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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1974 Page Sixteen Inflation Hits Land Program Inflation has become a major problem in the land acquisition and rehabilitation program of the Division of Wildlife Resources. Lands Development Supervi- sor Don R. Christensen reports wire costs have risen over 400 percent. Seed costs have risen over 100 percent. Rental for caterpillars has gone from $3 to $10 per acre for double chaining. Aerial broadcasting of seed has gone from 75 cents to $1.25 per acre. Land costs have soared from $12 per acre in 1967 to as much as $125 per acre this year. Additionally, many supplies are difficult to come by. From five requests for fencing wire, we have received only 25 rolls, noted Christensen. Hand gathered seed for manual projects has also become scarce. d All of these problems a with continual loss in habitat have taken .their toll on Utahs wildlife. It has been calculated that nearly 3,600 acres were required for the support of Utahs new citizens from 1972 to 1973. Here is how that figure was compiled. Virginia Forests, Inc., show that for each 10,000 new people settling in a city, 100 new acres are needed for retail and service stores. 150 acres for parks and other public lands, 700 acres for homes, 180 acres for public streets and 70 acres for industry a total of 1,200 acres. The Utah Economic and Business Review reported an increase of 29,000 persons in Utah from 1973 to 1973. That adds up to 3,600 acres in the one-yeperiod. The high costs encountered by the Division for the necessary program have presented a dilemma. Because, even though Utah has been blessed with goodly amounts of summer range, winter range is in short supply. Division biologists compare the summer-winte- r range difference to an hourglass. On top is the abundant summer forage, supporting many deer. rom-bine- When its recycling waste into roadways After youve removed the mineral content from a crushed rock, what can you do with the stuff thats left over? Kennecott engineers determined to find out. They built a pilot plant and put this tailing material deinto a hydrocyclone, a centrifuge-lik- e vice designed to separate it according to size. The larger particles proved just right for highway fill. ar So Kennecott geared up a bigger plant and Lake County. The construction people were more than pleased. Project engineer Don Hargis, called tailing a beautiful material to work with . . . beautiful for compaction. Another use was discovered for the tailing as a base in asphalt mixes. And now it is to be used in a surfacing project being undertaken by Salt Lake City road builders. Recycling tailing, a waste product, into roadways thats beautiful! for the next two years donated approximately tons of tailing to the Utah State Department of Highways for use in construction of a belt route in southwest Salt 4V6-milli- on CfXQf? KEEP ftp QD20U03 wipjp&ir JStak Copjpez Bimsaom |
