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Show E:;d: 123199 PRESS UTAH 307 r SALT UFA ASSOCIATION 200 S W LAI E - CITY 5005 SUITE 84101 UT o Library packs up for move Paged Retire from School Board Page 12 VOLUME 67 NUMBER 47 L JDE WEDNESDAY COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER 500 sponsoring legislation to protect The silent, splendid and the land north of the Grand CanBy Dixie Brunner untrampled, the rugged but delicate desert north of the Grand Canyon deserves special protect ion , wrote a recent Den ver Post editorial, urging the designation of a large area of the Arizona strip a national yon. 60-7- 0 miles of a i" treacherous roads away. McCain, the odds-o- n favorite More people to be the Republican Presiden- (tourists) will tial candidate, is approachingthe mean more imissue with the predicted caution pact on the e of a said presidential candidate. Barlow, and Senator McCain is intrigued that will cost us monument. The landscape doesnt face immedi- by the proposal, commented his money. The designaate threats, but in the near fu- press secretary to the SUN, addture could be subjected to strip ing, 1 at hes not committed to tion might not mining in its interior and condo the legislation yet. He wants to hurt Colorado and developments along its edges. get more public input before he City Arizona didnt need to feel jeal- acts on the issue. She assured Fredonia, says ous over Utahs new national that McCain would hold public economic direcmonument long, it appears hearings on the issue. tor Jim Matson. of Roger Smith,' International Theres a possitheyre poised to get one of their own. Most reports agree, the Uranium Corporation, (formerly bility Fredonia U.S. government will soon de- Energy Fuels), says the condo might get the clare 400,000 acres of federal and strip mine mentality is just monument land on the Arizona strip, the scare tactics employed by the headquarters Shivwitts National Monument. Denver Post. That land in ques- and rent space Included in the proposal is tion is managed by the BLM, to the federal Toroweap and land south of Mt. U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. government, like Trumbull, and an additional Park Service, writes Smith in a much 200,000 acres is also under con- letter to the SUN, and is not Kanab is doing JANUARY 20, 1999 , 1 X Ji ? f jP -- awe-inspiri- com-munit- y, soon-to-b- - t s ng sideration. U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has proposed the desig- nation. But wanting to avoid the furor which came in the wake of the creation of Utahs Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument, Babbitt is taking a different tact. Instead of getting a Presidential proclamation, hes attempting to secure the monument through legislation. Babbitt has enlisted assistance from the popular Arizona Republican, U.S. Senator John McCain, who is said to be KANAB WEATHER January Free Courtesy: Frank Swapp Family available for condo development. In addition, Smith says that strip mining has never occurred, nor is proposed to occur on the Arizona Strip District. But most believe the Shivwitts Monument is a done deal, and want to capitalize on any input or funds which might be afforded them. The communities of Fredonia and Colorado City stand to be impacted the most by designation of the remote national monument I think our community feels resistance but resignation to the monuments creation, said Fredonia Mayor Joy Jordan. Mayor Dan Barlow said that Colorado City, along with the Mohave County Board of Supervisors, are trying to find ways to steer monument management. We would like some input, said Barlow'. We have made a list of things we want them to consider. Among issues Barlow wants considered are law enforcement, and search and rescue. Colorado Citys emergency services currently serves the monument area, which in some locations, is . with i ; m 5 t f i it - i i if V " VyOl . t, ' 0 ? . , , ! 5--b v the G S E N M . School trust lands are cur- i J -- rently being traded out of the proposed area, t'r 1 m v S-- t said Matson, and may be traded for land Colorado City or Fredonia could - "V ' v. develop. Matson added . ' tt fM Uv V i W. I u ;v A 1 1 If Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has his way, some ofthe Arizona strip newest national monument, Shivwitts National Monument. might also corn- pel the government to improve roads on the strip, such as the the designation one to Toroweap. Local public sentiment over the proposed monument has been guarded. Many feel impotent when it comes to federal land management issues. Whether the Shivwitts Monument is a done deal or not...local communities w'hich stand to be the most impacted are taking a wait and see attitude. We believe that if its going to happen, said Mayor Jordan, We are just going to try to make the best of it. will become the country's roads meeting next Wednesday GSENM The Kane County Resource Committee will be hosting a public input meeting cn the road network within the Grand Staircase-Escalant- e National Monument. All monument users are invited to attend and review the current maps. Public comment will be accepted and reviewed by Kane County and the Monument planning team prior to development of a final map. This meeting will be held in the Kane County Commission Chambers cn Wednesday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. and the public is invited to attend. i u |