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Show MOUNTAIN Hansen Wants TIMES User Fees The company finally complied and the $80,000 was returned Kitchell said she was disappointed that the message hadn’t gotten out with for BLM Land WASHINGTON — Utah Rep. Jim Hansen says he will introduce legisla- Environmental News Capsules the tion requiring people to buy an annual Rep. Hansen, chairman of get. Endangered Manatees Dying Off Quickly on MOAB — The Bureau of Land Management has finally returned bond to an $80,000 performance organizers of the Eco-Challenge race more an 18 months after the event. held onto the bond The feds because Eco-Challenge Lifestyles Inc., didn’t comply with one of the land permit requirements. Eco-Challenge had produced an MTV program, which was aired seven times. However, the program did not include the “treading lightly” message that organizers had promised BLM as part of the permit. An ultimatum was issued to the company from Kate Kitchell, Moab BLM District Ranger: either six “treading lightly’ messages in 30 days or loose the bond. message The treading lightly speaks to hiking and camping in manner that impacts the environment least. Clinton’s Budget will Bring Millions to Utah WASHINGTON — The president’s budgetary emphasis on protecting the could environment bring as much as $130 million into the state during 1997. Clinton’s budget outlines $90 million related to water projects in the state — much of it slated for environmental remediation projects. Another $35 million has been set aside for a light rail project to help reduce air pollution in Salt Lake Valley. Another $5 million has been set aside for a bus system in Zion National Park, also to reduce air pollution. to beef up Give Birth SALT LAKE CITY — Ski resorts in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons want the US Forest Service to approve numerous projects including more snowmaking and high-speed quad chairlifts. Solitude and improvements, although Alta’s is the most modest, asking only for a toilet near its Supreme Lift. Snowbird, by contrast, wants to replace its Gad One lift with a high- oppor- and Las Vegas Water Pipeline Challenged LAS VEGAS — A proposed $1.3 billion pipeline that would bring Colorado River water from Lake Mead to Las Vegas is being challenged by a group that says the project would vioate the federal Endangered Species ct The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, headquartered in Tucson, Ariz., is questioning how the US Bureau of Reclamation is handling the entire lower Colorado River region The group plans a series of lawsuits that will challenge the operation of the Central Arizona Project, which brings Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson, as well as challenging the proposed Las Vegas pipeline The Bureau of Reclamation, however, said it already is looking out for animals listed as endangered or threatened species. MAIL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION REQUEST TO P.O. BOX 1433 * PARK CITY, UTAH 84060 OR FAX 801-649-8046 G E Tf _ Become One With — SUBSCRIPTION 12 ISSUES OF THE FORM “TIMES” TO Snowbird, all plan an dead wolf was found near Old Faithful It is unclear how the wolf died, but she was pregnant, officials said. Before its death, the healthy wolf was spotted near the geyser with a male wolf Two wolf litters were produced last year by wolves transplanted to the park from Canada Earlier last month, a ranch hand near Meeteetse, Wyo. shot and killed a wolf identified as part of the reintroduction program. With il Ski Resorts Unveil Plans to Expand was in Yellowstone the part of the Florida Legislature not enforcement, she said. Alta, Brighton Eco-Challenge Finally Over The group Save Our Canyons has protested to the Forest Service, saying the canyons already are overcrowded. They want the Forest Service to deny the applications, with the exception of Alta’s toilet. “It YELLOWSTONE — Eleven more wolves were freed in Yellowstone National Park last month after having been held in pens since January But about the same time, the 6th The president's budget outlines more money for Utah’s National Parks even though Utah's Republican representatives have been trying to cut those budgets. speed, detachable quad and add snowmaking. wants to replace its Solitude Moonbeam lift with a high-speed quad and also wants permission’ to increase its snowmaking. Brighton has asked approval to replace its Millicent and Evergreen lifts with one high-speed quad lift. RIVER BEACH, Fla. — Manatees are dying off. The whiskered, walruslike sea cows, protected as an endangered species, are dying out quickly. In 1995, 201 manatees died: 9 percent of the known population. At least 42 of those deaths were attributed to boats, which gash the animals with their propellers. Fifty three unattributed other deaths were were too because their carcasses decomposed to determine the cause. Some 13 counties in Florida have been ordered by the state to establish slow-speed zones for boats. Twelve have complied. “If there are only 2,000 manatees, and we have 200 deaths, you can not ignore the fact that that’s a fairly scary death rate,” said David Arnold, Florida Bureau of Protected Species Management. But lack of enforcement in the speed zones has kept mortality rates up, said Judith Valee, of Save the Manatee Club Its negligent Die program. lost,” she said Wolves WHO’S ON FIRST? the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, has been in favor of cutting budgets for parks and other public lands. Hansen, however, has not been in favor of putting profits from parks concessions back into the parks bud- original tunity before pass entering public lands administered by Land Bureau of Management If everyone using public lands paid an annual $50 fee, Hansen said the federal government would have “more money than you’d imagine.” The Utah congressman said the federal government subsidizes recreationalists at about $1.3 billion each year- ADDRESS. APT./ CITY/STATE zip SUITE NO. THIS GIFT IS FROM PHONE ADDRESS APT/SUITE CITY/STATE PHONE NO. CHECKQ VISAQ_ PAGE 19 No. Exp. SIGNATURE NO. NO |