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Show Canyon SAVE OUR CANYONS: — Reporter Activism ALIVE! by MARTA HEILBRUN & RONNY JOE YCLES BIC Everyone ble (provided they are not out enjoying our natural resources) and they can refer © has seen the bumper-sticker, but how many locals know it represents . ~ tie Citizens’ one Our cerns. However, Save Our Canyons will soon be more accessible to volunteers and other interested citizens. According to Ann Wechsler, the group is drafting an unprecedented fund-raising/ membership letter to help to Save innate beauty of the canyons of the Wasatch. Currently, Save Our Canyons is gearing up for a long battle to ensure responsible planning and development as Utah prepares for the 2002 Olympics. advertisement for a free water bottle Actual appearance of free water bottle may - differ from the one pictured below, but come &3 solidify support. such a compromising threat to their pristine qualities. The strategy of the non- see profit Save Mike The group will need every resource available to defend against ever-growing threats to the Wasatch. Never before have the canyons of the Wasatch seen hey, it’s free! information Canyons? Since the late 1960's, Save Our Canyons has been a vital watchdog group seeking to protect the Bring in this to relevant about the group and its con- Committee Page 4 Lael LULU | Lat Wasatch Our Soe mm, Sales Service | ikes on end | » wo =O OD <= Ox mo n> a ~ Rental ~ 90 Days Same As Cash Full Tune-Up For $25 — oof SUIMIMEL Next Da Service On All Repairs. sale! Home of Velo-City Cycling Club Business hours: | Mon.-Fri. 10:00-7:30 / Sat. 10:00-7:00 ~ Olympus Hills 1 3969 South Wasatch Blvd. 278-1500 — -Draper/Sandy IBGE. D raper Parkway Blvd §7-8844 Regardless of past achievements such as preventing Brighton Ski Canyons is to work with other environmental organizations, the Forest Service; Planning Commissions, water departments and the local ski resorts to prevent the capitulation of planning to special interests. They want to ensure that the eventual development of the canyons recognizes the public's longterm environmental interests. Save Our Canyons claims it is the only group whose sole focus is the protection of the Wasatch foothills, canyons and mountains. Despite the successful bumper sticker, it is difficult to get a grasp on exactly who or what Save Our Canyons actually is. The only way I have ever been able to track them down is by phoning the people quoted in the Tribune. Even though these people, like Steve Lewis, Tom Breggen, Gail Dick and Ann Wechsler, are private citi-| zens, they are fairly accessi- Area from developing into Heber Valley and successfully protesting Big Cottonwood rezoning, the group has many challenges anead, The Forest Service - will soon rewrite the "Forest Plan", a guide to the government's management of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Save Our Canyons will represent an important perspective in that rewriting. On a | less cerebral level, the group is opposing Solitude's expansion proposal which includes the removal of nearly 300 trees, many of them mature Englemann Spruces and White Pines. Save Our | Canyons is also opposing Snowbird's proposal to con- ~ struct a three story structure atop Hidden Peak. For more information Citizens’ about the Committee to Save Our Canyons, write to Save Our Canyons, P.O, Box 58671, | Salt Lake City, UT, 84158- 0671. — shea an ee eee |