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Show THE ZEPHYROCTOBER 1991 discuss the merits of donylng the permit, however. SUWA end the Sierra Club have filed an admlnlatradve appeal to atop the work. The BLM will probably have alao approved 11 more miles of aelamle line above Hell Roaring Canyon by press time. One of the national oH and gas corporations haa deckled to enter the local political ring. The Columbia Oil and Gas representative has both spoken to WALU and tried to whip up support with a senior citizens group by saying It ms the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance's "stated objective to basically shut down everything In Grand County. They would be perfectly happy If the whole town of Moab moved." While the statement can most euphemistically be characterized as false (among other things, SUWA Is not particularly Interested In moving from Moab), It Indicates that at least one member of the oil Industry haa decided the stakes are high and the gloves are off. After SUWA and the Sierra Club, assisted by the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, successfully secured a federal court restraining order to block efforts by Coors Energy to drill In Little Canyon, the State BLM office revoked Coors1 permit The rationale for the revocation given by the BUM'S public relations guy ms a sudden agency concern for desert bighorn sheep. The BLM denied vehemently that they had been beaten In court On September 3rd, the U.S. Attorneys representing the BLM Hied court papers which admit the environmentalists had prevailed over the BLM In the legal action. Coors Energy Is owned by Coors Brewing Company, the corporation which haa been running T.V. advertisements touting a clean water campaign. The Sierra Club Legal Defense fund recently announced that it Intends to sue Coors for Clean Water Act violations, including 240 Incidents over the past five years. SCLDF calls the corporation a chronic polluter and alleges Coors haa Illegally discharged sewage, cyanide, silver, copper, nickel and mercury. According to Colorado press, Coors discharged materials tills past May which killed fish and aquatic life along a 5.2 mile stretch of Clear Creek. Coors Is still trying to drill In Uttle Csnyon, an action which will bump mountain bikers off the Gemini Bridges trail and adversely affect the last native viable bighorn herd PAGE 23 meet the summer shut out champions The cottonwoods are showing some gold and Ifa time to announce the winner of the Moab District BLM summer public shut out contest The San Juan Resource Area, which manages public lands In San Juan County, came on strong at the end of tills season to take the blue ribbon. The Resource Area set a new record In the month of September by refusing to allow public comment on 27 of the 28 EAs prepared for proposals within the RA, for an outstanding 96 shut out rate. Among the projects you will not be allowed to comment on are seismograph work In critical wildlife habitat, In proposed wilderness arses, In riparian areas and on lands rich In anasazl ruins, and the application of herbicide to create more public land cow pasture. ws SSSB; 497 North Main Street NICHOLS it;.,- - (800) 635-179- 2 CENTER Moab, Utah WELCOME fatIbikers WfclLlHWU WHEN The Navajo power plant, located near Page Arizona, operates without scrubbers and releases 300 tons of sulphur dioxide per day Into the air above the Colorado Plateau. Pressured by environmentalists, the utility company has Just agreed to cut these emissions by 90 by 1999. Those reductions will still allow an annual discharge Into the atmosphere of 7,000 tone of sulphur dioxide. 259-788- 2 TOURING In Utah. dirty air blues (801) 0 ppBsnl EAT? --Scott Groene Moab Office Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance N MOUNTAIN BIKE RENTALS GUIDED TOURS MOUNTAIN BIKER ALERT lodging available at: Canyon Country Bed and Breakfast If you love the Sllckrock Bike Trail, and If you haven't heard about the proposed 9 million dollar construction project to be located at the beginning of the Bike Trail, you may want to stop by Rim Cyclery In Moab and pick up some Info about what BLM and the University of Utah are trying to do "for" you. Question: do you know what Is 150 feet tall; has 6 loading bays to unload 6 semi-trailtrucks simultaneously; would require closing the Sandflats Road for 4 hours, 270 times a rs to the year; requires 367 acres of BLM (public) land; would bring 1000 to 2000 Bike Trail parking lot 270 times a year; would make as much noise as the Metropolitan Opera performing Wagner, as much noise as a full symphony orchestra; would require years of "construction zone disruption" while the $9 million was being spent; would require completely changing Moab from what It Is now.and yet would have "NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT" on the mountain Mklng experience on the Sllckrock Bike Trail??? Ifa called the Kokopelli National Theater of the Performing arts. For details, check with Rim Cyclery. er 3-- TOM TILL'S 1992 CALENDAR IS NOW AVAILABLE AT: THE CANYON'S EDGE BACK OF BEYOND BOOK STORE non-bike- 259- - TAXI to and shuttle service Mountain Bike and laddering! racks) 259-TA- XI LEAVitJ & WM CVcURY ft |