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Show Four Wheelers and the City of Monticello are members of our organization. .We are members of the Utah Shared Access Alliance as well as the Blue Ribbon (continued from page 6) Coalition and Tread Lightly. Our members are primarily from Utah, but are also from several other states of the United States. enjoyed the insight provided in the letters from Robert Anderson and Robert Many, many of our members have visited Angel Arch by motorized vehicle in Turri on management of the watershed on ForeBt Service land. Mr. Anderson is the past. All speak of the visit with fond memories. Most traveled there with a known and trusted resident of Monticello for 30 years with a logical legal their families, some of which were either too old or too young to hike the dismind. Mr. Turri was in land management with the BLM in the "good old days tance. Most want to back go again. when they remembered what multiple use was all about It seems lately that a small minority of elite preservationists have more im"experts" are later proven to be wrong. pact on decisions made concerning public lands than do the vast majority of History has shown that the Over a hundred years ago, the "experts" introduced the Tamarisk from France users. I do not believe that when the National Park Service was founded that as a method of controlling erosion along the Colorado river. Later, the Russian this was the intent of the founders. I believe multiple use, multiple access was Olive and Chinese Elm were introduced to this area. Now we look back at the intent. Not just for a few excluding the rest those of us not capable of these trash trees covering the landscape and shake our heads in disgust at That is NOT the American way. walks. long these "experts. You are presently doing a study to determine the impact of motorized vehicles If these experts want a project, I have one in mind. Everyone on Salt Creek. How can you do this without motorized vehicles being used? I ruined the native vegetation in riparian areas of the am a Tamarisk have the agrees biologist, botanist, and plant geneticist by schooling. I have been involved US. ReductionElimination Effort (TREE) could in Tamarisk a southwest Perhaps agriculture all my life taught forest management and soil conservation, be undertaken by these Friends of the Abqjos. These people who are so concerned crop production, weed control, proper grazing management, etc. You have a about the environment, seem to put it ahead of the people who live in the area. hard time convincing me that a few vehicles (under a permit system) can do any They seem to fall in a category of Humans Unconcerned for the Greater Good of more damage than people on foot who tend to wander off the beaten path more Earths Real Resource (HUGGERR). So if this group were to accept this than vehicles. challenge, could we then affectionately refer to them as the TREE HUGGERRs? The closure appears to us as nothing but pressure from the 2 that want to Experts? No thanks. Ill go with the advice of our two local "Roberts. Please control public lands. They consistently use bad science as a reason to eliminate show your support by attending the meeting tonight at the Courthouse, or mechanized use, setting themselves as "experts in the fields they use to justify tomorrow in Blanding. their arguments. I have questioned some of their credentials, and I have found John K. Black them sadly lacking. I guess anyone can charade as an expert so long as no one questions their credibility. I have always had a warm spot in my heart for National Parks in our travels. I thought they were for everyone to eqjoy. You are changing my belief. Catering more impact Elite preservationists to a few elitists, I will say again, is not the American way. Not for the people and by the people. Dear Editor. Sincerely, Mr. Banta, Bourne Jim As president of Southeast Utah Land Users, a San Juan County based orgaLand Users Southeast Utah President, nization, I represent hikers, equestrians, ranchers, bicyclists, motorcyclists, ATVers, jeepers, snowmobilers in other words, most of the land users and (more letters on following page) recreationists who enjoy and make their living from public lands. The Red Rock THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, March 21, 2001 - Pace 12 Land use experts so-calle- d - - self-appoint- ed - have - amilyDentaLCare, NEW HOURS i i ,i. 6:30 INTEREST RATES LOWEST IN YEARS! Mon 401 South Main Blanding, UT 84511 435;678r2815 DOiTUMLO 9 435-587-21- ' .. w-- MONDAY V NEW MENU : t , .. & ' ;v WEDNESDAY.1', Homastyie Fried Chicken V V . v. . FRIDAYTi?' Meat Loaf& the trimmings HOMETOWN MORTGAGE Call Vana Young TODAYI JQ pm Sat COUNTRY COOKIN' ,' BBQ Ribs Dutch Oven Potatoes Refinance or mortgages Many different programs Credit Problems? We Can Help? 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