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Show Castle Dale, Utah Tuesday July 9, 2002 2A Emery County Progress Monument Continued from PAGE post-- t 1A. Us. One of the problems that the president will not act on a monument if the Emery County Commission and the people are not comfortable with it. The chief advisors words were, 'The president won't act unless its w fiat we want. The point is the White House is not going to do anything if the people are not comfortable with it. The immediate assumption was that the monument would close all the roads and that is false as well. The Bureau of I .and Management will define what is open with or without a monument. The monument would Ire a historical monument, all historical uses such as ranching, farmy ing, grazing, pioneer, outlaw would he presen t'd as part of a living museum. iVople need access, there is no point in rreat-ing- a monument to celebrate the history of the San Rafael and then not letting them see it. That is ridiculous. We want to provide good and appropriate access as has been done in the past. Shutting down roads is not part of the thinking. "We think the test way to fight the environmentalists is to come up w ith better ideas; something besides wilderness. This is the Im'sI way to show that wilderness is just one small tool. We want to propose other ways to go. The people in the east think it is wilderness or degradation with nothing in between. The best thing to do is let them see that we are good people doing good tilings on the land und it is not as cut and dried as they think. We are not all. Mulwe are tifile use does not mean all uses in all areas. I am all for multiple uses, not for one use. Wilderness advocates are for one use. Wilderness is no management. They want nothing to hupften. The w study areas in Emery County are so large that you couldn't carry enough wuter with you to get across them if you were hiking. Our area is misunder-stoo- d by Congress. That hasU'cn part of the problem in dcalingwilh them. They dont have a gru.xp of the size and expanse of the San Rafael Swell. 'liiey dont understand the imparts of having bisect the Swell. They dont understand the public lands. We sjx'nd a lot of resources retrieving and rescuing those who don't understand this area. There is a real gup in imdrrstandingtx'iwern the people who live here and those buck east who have never been here before. deal. Another prominent myth is that no matter what happens nolhinj' more or nothing , is with Staircase Escalante the president will declare it a monument. It is not a done deal. I have met in Washington w ith the head of the council on environmental quality and we National Monument and the way President Clinton used the Antiquities Act It tainted the process and made people suspicious. As soon as the governor announced the monument idea there was an instant suspicion. It will take a lot to overcome the myths; first those saying it's u done deal It is far from a done talked about the monument; where the White House is, and what they expect; they are very in tune with what we've been doing and are sensitive to the ac- cess issue. Weve been assured Star Theatre 163 North Main Huntington, Utah A TO 82 1 ' .Serving a Slur I'erormanu in hunuly t.nleruimment his-tor- The Bourne Identity ends Thursday Cuntinutsi Like Mike IV) I'hyiriK at 7:00 pm. Mon-Sa- l Saturday Matinee 2.00 p.m. Tfl ' til, r Starts Friday. 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A monument is a good idea because Emery County does need to diversify, we dont benefit from the tourists visiting our area now. With a monument combined with a heritage area w e would be able to guide tourists where we want them and we would benefit from them. They could stay and enjoy the area and communities and spend some money. With wilderness, the tourists would not go into the communities. A monument would be beneficial because the San Rafael is special and unique in the world. It is a unique blend of man and nature. We want to protect the interests. It could be a living museum where everyone has a place to honor their forefathers example and heritage in such a way that it becomes formal and permanent. The Swell is unique enough that it ought to have some recognition. If we design what the monument would look like it w ould have more of the characteristics we want. Emery County is writing the drufl languuge and declaration. In that document we will have input and set a pattern for development of management. Emery County will be on the management team and involved in the ongoing management. People have voiced their win eern that we would lose control if the Swell became a monument After President Clinton desig nuted the GSENM, the Utah As t of Counties filed a it not it and has against changed, the legal efforts have not altered the monument. Even if we have an environmental president, changingwhut the previous president did is not going to hapien. Maybe there might be a different focus by the BLM on where its going and our member of the management team BLM ongoing management of our area. If this is left to the devices law-sui- take the human element out of potential forest fires, the nature element still has fire crews on the run. Forest service personnel responded to the scene of weekend in the Emery County area. John Healy, acting forest The Bureau of I .and Management will send almost S2 10 million to approximately 1.900 local governments in accordance with the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act for fiscal year 2002. Secretary' of the Interior Gale Norton announced that PILT years, many of winch begun July 1. The BLM administers PILT payments, which are provided by the federal government to jnsbp it Isgy tag&L Cca set That wi esa ty "O' Fafesi in lcddng for t particular rciidt, ksi ud set u td wt will go d B jm way to find i 1995 Jeep Wrangler 44, jn t!l yrai tin rchicis jsn want st ths EST 5,995 White, Low Miles! 12,995 I ton!! 1687 1997 Chevy Cavalier Great Mileage. Priced right for Student 3,995 t 4,973 WiercCty Sable Like New. 200) Mercury Grand Marquis 7,995 2000 Ford Expedition 4x4, LOADEDII XLT LIKE NEWI LOADEDII Blue 16,650 2035 ai&. Of fashioned Value with Mortem T cchnotoo)' tax-exem- pt 0,203,7 1 3 over the payments for fiscal year 2001. Changes in payments are due to the amount appropriated by Congress and changes in other federal revI enues. All slates except Rhode Island. which has minimal federal land, are receiving PILT payments in 2002. The states whose local governments receive tire most in PUT payments are: California, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana. Ctah. and Colorado. Emerv Countv will be receiving $383,323. $1 This Weeks American Profile... Ridem cowBotj The Little Britches Rodeo Association is the oldest Youth rodeo organization the country. Each year it sanctions up to 200 rodeos in 14 states from the South to the West. Among its alumni is Pro Kodeo Hull of Earner Ty Murray. (Next to Gordon's Nursery (435) & Easing si i css Muck apple pie Floral) Brought to you this week b- y- 687-AUT- O Main Street Carpet Trade Ins Accepted Financing Avaiirjsle 66 E. Main, Price ji dt A offset tax revenues lost because of federal land in their jurisdictions. PILT payments are essentia! to support vital community services such as firefighting, police protection, and providing healthcare - in rural communities across the West," said BLM Director Kathleen Clarke. By moving up the payments, we are providing counties with greater flexibility to manage their budgets, she added. This years PUT payments of $209,3(14 ,593 are an increase of In Addition... 686 North 400 East Huntington, Utah 84528 C Mountain. Awesome Carl 2001 Taurus Gold, CD Player, Power Everything! 1999 2002 Toyota Corolla in rcr 2001 Chrysler Sebring Convertible, 24k miles, 7,937 6,400 1995 VW ietta Clean!! Excellent Carl! Automatic out of f 1999 Pontiac Grand Am Red, Sharp! 5spd pries in were reports of smoke on the Ferron dugway, but he said crew s have been unable to detect a fire. On Monday Troy Davis, acting fire management officer for the area, reported that a crew was investigating reports of a fire on north Horn F wLsi ta ranger for the Ferron District, reported that crews responded to a fire in Wiley's Fork in the lower Muddy Creek area to blaze. Crews battle a three-acr- e also responded to Rilda Canyon where lightning had started a blaze whicn was quickly contained. Healy also said there distributes PILT payments to local governments payments are being sent three months earlier to help local governments budget for their fiscal fti Emris in given to Sally Wisely, state director of the BLM. We are full partners with them. We have plans for an extensive poll vv hich w ill ask comprehensive questions. Keith Allied from Harvard is also working gathering information. The BLM will also answer questions and take input on their website. Information about other BLM monuments will also be provided. Across the board comparisons will be made. All monuments are not the GSENM. They will show how management differs from monument to monument and do a comparison. All of the monuments will be listed with the different types of uses that are in place in each one so the people can got an overall view of the monument issue. We will do some public service meetings and meet with the media to discuss monuments in general. We will be doing that with the BLM and we will also hav e our own meetings with various interest groups on the proposed language. We will take input from the public meetings and give out good information. We may do an information pamphlet. We want to pull the people away from the fear that was created with the GSENM and have them look at the monument system as a whole. Finely'County will begin meeting with people in late July or in August. The BLM will meet with people in early fall with a sympo-siubeing planned for September. There is a lot of information to Ik brought forth. If the voters vote the issue down then the Emery County Commissioners could not endorse the monument. We would have no other choice, if the people vote in favor, then we wouldn't do much different; just continue gathering information. A positive vole does not guarantee a monument, the decision still lies with the president in deciding if he w ants to use the .Antiquities Act. It is our intent to have public input, it is imjxirtant to the president and to us," said Commissioner Johnson. Continued from PAGE 1A. BLM 111 resource management plan. What control are we going to lose? If we had control we would of had a national conservation area a long time ago. There are problems with grazing that have existed and will exist whether we have a monument or not. People are blaming the GSENM for their problems with grazing and they had problems before with new regulations. It is our intent to protect grazing. A monument doesnt bring money w ith it. It brings increased enforcement and education. That is why the heritage area is so important. The monument and heritage area would become a partnership to protect the land. The heritage area deals with people to enhance the infrastructure' and build facilities and preserve areas and brings fundingwith it. Banks are unwilling to invest in rural Utah and with a monument we hope we could get some backing. The backing we n(ed to see those kind of things in place. The heritage area will help get those. We will build facilities to capitalize on these arcus. We will be able to guide people here in a more defined manner and benefit from the whole philosophy. We want to give people in the county a good clear picture of the options before the vote in November. We want to pull away from the rhetoric of the extremes and get down to what a monument does and what it cannot do. We are not afraid of the vote. We are happy to see it. We wunt good information to Ik presented not misinformation. One of the things most important to Bros. Bush was a mandate to the BUM to get a feel for what the public wants and to get good information and evaluate all sides and purposes. We want the voters to make a decision to pursue the monument or not based on good information. We are partnering with the BLM in doing their job. We are helping them gel the in- - formation on the resources, the heritage and the people of the area. This assignment has been Fire several ligf ltning strikes over the Styli lurj, "One of the benefits of a monument would be that we would have a say in the management and the I. 637-505- 0 Ccltbrating H oinet ou n Life Center Texaco Main & Carbon Ave., Price 637-157- 5 |