attempts to protect our national countries, projects, and participating in Salt Lake City's St.Patricks bay Parade and yes, we'll be their lives — like strong and a conviction about their own potential and selfworth. In Girl Scouts, members discover the fun, friendship, and power of girls together. Through the many enriching experiences provided by Girl Scout- Salt Lake Provo/Orem OgdenArea 533-8844 373-8726 392-1072 FINAL WEEKS yew Loan Sale gether by citizens throughout the country and which contains some of the most spectacular canyons, Which one do you need? sandstone spires and sweeping desert landscapes in the country. The Redroc.. bill has broad public support from coast to coast, with 168 co-sponsors in the House (including 23 Republicans)and15 co- sponsors in the Senat Wilderness isn’t theonly part of our natural heritage that Hansen hastargeted. National monuments havealso bornethe bruntofhisire. These monuments, protecting di- verse areas from the Sonoran desert of Arizona to the historic Missouri Breaks of Montana, are enormously popular.’ Moreover, despite the torrent of criticism that Hansenhas rained on these monuments, experience at Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, created in 1996, showsthat they provide an economic boost to struggling rural towns. In Utah, both jobs and per capita income have increased in areas near the monumentaccordingtostate data. One of Hansen's chief complaints is that President Clinton designated these national monu- ments withoutpublic input. These complaints not only overlook the public hearings and open discussion about the monument proposals, but they ring hollow in light of Hansen’s own checkered history of shielding pet projects from public review and environmental analysis. 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