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Show THE ZEPHYR APRIL 1990 PAGE 20 from the sierra club PACK CREEK RANCH Grazing Abuse and Multiple Use Restaurant Open Daily by Lance Christie DINNER MENU Salad Bar $7.95 Tlii salad Liu iliimei iikludes .i laski.-- l nl bread. Cm .is olleii .it you liki lull please lake .1 ili'.in I il.iU- e.uli tune - dl.ll.llll' Vt'cji'labli Plait A seleclioii nl uMiki-i-l l In-al- Ask yum tv.iilpelson llli- - Roast Cumisli 1 1 . 95 $9.95 $12.95 lii'ii 1. .cl i'il .uni si'ivi'.l mill a i sauce. Si'ivi'il mill uilil ini' i.iiiii1 i unless ynu pii'li Sfk-ction- lilllllel 95 $ lli.il vanes mill n Imlays nllelllHJ Gamt l lt'ii A yiiuii'j, mil Iimi siveel RBQ $H ii .11 ii n it.ili i .1 $10.95 $13.05 s I'nik Kills .Hill ( 'I III Ill'll (Iiliililil.ilioil Till llk'.il is slow liutsli'il lo lllulst l.'llili'l kl fi'l III HI ilk'll lliuslli'il Will I our own sauce ii til ijl. ill'll hi u Imi oven. Wilis only $1! 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Itoi.ijliy i I Tuurnedos of Beef $15.95 $18.95 Ilk' iiiosl li'iulfi tul ol ilu Ik'i'l Wi liriiwu il iiin'kly iml si'ivt1 il will i .1 mil Iiiowii sauce willi niusliiooiiis and laced willi Marsala Wim French Pepper Steak $14.95 $17.95 Ilus is not lot ilu- f.iiul ol luiirl Wi f usi a Niw York leak, ill ed.je ll ill il.kkl'il bl.kk pi'ppi'l .llld p.ill til till il llii'ii III usi i il oil willi .i i ii'.ini iiinl In.indy s.iiui - $12.95 $15.95 New York Steak Cuokt'd ilu w.iy you liki il .mil lupk'd willi siliilt'i'd IIIUsIlIlMlIIIS. Curry of the Day price varies sumptuous .mil spicy dish served with an array ol Cundiiiii'iils on a lied bl lice. Soinelimcs ilmken, Miiiieliiiii'S seulood always a ijood choke (or iIihm ol you wlm like a nul loo Iml Iml spuy dish. A $12.95 $15.95 Prime Rib Seivcd on Weekends only. We have lieen lold liy luslnmvis lli.tl its I lie liesl they have ever hail All diniicis include salad liar, enlree, fiesli veijelaliles looked lo iei lei lion, your choice of lice or ml.ilo unless llie menu si. lies ullieiwise ami a liaskel ol Ineail A l.i c.nle includes eveiylhuiij above except I he salad bar. Daily Horseback Rides At The Ranch For Information or Reservations Phone (801)259-550- 5 Miners and cattle growers emphasize how they are for "multiple use" of public lands, and deride environmentalists as being "elitists who want to "lock up the land. If one realistically reviews the evidence, this viewpoint looks Ilka It has come from Alice's Wonderland via the looking glass. The problems that mainstream environmental organizations' experience with public lands grazing are due to jack of multiple use management Our appeals and lawsuits, which we keep winning, are over what we see as federal agency failures to follow the legal mandate to manage for multiple use and sustained yield values on public land. At this point, It Isnt only judges who are agreeing with us. The United States General Accounting Office (GAO) Issued a report In 1989 which concludes that "BLM Is not and exercising balanced stewardship over the public lands as required by Its multiple-us- e sustalned-ylel- d mandates. The report provides fine Insight Into the history of the situation : "Historically, public lands administered by BLM were viewed as wastelands warranting little management attention. In keeping with this view, Intensive livestock grazing on these lands was not regulated until enactment of the Taylor Grazing Act In 1934. Even after this date, the operating federal philosophy was to assume a custodial role over these lands pending their ultimate disposal to other parties. As a consequence, the public lands that had already been badly damaged by decades of overgrazing and unregulated mining activity continued to deteriorate. In 1976, the Congress sought to change this philosophy by enacting the landmark Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA). This act established the policy that public lands were to be retained In federal ownership and that their deteriorated condition should be Improved. Further, FLPMA directed that BLM lands be managed under the The multiple-us- e and sustalned-ylel- d. principle requires BLM to principles of multiple-us- e manage the public lands In a balanced fashion for the benefit of all uses. In defining this principle, the act stated that fish and wildlife, recreation, ecological preservation, watershed, historical, and other values should be given consideration as the BLM works out a combination of uses that best meets the present and future needs of the American people. The sustalned-ylel- d principle requires BLM to have a long-ter- m perspective In Its to ensure that the land's productive capacity If maintained In management actions perpetuity. Under the act, the land should not be abused or have Its productivity Impaired In order to maximize commercial output or economic return. In 1978, the Public Rangelands Improvement Act reaffirmed this national policy and commitment The GAOs 1988 studies found that 60 of BLM grazing allotments were In bad " condition, and only one fourth were Improving. A significant portion of grazing allotments were overstocked, and on 75 of overstocked allotments, BLM was not even attempting to reduce grazing levels. Various studies find that overgrazing has particularly devastating effects on riparian plant and animal communities, and causes significant damage to wildlife and watershed values throughout overgrazed range. Under these conditions, grazing becomes "single use management, "locking out other multiple use values by competing with and value which degrading them. (Also note that mining Is, In Its Immediate area, a single-us- e eliminates grazing, wildlife, watershed, and recreational values, until and If the mine Is closed and reclaimed.) Which Is the elitist - the person lobbying for a single use which pushes others out, or the person lobbying for land use management which preserves a values? range of multiple-us- e I am not arguing that cattlemen are Immoral when they lobby for their economic That Is their right and privilege. What I object to, by anybody, Is lying about how pursuing your affects the public Interest and confusing public debate by Orwells using George "newspeak. Under pressure, the federal land management agencies are moving towards more balanced multiple-us- e and sustalned-ylel- d management This Is precisely what mainstream environmental organizations have been asking for. There are a number of very successful projects which have rehabilitated public rangeland without eliminating grazing, many with the ranger as leader or partner. In all the projects I've read about, temporarily or permanently reducing livestock grazing pressure was required. For BLM to demand changes In grazing practices to Improve range conditions raises the Ire of livestock permittees who view use of public lands as a property right for ' private benefit Politically, many view BLMs efforts to manage the public lands as creeping socialism and see themselves as defending personal freedom and private enterprise against Invasion by the Commies. If one goes Into the philosophy of personal freedom and social responsibility the fathers of tills one examines the actual economics of and Inspiring founding nation, lands one finds this political view looks rather upside down too. Getting Into public grazing, the details Is the subject for another article. free-mar- ket |
