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Show APRIL a WASATCH Rush to Judgment on Volume Utah’s Wilderness Is Folly April 1995 Christopher Smart and of itself. It should be a commitment to life, in its purest forms. Wilderness has value that can not be measured in the Gross Domestic Product, despite the fact that the Utah Travel Council has been banking on our redrock splendors for years. Most Utahns seem to understand that our remaining wild lands do have value that, among other things, can be measured in quality of life. By rushing to a decision that yields a relatively Gov. small Wilderness designation, Leavitt and Utah’s Congressional delegation will demonstrate more than a lack of sensitivity to our natural splen- dors, they will also show political savvy. a lack of @ LETTERS Paradise Lost? Summit County Explodes Page 10 A building boom is quickly covering once pastoral western Summit County in housing developments. But although there is urban sprawl, there is no town center, no library, no post office, not even a baseball diamond. What’s gone wrong? With accompanying essay by Gary Weiss, Summit County Planning Commissioner. Snowboarding for Grown Ups Page 6 If you're over 30, you’ve got an attitude toward snowboarding. Well, it’s time to loose the attitude. Snowboarding is simply a very fun way to slide down the mountain. And you're probably not too old to learn. Wilderness Debate: Is It Incomplete? Page 8 Should it be bigger or smaller? Will it help tourism or hurt mining. Wilderness should not be considered within the bounds of economics. Wild lands are something in and of themselves that know no artificial boundaries. Essay by Dick Carter, director, Utah Wilderness Association Property Rights and the Endangered Smoker Page 1 Is Utah’s no smoking law a taking? Are smokers endangered? And what is this new property rights movement all about? Find out from humorist Rick Brough. ' 20 Years Ago in Park City: A Time Forgotten Page 16 Was there really a time when you could sit on your porch in Park City and drink your morning coffee without hearing the sound of one car. Was there really a time in Park City when everyone in town knew each other and no one wanted to develop their property or get rich? It’s true, there was a time, now almost forgotten. How to Talk to a Wolf age 1 Wolves aren't like German shepherds or malamutes. And if they could talk, they might tell you things you just wouldn’t understand. But they might awaken in you something that feels wild. pear Reader space around a lake for a park. It is not like setting aside land for public use like Lagoon or Disneyland. It is not like allowing chairlifts to be used on National Forest Land. Our decision on Wilderness should not be connected to commerce in any way. Setting aside Wilderness should be a commitment to nature, in nm PUM)tel ay gincerely ’ wditor Whatever happened to Earth Day Utah? There were big celebrations in 1990, ‘91 and ‘92. But it has fizzled out. What happened to Earth Day and why is environmentalism such a hard sell in Utah? Page 3 in Wasatch Mounte pimes When good, sure Did Salt Laker’s die, if they've been they go to Pine Brook. Well, it is getting crowded up there. anyone think to zone heaven? Page 9 CREDITS Published BODY LANGUAGE A) 4) by Print Works, Park City, Leslie Miller and There really is nothing like fresh salsa. Three Those pesky Magpies are smart, beautiful and well-adapted. And they are building their nests right now. Page 4 Editor Layout eed] Utah Christopher Smart new recipes by Virginia Rainey. & — Now is the time to get in shape for bicycling with Abi Wright Page 13 Design PARK CITY REPORT Contributors Rick Wilderness but offers as compromise that some adjoining lands be afforded at least some protection. Orton and the Utah Republicans demonstrate a lack of understanding of what is at stake. Designating Wilderness should be seen differently than setting aside a =z forever As important as what is included in the Wilderness, will be what is left out. Those sensitive lands not protected surely will be harmed, perhaps irreparably, by one form of commerce or another. Mining and grazing, and even among others, tourism, have been shown to be very harmful to the fragile ecosystems of the sandstone Colorado Plateau. What we are talking about here, is a debate on public — not private — land. Each American has ownership in these lands — not just ranchers and miners and tour guides. Much of the land under discussion has been protected up until now as Wilderness Study Area. That is about to change. Democrat Bill Orton adds little contrast to the debate. He proposes a minimal 1.2 million acres’ of = may determine the fate of those lands 7 In their rush to get a Utah Wilderness bill through Congress, Utah Republicans, headed by Goy. Mike Leavitt, seem to be on the verge of making a rather large mistake. The mistake would be to hurry to designate a smaller, rather than larger Utah Wilderness, and push the measure through Congress this year It is true that the Wilderness debate has been going around in circles, here in Utah, for a decade and getting nowhere. So, the governor’s should be moving idea that we towards closure is appropriate. But to rush to a judgment by June 1 on which lands should be included in our Wilderness is pure folly. This is should be a decision that made thoughtfully, based on solid information. Utah’s Wilderness contains the most rare beauty and environments on earth — lands and ecosystems that have been carved out of the Colorado Plateau over millions of years. What is contained in Utah’s Wilderness _ bill MOUNTAIN 1, No. 4 _ ha 1995 Brough, Edwards, Dick Randy Steve Lewis, Carter, Kris Hanskat, John Helton, Leslie Miller, Tom Noaker, Teri Orr, Pamela Mills Poulson, Virginia Rainey, Allen Titensor, Gary Weiss, Abi Wright. The Wasatch Mountain Times is published are monthly. distributed Twenty thousand throughout our ‘copies Karri Hays-Walzer thinks globally but acts locally. In Park City she organized Earth Day and helped organize the town’s recycling center and donated environmental books to the library. Page 5 are not necessarily those PT Nh Cel te)a Snowbird is being sued by a man who says the resort cut down 451 trees on his property. Page 14 mountain region, including the Wasatch Front, our canyons and the Park City area. The opinions expressed in this publication Affordable Housing in Park City doesn’t grow on trees. Page 14 of the pub- lisher. For advertising rates and schedules in The Wasatch Mountain Times, or if you would like to have the Times delivered and placed in your business establishment, please call Leslie at 801-649-8046. It is the biggest technological breakthrough since the deraileuer. Engineers have come up with a good rear suspension for mountain bikes Page 7 Environmental News Capsule Page 19 , |
