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Show QJJmtfsilhi Msiqobv xBltamdlsurdl March 27, 1985, Page 11 Bowling alley groundbreaking . The formal ground breaking for the Duchesne ceremony Recreation facility will take place Monday, April 1, at 8 a.m. at the City Park. Duchesne City Administrator Alan Grindstaff said the Duchesne Mayor, one or more of the County Commissioners and a representative of the Bureau of Reclamation will formally open the project in the ground breaking ceremony. Grindstaff wasnt sure if the ground breaking will be accomplished via shovels or mechanized effort, but he said all three entities should be involved in the ceremony since they have all been involved in the joint project thus far. The Bureau's involvement has Chamber votes no change' The monthly meeting of the Duchesne Chamber of Commerce was billed as a debate on changing the name of Starvation Reservoir. The lightly attended meeting waa held at the El Cid last Wednesday at noon. The debaters for the side favoring the name change were Gerald Wilkerson ' and. ' Dean both realtors and Frandsen, businessmen. The ride favoring the name remaining the same wen Duchesne Mayor RoJean resident Addley and long-tim- e Eldon Wilkin. Wilkerson started out with his reasoning for the change. He stated : the' start of. a positive Image fohthe area heeded, to be started off with a name change for Starvation. It takes more effort to defend the name of the Reservoir than it would to change it, he said. Even fishless mud puddle would be a better name. Mayor Addley rose to support the name and mentioned she had been selling real estate since 1978 and hadn't heard any negative . comments about the reservoir. She stated the name change' would be confusing to people, much like the Mid view Reservoir name change from Lake Bonham was. She concluded her remar kr with the feeling that the area needed to work on what we and keep a positive, have attitude towards it. Frandsen gave a very brief presentation and suggested the names of Cedar Brit Lake or Blue Lou Hackfbrd is truly a hunter among men. For him, hunting is a full time occupation, not merely a sport. Day in and day out, Hackford roams the range on horseback or new development of December and any protests had to be submitted by January 7. Official announcement of O protest was made at a Washington, D.C. staff meeting in late January. The required Document of Decision is now being prepared and should be ready for distribution no later than May 31. . Council Positions Two former members of the Vernal District Advisory Council have been reappointed by former Continued on page 18 I Career Women of the Year chosen Margo Swenson of Independence, has been named Young Career Woman by the Roosevelt Business and Professional Women's dub of Roosevelt, j Margo, whd was employed by Utah Machinery for 2 12 years as Assistant Parts Manager, will represent the Roosevelt B.P.W. club at the district meeting. She will compete for the district title. Margo is married to David ' Swenson and they have two sons'. Margo is presently working toward an accounting degree., ' .The Young Career Woman program, inaugurated by the National Federation of Business and Professional Womens dubs, Inc. in 1983, highlights the achievements of young career women and is one of. many programs sponsored by B.P.W. to elevate the status of women. Parsons interested in information about1 B.P.W. should contact: Nona Swenson of Myton, Cindy Wilson of Neria, or Paula Bell of Roosevelt. being surveyed. Ernie Carda, of El Cid, mentioned from the audience that when he considered moving to the area in 1981 he looked at a map Cos tiued on page 18 I going through Book Clifb The Final Book Cliffs Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement is the first of 20 such documents produced nationally to go unprotested. The document was released to the public the first week He was asked by a member of the audience, Scott Maughan, what the story behind the name Starvation really was. Wilkeng answered by telling about surveyors that had to eat their mules back when the area was first Coyote control is time BLM in Vernal The Bureau of Land Management of the Vernal District reports that several developments have occured recently, which will have a significant impact to the area. These developments are as follows. Gem Lake to reflect the fact that in the cedar and pinion belt and(that it is so beautiful after coming over the mountains. He said it needs something to get the lake going, besides the wind in the afternoon. Wilkena started his comments out by reading the letter to the Editor of February 13. He commented that too often names are changed in Utah that would reflect a bit of history, like this. it is Marjo Swenson has been called career woman of the year by the BPW-o- f Roosevelt. in pickup, armed with mares, baits, traps, calls and rifles to make a living. Hackford has been working as Government Tropper for over 12 years. His work is to control predators, mostly coyotes, that are killing livestock in the Uintah Basin. Most often, he hunts the clever canine in spedfic problem areas, around lambing grounds and sheep herds. Being an.employee of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, his objectives are to serve the taxpayers who need help. His services, therefore, are utilized on a request basis. This means that Government Trappers do not attempt to hunt coyotes on a widespread population reduction basis, but only in areas where ranchers are losing stock. Hackford'a job is to wipe out the family of coyotes that have been raiding sheep. Once a group of coyotes go in and make a successful lamb kill, theyll come back to the same, spot again and again said Hackford. Hackford will first work an area by trying to locate the coyotes with a call. Quite often, the attacking coyotes will be running in a email family said Hackford. By using a call first, I can generally he mentioned, entice a couple of pupa into rifle range. 0 He shoots them with a rifle with a 3 X 9 scope. After a few cracks of the rifle, the remaining coyotes become wise. They won't respond to the call again and turn cautious. ' So Hackford goes to the next alternative in his bag of wily coyote control. Out come the traps, snares and. cyanide guns. If he's lucky, by now, Hackford may have found the coyote den. But the den can be anywhere in a 20 square mile radius. Coyotes will travel a mighty long ways to make a kill, said Hackford. "They don't always camp out right next to a sheep herd. Hackfbrd will set his traps and snares, according to carefully subscribed safety measures, on likely paths the coyotes will follow between the den and sheep herd. The devices are most effective in spots where coyotes have been slipping under a fence and the like. The job of the Government Tropper has become more difficult due to increase pressure by amatuers hunting coyotes. It used to be that I could go into the desert and get a coyote to respond to the call every time," he said. "But since nearly everyone these days is calling and shooting coyotes, he animals have become much more leary. The coyotes are quite adaptable, and the ones that dont get shot are getting smarter all the time said Hackford. To overcome the slyness of the coyote, the Government Trappers ire using much more sophisticated means of. destruction during certain times of the year. A means of control which maximizes the ratio of manhours to number of coyotes killed is hunting from an aircraft. While hunting from a plane, Government Trappers can kill 30 to 40 coyotes a day. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife uses its own Super Cub plane for coyote control. The plane is used primarily in the winter, when the animals are easily spotted in the covered flats: The plane is used on rotating basis for each district in the State of Utah. It comes to the Uintah Basin two or three titnes each month during the winter. Another Government Trapper in the Vernal area, Bob Dixon, usually is responsible for gunning . been to provide the grant for the majority of the project, the County has provided some financial backing also and the City of Duchesne will be the actual service providers when the facility is completed. The recreation center will be located between the swimming pool and the little league diamond in the City Park. It will consist of a six lane bowling alley with snack bar facilities. The construction bid was awarded to TayCo Construction of Duchesne, who will build the actual building. Equipment for the bowling alley will be provided by Brunswick. The building is suppose .to be completed by or early October. Forest Service vehicle travel change proposed The Vernal Ranger District of the Ashley National Forest is seeking public comment on proposed revisions of its vehicle travel plan. The revisions are necessary to update the plan ao that it reflects current resource needs and changes in the Forest transportation system. Following' is a list of the revisions being considered: 1. The closure at the end of the West Fork Road (Farm Creek to 110, will be Chepeta . Lake), extended to allow vehicle access across Chepeta Lake Dam to the Highline frail sign. The closure will also be extended to allow vehicle access along the old rood across Chepeta Lake meadow, 049, to the tree line on the east aide of the closed area. 2. The old timber sale road, 109A, that ends one mile Southeast of Queant Lake will be open to vehicle travel. 3. The Lake Mountain Road, 444 and Grouse Creek Road, 112, will remain closed to all vehicle travel, but will be managed by means of an area closure rather than road closures. The area closure to vehicles will be on the face of Mosby Mountain, and will limit vehicle travel to designated roads only. This ares also remains dosed off-roa- d to snow-mobile- s. 4. The Leidy Peak closure, area 4, is enlarged slightly to coincide with the end of the Leidy Peak Road, 043. 5. Several roads on the District are managed as administrative use only. These are roads into timber sale areas, such as the Marsh Bench Road and the roads above East Park. These roads will continue to be dosed to public vehicle travel, except for two roads - The Soldier Park Road, 038, near Trout Creek Peak is proposed to be opened to vehicle travel. The Old Mill Spur A Road, 678 A, near East Park is proposed for opening to vehide travel. 6. The Iron Springs' closure, area 1, will be enlarged to include North Iron Springs, restricting vehicles to designated roads. The Big Lake area will be dosed to all vehicle travel. The public is invited to see these proposed changes displayed on a map at the Vernal Ranger District office and also at the Forest Supervisors office in Vernal. You may also send your written comments to the Vernal Ranger District, 650 North Vernal Avenue, Vernal, Utah . 84078. Continued on page 18 22-25- Lou Hackford, a Govern- ment Trapper for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife works on a full time basis to control predators such as the coyote. Some of the tools of the trade, are called snares, traps, and baits and cyanide guns. |