Show Page 8 Salina Sun Wednesday December 1997 10 to charge recreation fee Manti-LaS- al It's not too late to tell your customers how much you appreciate their support in the SunNews Christmas 1 or issue Dec 24 Call Deadline is Friday Dec 19 at 5 pm wiMLMyyuiumLw s 46 320 FEATURING “Superior Expect In Quality You A Home” 490 S VCR r — Is Ivins CAMCORDER REPAIR & — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — your camcorder ready for the Holidays? i 14 1 md Reg price $34 94 Must present coupon at time Ephraim Mon Fri Tue I I I of 3 E 100 S Hours: Thurs i I Complete Camcorder Cleaning Expires 122497 OFF permit they have a valid will be exempt from the recreation fee Consequently THERE WILL BE NOT CHARGE TO USE SR 31 OR SR 264 Fees will only be collected from visitors using resources ties or services managed by the Forest Service Though the decision to ment the project has already been made we need your held deciding exactly HOW this should be done Five public meetings will be held ing the month of December to present the proposal for the Forest’s ation Fee Demonstration Project and to obtain comments which will be considered in planning and ing the project The public is invited and encouraged to attend at the lowing location: December 15 7 pm Sanpete District Office 540 N Main St Ephraim UT f you are unable to attend but would like to learn about or comment on the fee project proposal please contact one of the FerronPrice Ranger trict Offices: Price (435) Thank you Ferron (435) for your participation and support With your help we are confident that this project will enhance the quality of the visitorexperience and improve the protection of natural resources Public benefits from public lands FOREVER ROMES IRC 50 E Beginning in the summer of 998 a fee will be charged for recreational use of some National Forest System Lands in the National Forest Under a new law passed last year the Omnibus Consolidated Re- and Appropriations Act of 996 (PL 34) the National Rec- Fee Demonstration Program was conceived to test the feasibility of a cost recovery pro- gram for recreation areas on Federal The National For- est was selected to be one of 100 such included in this test pro- gram Under the Fee Demonstration Program 00 of the revenue gener- will be returned to the fee area where it will supplement Federal ap- and help to fund the op- eration and maintenance of recreation facilities visitor services and the pro- tection of natural resources The proposed fee area includes ap- proxiniately 228 square miles (146000) acres of National Forest System Lands in teh FerronPrice District of the National Forest Generally lands eluded are located in Huntington Can- yon Miller Flat and the Joe’s Valley areas People who are not recreating on National Forest System Lands and or are engaged in an activity for which Used VCRs' & Camcorders for sale (435)283-551- 8 Getting a new computer for Christmas? 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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a total of $40965550 in bonus bids for Federal oil and gas lease rights on 53 parcels involving over 48920 acres of land in Utah during an oral auction held on November 24 1997 in Salt Lake City Utah In addition to the bonus bids the sale netted $7339650 in first year rentals and $3975 in administrative fees for a grand total of $487027 in revenues from this lease sale The State of Utah will receive 50 percent of all monies collected on the leases from this sale in addition to any rentals paid per acre annually for the lifeofthe leases(upto 10years)orany royalties paid to the US Government if a lease becomes productive A total of 05 parcels were offered totaling over 0587496 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the BLM Five of these parcels are within the National Forest located in Emery and Carbon Counties and mitted the high per acre bid of$ 35 for tract Brain Haley also suba mitted a high bonus bid of $49875 for parcel both located approximiles southeast of Vermately nal Parcels not sold at the auction are available for noncompetitive filings on the day following the sale On the day following the sale the BLM ceived 5 noncompetitive offers on 3 parcels A drawing is held to determine priority for parcels receiving multiple filings Both competitive and noncompetitive leases are issued fora term and require yearly rental of $ 50 per acre for the first five years and $2 per acre thereafter More information concerning the sale is available from the BLM State Office Public Room 324 South State Street 4th Floor PO Box 45155 Salt or teleLake City Utah phone Coat drive continues Area residents have been generous with old and new coats being donated to the North Sevier Middle School PTSA Coat Drive It isn't too late to bring your old coats in good shape or new coats to the North Sevier Middle School office in Salina hearing to discuss use of helicopters in roundup BLM wranglers from the Helicopters are tools commonly used by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the roundup of wild horses captured from the public rangelands On January 21 the BLM will conduct a public meeting to discuss where they plan to use helicopters in capture operations planned during 998 in Utah According to Wild Horse Specialist Glade Anderson the BLM will not only spell out agency procedures but will discuss the use of motorized vehicles in transporting animals from the capture site to the adoption facility safely This year’s annual meeting to discuss the use of motorized vehicles in transporting animals from the capture site to the adoption facility safely Thisyear’s annual meeting to discuss the use of motorized equipment in the management of wild horses in scheduled for 7 pm at the BLM’s Richfield Field Office located at 50 East 900 North Richfield Utah According to Anderson the BLM plans to remove approximately 400 excess wild horses in 1998 This year we plan to start gathering horses in February Adoptions will be held in several locations throughout Utah during 1998 starting in March Since 1975 the first year of roundups in Utah the BLM has removed more than 3600 wild horses and 200 burros from public rangelands The majority of these animals have been adopted locally with some animals being shipped back East for adoption Those wishing additional information regarding the upcoming public meeting or wild horse adoption information in general should contact the BLM Salt Lake Field Office (option 3) 2370 South 2300 West Salt Lake City Utah 84119 are administered by the US Forest Service Bids ranged from the minimum of $2 per acre to $135 per acre and averaged $837 per acre SonJa V McCorm ick from Salt Lake City submitted the highest total bid in the amount of $68862 for a parcel located approximately 55 miles south of Vernal in Uintah County Brian Haley Denver Colorado sub- - Wrap Up Christmas with a gift scription We’ll Y us today! 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