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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, October 12,2003 OPINION the past spoke softly that land does not belong to us; we belong to the land. | heard the earthsong of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s How am I theirs, ifthey cannot hold me poem Hamatreya: They called We By THap Box I steadied myself on a sand stoneledge. { focused my camera on petroglyphs of people, big horn sheep, snakes and horned gods. I tried to imagine the can yon below when people set those images in stone. What were the people like who created thou sands of pictures along 40 miles of Nine Mile Canyon? Were they artists tryin, to capture the mo . know somewhat more about what happened to those who called the land home when the first Europeans arrived Mountain men and pioneers brought diseases, guns andattitudes that resulted in demise of natives. The land was occupied by new sets of immigrants who lived their lives and dreamed their dreams. The canyon is littered with relics of past . dreams. Rotting global warming. In Washington, senators used Gov. Mike Leavitt’s EPA confirmation hearings to point out President Bush’s failing stewardship of our earth. Senators produced example after example of Bush’s policies leading to environmental deterioration. I! wonder how many in EPA orthe White House ever saw turkey images carved by ancients in Utah sandstone. Or when they last visited a place whereall the people disappeared after the environment changed. One thing is certain, Nine Mile Canyon will change. With all our scholarship, we don’t know for sure how manycultures lived there in the past. With our best technology, we can’t predict with certainty what cultures will occupy the canyon in the future. We can befairly sure the wants of people will change. And the land respond will In warm autumn sun, I soaked in beauty my camera couldn’t capture. Trees along the stream were tipped with gold. Scarlet shrubs contrasted with brownish-red sandstone, gray sagebrush and bright yellow blossoms of rabbitbrush. A hawk soared overhead. A lizard scamperedup a rock face. Jenny sat by a rock shelter, writing in her journal. There was a “For Sale” sign in the flat below. But spirits from me theirs/ Who so controlled me:/ Yet every one/ Wished to stay, and is gone,/ How am I theirs,/ if they cannot hold me,/ but I hold them. Thad Boxlives in Logan. He was dean of natural resources at Utah State University for 20 years, thefirst Gerald Thomas professor ofsustainable systems at New Mexico State University, and is now professor emeritus at USU. — Were they | tried to imagine the log houses sit in their desert simply graffiti tag gers like gang members people set those : . branches grow through wheels of What were the people A stone chimney, with spray paint? A lot of foms rocks chippedthe Fremont serub. canyon below when re wmages in stone. . Like who created ps rusting tractors. its house long destroyed, since eal ae of “ses in front petro_~ ameten : recorded thousands . of pictures miles of giyphs. A Model 'T oe along 40 on a ‘ e first millentruck, still loaded Vaan : (res vt nium A.D. (hiked Nine Mile Canyon? since DONATE Were you born to be a computer genius? DECEMEED BIst 16 ADPROACHING GET YOUR TAK DEDUCTION NOW Donate your cars, beats, rv’s. planes or tand lo United Cerebral Palsy of Utah ; idvancing Independence While Making A Better Community Immediate Pick-Up Free Towing-—24 hours a day se people a ways and climbed a cliff to find rock panels| thought weren’t altered in recent times. Near the road are petroglyphs of people on horseback and the date 1882. Recent visitors scratchedtheir names overorig inal sketches by people who once called the canyon home. Home. Folks who made the rock art may not have been the first humans to use the canyon Wedon’t know how many others lived there. It’s harsh country, with sparse rainfall and cold winters. The running stream, abundant wildlife and conve nient shelters may have at tracted cultures we do not know. We would like to know more about people who first published stories of their lives on sand stone pages. And people who camebeforeor after them. Wedon’t know why onegroup replaced the other. Paleo climatic studies show severe dry periods every 50 to 70 years over thousands of years. Some think droughts forced whole cultures to change locations or die. Oth ers point to disease, wars or newcomers that changed popu lations of people who lived in prehistoric Utah. have been a wool press, now serves as a target for riflemen. A horse coral encloses only rabbit brush. The sandstone cliffs are mostly public land. The canyon bottom is privately owned. Cows graze small fields irrigated by water diverted from the stream. Bright new signs offer much of the land for sale. The beautiful scenery and historic treasures would make the canyon ripe for trophy houses of amenity migrantsif roads were better. I visited the petroglyphs because The Salt Lake Tribune said an oil company is exploring the canyon. Some say new technology allowsdrilling wells without harming one of America’s best collections of rock art. Maybe so, but better roads will open the area to a different set of newcomers. I ruined a tire on the trip. I met an oil rig on the road. Change will come to Nine Mile Canyon. In his book Preparing for a Changing Climate, published by the U. 8. Global Change Research Program, scientist Fred Wagner and his team make an excellent case for major regional climatic shifts due to Please Donate any vehicle you can (oduyt CALL. TOLL-FREE ee eS eo in a research study involving an investigational medication. To qualify you must be 18-75 years old and experiencing moderate symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) after eating (e.g., regurgitation, heartburn, bloating, upper abdominal fullness, discomfort, or nausea) more than three times a week. 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