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Show Page 12 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. December 3. 1096 Sierra clubs proposal to drain Lake Powell greeted by disbelief Even fellow environmentalists Brower recalls, ha was executive director of the Sierra Club when its board cut a deal with western An awkward pause or a bunt water interests to let Glen Canyon of laughter are the common Dam go up in exchange far no response to news that tha Sierra dame at Echo Park or Split Club has added draining the Mountain in Dinosaur National artificial nations second-largeenvironmental group who asked-no- t Monument. lake to its agenda. I obeyed, much to my regret, to be identified bashing a -The reactions express a common disbelief that the comrade. But thats the risk you Brower said by telephone country's oldest and most run when you go out in advance of home in Berkeley, Calif. Brower said few people had public opinion. recognised environmental group Sierra Club President Adam explored the area, so would take on something almost environmentalists didn't know Werbach sees his organizations as venerable as itself. The Sierra Clubs board earlier role, however, ar. forming public what they had given up in the this month resolved to pull the opinion, not following it And he deal. Brower didn't ses the deep canyons cut by the plug on Lake Powell on the says proposing to drain Lake sandstone Colorado River and its tributaries a border and let a Powell, which has become a and teeming with vegetation and river run through it." It's a plan recreational meeca and a source of wildlife until several years later, has the of that potential for millions of people, until he took a sad float trip hydro power flood of opposition in unleashing a the courts and Congress, both is the perfect test of someones true through tha area before the colors. reservoir began to fill. opponents and supporters of the Its the job of the Sierra Club Not until a visit here last idea agree. to show what being green really month to speak on the topic did They say draining the lake means and takes broad visionary Brower see a realistic chance of it could undo decades of contracts, strokes," Werbach says. This is getting Glen Canyon back. Brower treaties and court rulings that type of stroke. was told by the local Glen Canyon collectively known as the Law of One board member said its Institute, which has promoted tha the River consider that the water impounded by Glen Canyon only appropriate that tha Sierra idea of at least lowering the lake, Dam an integral piece of an Club, given its history with the that government statistics show would pass a resolution Nov. Lake Powell losing 1J million elaborate scheme to divide the lake, 16 to pursue the restoration of acre-feof water a year through Colorado River among seven Glen Canyon. evaporation and through seepage states. That board member is into its sandstone banks. Then there is the expected David Brower, the An acre-fois the amount of backlash from thousands of of water a family of four consumes in spokesman and zealous boaters coalition of environmentalism who for a four a year. cities and towns that receive decades has shouldered tha blame Such losses should not be electrical power from the dam. far losing Glen Canyon. In 1956, tolerated in the arid West, Brower says, and any of the states that jealously guard .their shares of the river should be interested in recovering part of that wasted water. Those relying on Lake Powell for water and electricity agree, but ' are reserving comment until they see the Sierra Clubs numbers and MOAB-T- he Moab To Monument Valley Film Commission has had a busy fall. Commercial, documentaries and stills continue to come to southeastern Utah at a a proposal. steady pace. Tht Attocialed Preu are wondering about the wisdom of tha Sierra Clubs move. At some point people are going to say, Hey, these guys are nuts. TheyVe not practical, said an executive of another national st ers and guests of the Roosevelt Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers TOURING THE for a picture before boarding the bus for a trip to Salt Lake City. The group toured the Governors and the DUP museum. PAST-Memb- Utah-Arizon- et - ot senior Becldhuis Productions was in filming a Belgium TV documentary, Sandbank Films shot a National Car Rental commercial, Intovista Productions was here filming a Japanese tour show, MM Productions brought a large crew in to film s Marlboro stUl campaign. Size, Inc. came to town to film a Nissan ad, PGI Aimed an MCI commercial, and several promotional videos were shot in this area. On die feature side, Bateman Production filmed a short film, Bench at the End", Disney is in right now filming Space Cadet, a 1997 release. - The Times Independent PRICE Joes Valley campground will be closed far most of next summer as United Stales Forest Service crews give it a major overhaul. Forest Service district ranger Charlie Jankiewicz, says we will last at least until Labor Day and cost an estimated $318,000. Joes Valley is the most popular spot on the Manti-L- a Sal National Forest Forest Service officials indicate 100 jOOO people visit there each summer. - Sun Advocate VERNAL-- In a public hearing awash in metaphor, Ashley Valley Sewer Manage- ment Board (AVSMB) chairman Dennis Mott said his Board is leaning heavily toward the $12 million installation of a mechanical plant at the Sadler Dnw sewer lagoons which will slop the seepage of selenium and heavy salts into Ashley Creek. During the meeting last Thursday evening, Mott called the lagoons the illegitimate child of a 1980's relationship with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). - Vernal Express MILLARD A supplement to the Human Sexuality curriculum, taught in right grade at Delta and Fillmore Middle Schools, was approved at the November 14 regular meeting of the Millard County School Board. Human Sexuality is a program offered to eighth grade students. Scott Bassett, die school district's Director of Curriculum and Pupil Personnel, explained to the school board what is currently being taught and what changes need to take place to bring the Human Sexuality curriculum up to date. - Millard County Chronicle ftogren 12-d- SAN JUAN-- It appears as if a temporary school program far high school students will open at Navajo Mountain as soon ss the 1 997-9- 8 school year, after an agreement lawsuit against the San Juan was reached between affected parties in School District. Federal Judge Bruce S. Jenkins brokered the agreement, which slates that a temporary high school facility will be established at Navajo Mountain on land near the present Bureau of Indian Affairs elementary school facility. The San Juan Record along-standi- PRICE United Stales Sen. Robert Bennett announced recently that Cascade Mountain Resources Inc. has received a guaranteed loan of $4,206 ,076 to expand the companys lumber operation in Wellington. The loan originated with the U.S. Federal Home Mortgage Association's business and industry division. Cascade Mountain Resources currently employs 70 workers and the company will expand that number to approximately 100 by the fourth quarter 1997. The company is also responsible for the employment of another SO to 60 subcontractors logging primarily Englcmen spruce and white fir trees on national forest land and private land. - Sun Advocate HEBER-Heb- cr Valley's traditionally agricultural lifestyle meets head-o- n with urban refugees seeking a rural retreat, problems are sure to develop. And more and more farmers arc discovering, cows in the backyard are not always welcome. The conflicts associated with new houses built next to farms has even led nearby Oakley to require new homeowners to sign a right to farm" proclamation, which advises homeowners the community is agricultural in nature and warns of such hazards as midnight haying and garden-grazin- g cows. - Wasatch Wave Richfield youth has been charged with manslaughter RICHFIELD-- A 1 7 year-old in connection with the shotgun death of a boy in Richfield Nov. 10. The youth is charged in the death of Ronald Brent King, who was struck in the face with a blast from a shotgun at the home of the defendant's parents. - Richfield Reaper -- Elder County and the Bureau of Land Management have BOX ELDER-B- ox cleared up a misunderstanding in which Bax Elder County was charged with trespassing for Hading an unimproved road leading to the Newfoundland Mountains. Through letters, along with a Nov. 18 meeting with Margaret Wyatt and Leon Berggren of the BLM's Salt Lake City District, County Commissioners, and Mark Walsh of die Utah Association of Counties, the issue was clarified and it was agreed the charge would be dropped. - Box Elder News Journal 1 o Sbsnator STA&L EXCHANGE 722-358- 290 Located East 200 with.... 8 South Roosevelt, Office Phone Rod's Mini Lube & Utah 722-273- 9 Automotive x members and guests Roosevelt Camp DUP chartered a bus Thursday, .November 21, and spent the day in Salt IrHkfr City, eating at the Twenty-si- of the Chuck-a-Ram- a, touring Governors Mansion, and. visiting the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum. At the mustum, an introductory film was shown, and a guided tour of the museum was given. Later, the visitors were free to roam and examine the many, exhibits and artifacts representative of early pioneer life. Of especial interest were the many portraits of pioneer ancestors and paintings depicting their lives, which lined the walls, Also of interest was a visit to the library housed in the DUP museum, which contains thousands of biographies and histories of early Utahns. The highlight of the afternoon was a tour of the Governors Mansion. The tour guide gave into the interesting insight to the extensive restoration Mansion, necessitated by the Christmas tree fire of 1993, which destroyed much of the woodwaric and resulted in smoke damage to walls and ceilings in most of the downstairs room. Renovation is still ongoing and artists and artisans are painstakingly restoring each room to its original condition. Kids Okav Colleae-Boun- d s Slick roads send car over the edge of Indian Canyon Two Roosevelt college coeds on their way back to Snow College after the Thanksgiving holiday escaped serious injury after their car plunged 80 feet off the road just one mile before reaching the summit of Indian Canyon. to investigating According Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Troy Mux, the Ford Explorer old Linxi being driven by rii Labrum Wt Prt in 18-ye- ar road near a corner and want straight off tha road. Labrum sustained a severe hand laceration and bumps and bruises, her old Heather passenger, Murray, sustained minor bumps and bruises. The feet that both girls wearing seatbelts possibly saved 19-ye- ar their lives, and certainly prevented them from suffering mors serious injuries, said Marx. |