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Show WASATCH World Water Supply Running Short WASHINGTON D.C. — Urban- ization and agriculture will outstrip available water supplies in the coming decade, according to the World Bank. The World Bank will spend $600 billion over the next ten years to augment water reserves. While water is abundant in many parts of the world, some 80 countries are experiencing water shortages that are serious enough to threaten agriculture, according to a World Bank report. Global population, now about 5.6 billion, is expected to reach 8 billion by 2025. Demands on water supplies will increase dramatically. However, the presently supply is increasingly being contaminated by pollution from industry and farm chemicals. would “squander much national heritage.” The state “would capture the income-producing resources” on the lands but would ozone worse, — The hole over Antarctica British researchers in our most of mineral the bill not “guarantee that Americans will continue to enjoy access to these lands.” TIMES Lovejoy admits collecting the seeds three years ago. The unauthorized Nephi Mayor Gets OK to Mine Wilderness Steele Forest — Nephi U.S has approved an appropriations bill with 17 special provisions prohibiting the Area Mayor is complaining that Service is restricting to mine gypsum WASHINGTON D.C. — The House of Representatives seed gathering could amount to a breach of wilderness ethics, park officials said NEPHI Utahns Vote to Strip EPA of Enforcement Capability Wilderness Steele’s 1926. The designated Environmental Nebo Area. mining claim was filed in Wilderness Area was not until 1984. And the Forest News to deepen, 1985, observations ozone layer is have shown thinning in the various spots around the globe — including Europe and the Arctic. Chlorofluorocarbons, known as CFCs, used in aerosols and cooling systems, are thought to be most responsible for the destruction of the ozone in the lower stratosphere. But jets, other chemicals and volcanoes also are blamed. Clinton Adm. Criticizes Hansen’s Land Grab WASHINGTON — The Clinton Administration is warning that hikers, campers, fishermen and hunters could be denied access to what is now federal land under Utah Rep. Jim Hansen’s plan to give that land back to states. The ownership of some 270 million acres of federal forests, deserts and rangelands now administered by the federal BLM would be transferred to individual states. Hansen and his supporters say these lands would be better managed by loggers, ranchers and others who work the land. States either could take control of the land or leave it in federal ownership. Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing laws that protect air and water quality. The House Republican Conference said the bill curbs the EPA’s excessive appetite without jeopardizing environmental protection or public health and safety. But the Clinton Administration claims the vote will gut environmental and public health protections. Utah Reps. Jim Hansen and Enid Greene Waldholtz voted in favor of the EPA restrictions. Rep. Bill Orton voted against the measure. The combination of sharp budget cuts and the 17 special provisions in the House bill would cripple programs to protect wetlands, cleanup hazardous waste and regulate hazardous chemicals, said Kerry Clough, EPA, Denver. Bristle-cone Planted Pines to open his 59-acre claim. Steele can use an existing road through the Wilderness to access the mine. But Steele says the Forest Service requires too many regulations. The mayor says he'll take the matter the court. The Utah Wilderness Association, which lost its appeal to the Forest Service to stop mining in the Wilderness Area, also wants to challenge the Forest Service, said George Nickas. Nickas said the mine would be “an unreclaimable open-pit mine in the Wilderness.” A National Forest official said he hopes negotiations can settle the dispute. Ranchers Salt Lake Valley may get a D.C. — Ranchers have more control over acres of federally-owned if the Republican-domiCongress has its way. Assistant Bonnie Cohen from Great Basin National Park, from the grove where Prometheus stood. wildlife, soil conditions PAGE For years, ranchers have com- plained that Democrats and bureaucrats have been waging a “war on the west” by instituting regulations for using the lands. But a Senate bill would give the 29,000 19 livestock some protestations, contin- for the Olympic UTA boosters are claiming credit, saying the fact that Salt Lake City landed the 2002 big reason the Clinton tion is recognizing Games is the Administra- the project. Construction on the light rail will begin in 1996 and should be completed by the 2002 Winter Olympics, according to the UTA. The Salt Lake County Council of Governments refused to endorse light rail in 1992, saying they wanted money for more roads in the southern half of the valley. Parks to Close WASHINGTON. Western Ranges? may soon 270 million rangeland nated U.S. has ued to acquire right-of-way proposed rail line. Under Federal Budget Ax to Rule WASHINGTON at Snowbird environmental the lands to private sector buyers. if it wished, sell beet turned down a tax proposal to fund a light rail line running up the valley’s spine just west of I-15. Over public land more control over the range. The so-called Livestock Grazing Act would broaden ranchers’ ability to influence decisions on rangeland, grazing, protections for fish and Interior Secretary said Hansen’s bill and The funding would be included in the proposed Clinton Budget. In 1992, Salt Lake Valley voters SNOWBIRD — Volunteers for TreeUtah have planted 25 bristlecone pine trees below Hidden Peak. The two-year-old seedlings could be direct descendants of a 5,000-year-old bristlecone — named Prometheus — that was still living when it was cut down in Nevada 31 years ago, said Vaughn Lovejoy, TreeUtah. The planting at Snowbird is a “gesture of reciprocity” for the demise of that tree, Lovejoy explained. The seeds were illegally taken Each state could, lamb announced a plan to fund the Salt Lake Valley line for $240 million of the project $300-million total. Jonathan sistently decreasing, the team wrote in the science journal Nature. Since the hole was discovered in say, bring stability to an enterprise now suffering from low prices on light rail mass-transit line — thanks to Olympics. Federico Pena, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation ON FIRST? is getting say. said manage grazing with other interests, they argue To its supporters, however, would restore a sense of balance to Western grazing programs. And, they The Capsules The springtime ozone hole continues areas — To its critics, the bill would make it more difficult for other voices — hunters, fishermen, hikers and conservationists — to be heard. The bill would ensure livestock grazing is the dominant use on millions of acres Service is allowing the Nephi mayor me: cee the Shanklin, of the British Antarctic Survey, who was among the team that first discovered the hole in 1985. The October total ozone also is per- sensitive streamside known as riparian zones. that are supposed to be balanced to Robert the U.S his right in the Mount mentally Salt Lake to Get Federal Bucks for Light Rail Ozone Layer Continues to Thin LONDON of MOUNTAIN producers using and environ- D.C. — Small national parks from the Manassas battlefield to Mount Rushmore may be closed due to Republican budget cuts, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt warned. In addition, seasonal visits to such national treasures as Yellowstone and Grand Canyon could be slashed. “These cuts cannot be carried out if we are to have a national park system as we know it,” Babbitt said. Babbitt told members of the Senate Appropriations Committee that he does not want to be the first Interior secretary to close national parks. He said his department cannot make deeper cuts without vaporizing services and facilities that many Americans see as their birthright. |
