| Show i Outdoorsen vi ron ment : Logan Utah Wednesday July 39 1177 Hit Harold Journal -- 14 Andrus keynotes energy meeting :'y- ' at Park City SALT LAKE CITY -S- purred by the nation’i growing energy needs has been national conference organised to examine legal environmental and other issues surrounding development of vast energy reserves found on public lands in the West The second annual conference “Energy and the Public Lands H" win beheld at Park City Aug 1740 and is expected to attract attorneys public officials scholars energy scientists and environmental advocates from across the country conference is sponThe sored by the University of Utah College of Law and the Environmental four-da- y Law Institute a Washington-base- d national research center “The nation’s energy problems have drawn attention to the enormous deposits of coal oil gas uranium oO shale and tar sands as well as to the 1 structures fbund on public in the West” notes Walter D Oberer dean of the U law school He says the conference is designed to address the problems of resource development water allocation and boom towns” ur--i availability V At tunire energy sources and Damnum environmental Impacts “Insights drawn from this conference enable participants to perceive and more effectively discharge their own A So what’s this mess got to do with duck hunting? More than IN tone of the fish have been removed by cemmerclal fishermen but they can’t keep up with this Neither can the seagulls Officials report that duck broods are hatching dally but that early Indications are this year’s production wfll be at least M percent below normaL Final production Migratory Bird e officials report than 1MM acres of marsh habitat are aew dry The lew water levels are rsmratrattni birds there but the carp also have will net be known from 8 ajn to 4:39 by JaaWi Pollution: it even happens in Norway - To look at OSLO Norway (UPI) lakes and Norway’s crystal-clea- r rivers the observer would say that is wrong an tnvWfia kOlsr has over nothing 9 The culprit is sulphur dioxide which escapes many factory smokecleaning processes Many south European countries solve the problem by high stacks which carry the into the upper the- past five to ten years destroyed all the salmon in six major rivers in southern Norway and emptied hundreds of lalm of other fish notably brown trout and wind Unfortunately for Norway southern region receives both prevailing winds from Britain’s in- and those of the Here’s a chance to cool off If the summer is a frontier stronghold outlaw The float trip for which college credit may be earned wfll leave the Utah State University campus some Indian1 Brown's July 27 for Park Par-tidpan- ts wfll travel by a dinosaur marry? How about trout inflated boat down the ruins fulling running rapids Green River to Jensen swtmmingTinmbatldng? will be Boatman AO these an part of Richard Deems a the itinerary of the float certified river guide for trip being sponsored as 14 years The instructing part of the Festival of the historian will be Charles American West to be Peterson USU professor of history and geography held in Logan July ud Mnriitu editor of 29-An- If you’d rather have the Western Historical Quarterly Kerry Ross Boren a western folklore expert and consultant for the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid will also guide the group Fee for the trip is $11550 per person plus a credit fee of $33 or a noncredit fee of $23 Further information can be obtained by calling the Extension Class Division USU ext 7391 'em without skin 752-41- 00 Continent’s industrial anas Erik Lykke director general of Norway's ministry of environment said Scandinavia’s in the UJS problem Is on the same serious scale and Canada Norway's southern mountains it is ' either as rain containing a high proportion of sulphuric add or the dry deposits fall on to the snow pack in winter where they ac- cumulate With the spring thaw the oxide mixes with water and pours an add solution Into lakes and rivers Concentrations up to ten times higher than any fish can tolerate have been recorded In addition the add in the water sinks to the bottom destroying fish breeding grounds Even more worrying to the jdgnt 1st s is the potential longterm effod on the pine forests The forests provide a basic industry and cover more than 27 per cent of the land area With only four millionwyilation I Norway is to over a six-yeperiod causes of this An intensive laboratory and field research program is now under way to determine what happens when the ar p"11” trees and forest floor an subjected to of time The study has another two yean to run but already it has been shown that cover is affected while the ground life is being leached from the soil not replaced Experts are afraid that in ten to 20 years' time there could be a sudden brrak in the ecological chain This could be more catastrophic than the major fish killer i Norway wants to persuade Eurooean industry to nosh its sulnhur (fladdepdlution back totim 1990 levd At that time annual emission was estimated at around 29 million tons In 1973 the figures had soared to 60 million tons and are still climbing In eight days in early January 1974 Lykke said an area of onto M00 square miles in southei LSH7SI received 4000 tons of Lykke said Britain has been dragging her feet in taring the problem But he said countries import as well as export pollution He wants industry to tackle the emissions at their source by trying to use other than fossil fuels or instating on the use low-sulph- 911-74- 74 ofl By Ana Scbfanpf the meeting and spent the first 30 minutes of the meeting sharing their No one wants to dose it up but everyone agreed that littering and findings Much of the conversation during the open forum discussion focused on the question of gating or not gating the UA Forest Sendee high add concentrations over a period of 1191 Annex Continuing Education Bldg University of Utah Salt Lake City UT MllS (901) Logan Cave access: the public will get one final chance The i By Ran Cecktag responsibilities in this increasingly important area” Oberer adds US Secretary of the Interior Cedi Andrus win deliver the keynote ad- dress Among oti recognised speakers Frederick Anderson executive director of (he Environmental Law Thornton Bradshaw Institute Atlantic Richfield Co of the president executive Michael McCloskey director of the Sierra Club Peter Strauss Columbia University law professor and former general counsel' for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gus Speth member of the President’s Council on Environmental Quality Louise Dunlap director of the Environmental Policy Center Katherine Fletcher member of the Domestic Council of the Office of the President Edward Clyde chairman of ttw Natural Resources Law Section of the American Bar Nicholas Yost general Association counsel for the UJ5 Council on Environmental Quality and Robert Redford actor and environmentalist Registration and conference information may be obtained by contacting William C Ward Director of Academic Programs Division of vandalism have readied the crisis levd in Logan Cave - persons attended a recent pUbUc meeting called by' the Logan Ranger District to help establish direction for the future management of the cave Partldpanta fat the meeting varied in their approach to solving the problems caused by the increasing popularity of the cave but wen united in their concern for foe future of die cave “I want my great great grandchildren to be able to see unbroken stalactites" said one Brigham City About 100 would hate the hassle of going to get a time I wanted to explore it” zlLzlTJ commentedT“" another youthful attender “Bat the point is the cave is faring well under it's present unrestricted access" said one of the conductors of the meeting The meeting was organised and conducted by members of the Logan Ranger District Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) All 48 of the YCCsrs and their nine adult explored Os cave previous to cave's entrance Frequent reference to the manual on cave toed by the ' National" Society Some of the favored “weak link” gates as opposed to "impregnable gates” other discussion revolved around the difficulty of making a public key easily rowrihU jpg lAw-- i qmwtiffMHl aesthetics of gating the cave at afl “We appreciate the public's participation in this forum and are especially enthusiastic about the tele of the YCC in organising and conducting it” said Ranger M J Roberta at the dose of the meeting there seems to be some op-- i to closing the cave we dan to a trial period The YCCwill the litter and as much of the in the next few Roberts “Then well post a sign indicating that if tiie cave is not damaged in the next taw months it will be hit with an open access If however i continues we will be forced to i a more active form of management such as gating” and bone here’s how the knife along the backbone then the bottom row of ribs and the last (4) Lift out the compete skeletoa the tafl then ite V missed bones and cut eut the fins If you wish (I) Split the two fOleta and prepare them for the tablc-any- irajr that eulta your palate (Photos |
