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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, March 29, 2000 - Page 3 Utahs Promise Political forums scheduled 2000 grazing fees announced being answered at CEU-Sa-n Based on the Juan by 21st Century Grant and 4-of Monticello H There will be a Grand Opening for the Monticello youth program at the Body Salon on April 4 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. This program, with the help of some businesses and individuals in Monticello, is renting the body Salon daily from 3:45 to 6:45, Monday through Thursday, for activities for our high school students. Right now the program is open to only graders. They will be able to participate in 7-1- weightlifting, racquetball, dance, walley ball, aerobics, RC racing, arts and crafts. Everyone in the community is invited to attend this special Grand Opening. Please come. Campus The grazing fee for Western lands administered by the Bureau of Land Manage- ment (BLM) and the Forest Service will be $1.35 per ani- mal unit month (AUM) in 2000, which is the same amount charged in 1999. The formula used for calculating the fee, established by Con- gress in the 1978 Public Rangelands Improvement Act, has continued under a Presidential Executive Order issued in 1986. Under the 1986 Presidential Executive Order, the grazing fee cannot fall below $1.35 per AUM. The annually adjusted grazing fee, which takes effect March 1, is computed by us- ing a 1966 base value of $1.23 per AUM for livestock grazing public lands in Western States. The figure is then ad- justed according to three fac- tors current private grazing land lease rates, beef cattle and the cost of livestock panel discussion formats. On Tuesday, April 18, Dr Bromall will hold an open forum in his class to discuss Wilderness politics on local and national levels. Invited guests include representatives from the Southern Utah Land Users (SULU), the Southern The Health of American Democracy and National and Local Wilderness Politics, are topics ofdiscussion in open forums at the College of Eastern Utah-Sa- n Juan Campus. Adjunct instructor Irvin Bromall will bring the forums to his classes in American National Government to illustrate political empowerment. The public is invited to participate and listen to local and regional government leaders and media representatives. On Thursday, March 30, the Health ofAmerican Democracy is the topic of discussion from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. Invited guests will include the mayors of Blanding, Moab and Castle Valley. San Juan Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), and San Juan Commissioner Bill Redd. Both forums will be held in room four Science ofthe CEU-SJC County Commissioner and Tribal Councilman Mark Maryboy is also scheduled to attend. Participants can take up to five minutes to discuss topics in a round-tabl- e . and The largest hailstone recorded In the U.S. measured 17 12 Inches and weighed 1 23 pounds. in Kansas In 1370. It fell By managing the public lands for a variety of uses, such as livestock grazing, and n by conserving the lands sources, the BLM inherently preserves wide open space, which is crucial to the quality of life, traditions, and lifestyles of Westerners, "said BLM ing Director Tom Fry. The public rangelands provide economic, environmental, and benefits, and thats why the BLM is committed to ensuring the health and productivity of these lands. The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages more land 264 million surface acres - than any other Federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, which has a budget of $1.48 billion and a workforce of about 8,700 employees, also administers more than 560 million acres of mineral state throughout the nation. The BLM preserves open space by managing the public lands for multiple uses, including outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, and mining, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources found on the public lands. re-o- Act-price- space-preservi- ng sub-surfa- SgIiiSimnD (MnnasgivdiiisniiE' imsmai mo uni-uiE- D ITERNETAND TECHNOLOGY EXPO 030109 iteaansiGg? G33JIH3G07 c aaggiE0 0mmmn0 na? 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An animal unit month is the amount of forage needed to sustain one cow and her calf, one horse, or five sheep or goats for a month, (Ed gancp (P SETLBnS1 uatjCounty.Qomnuini Bula closes the Montezuma Ck sewing plant Bula Inc., a Durango based ski apparel maker, is apparently for sale. Paul Takken, Bula's Chief Financial Officer, said several recognizable names in the ski industry are serious about buying the company, but Takken would not comment beyond that. The company has laid off 20 employees at its headquarters in Durango last month before scaling back its staff even further more recently. Bula also closed its sewing plant in Montezuma Creek re- cently, after reducing its workforce there from 75 to 12 earlier this month. (From an article in the Cortez Journal.) |