Show Millard Countys Award-Winnin- g County-Wid- Feature Publication e CAR RT Sort Bulk Rata CJoEEK fifW US Postage PAID V VOLUME 26 ISSUE 36 September 7 2004 PO Box 609 Delta UT 84624 Wsst NiEs rus EJ s t s c t s dl nm Utah Prscautnans Urrgisd Utah public health officials report West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in Utah this Six Utah residents summer have been diagnosed with WNV so far this year Of the six human cases four have been neuroinvasive These cases come from Box Elder Davis Duchesne Salt Lake and Utah counties 52 mosquito Additionally found have been pools positive for WNV in Duchesne Uintah Grand Salt Lake and There Washington counties have also been 7 positive chickens found in Washington and Duchesne counties 3 positive horses found in Salt Lake Grand and Washington coun ties and 2 positive birds found in Grand and San Juan counties We are currently at Risk Level 4 (active mosquito season and WNV activity detected in humans) West Nile vine is a potential-- National Public Lands Day Trail Project Planned September 18 The Sand Rock RidgeRiders ATV is combining their efforts with the BLM in a trail project scheduled in observance of National Public Lands Day on Saturday September 18 - When the Fillmore Office of the BLM called with the proposal that the two groups become partners for this event on National Club Public Lands Day club officers accepted the invitation One of the club’s purposes is to work to keep the trails open The trail improvement project along the Dry WashBig Oak ATV Trail south of Kanosh is in the planning stages Dave Whitaker from the BLM is - working to organize the project Sand Rock RidgeRiders will readily also be joined in this effort by groups of Boy Scouts who will be working at the entrances to the The Fishlake National canyon Forest is donating the use of Adelaide Campground for the stag- ing and lunch area Riders who are involved in the day's activities will find that there are rewards in store for those who Each participant will help- out e receive a as weD as a Pass to use during the Day next year at any public free area The participants will also be served a delicious lunch at Adelaide Campground in Kanosh Canyon following the morning’s work All Sand Rock Ridge Rider chi) members and other ATV riders who to help out are to meet at Adelaide Campground in Kanosh Canyon at 9 am on Bring Saturday September 18 shovels crowbars primers and other hand tods to use The work will begin at that time and lunch will be served by the BLM at 1 pm in the campground Later in the day dub members who would like to look at the fall colors will ride the upper Kanosh Those who Loop (Cottonwood) wish to do this are encouraged to unload their ATV s in the area above Adelaide Campground New forest service restroom facilities are located in the area fist west of the would like bridge National Public Lands Day is a continuation of the work done by the Civilian Conservation Corps when they worked from 1933 to 1942 to preserve and protect America’s natural heritage On last year’s National Public (CCC’s) Lands Day volunteers contributed $10 million in improvements to America’s public places built refurbished or 500 They miles of trails planted nearly 22000 tress and plants and to 2 million pounds of bagged close trash This year volunteers will work at hundreds of sites in every state making National Public Lands Day the largest annual volunteer hands-o- n event of its kind in the United States Great Fun for Everyone! End of Summer Celebration! Fillmore Territorial Statehouse Park 10 a-until dark m Friday & Saturday September (see schedule of events inside this issue) 10 & u ly lethal virus that can be transmitted to humans though mosquito bites If a person is bitten a mosquito and becomes infected 80 of people will not develop any symptoms of the disease and only about 1 in 150 will become seriously ill West Nile vi-causes a flulike illness West Nile fever in about 20 of those infected and usually causes fever headache weakness nausea vomiting and occasionally a skin rash West Nile central nervous system disease (meningitis or encephalitis) occurs in less than 1 of those that are infected and is much more serious usually requiring hospitalization stiff neck Fever headache and nausea are symptoms of West Nile meningitis The for West Nile symptoms encephalitis are the same as above plus altered mental status and paralysis About 10 of central nervous system cases are fatal and many other patients never fully recover from their illness Continued on page 4 |