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Show The Garfield County Insider Page 4 LEGAL NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Please take notice that the Garfield County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, February 9, 2009, at 11:15 a.m. in the Garfield County Commission Chambers, located at 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah, to receive public comment regarding final Subdivision Plat Approval for Powell Point Subdivision. Description: Beginning at the Southeast Corner of the SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 8, Township 36 South, Range 1 East, SLB&M, thence N. 88°38’55” W. along the south line of said Section 8 756.15 feet, thence N. 11°51’46” E. 74.58 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly along the arc of a curve to the left with a radius of 225.00 feet a distance of 4.91 feet (the chord of said curve bears N. 11°14’14” E. 4.91 feet), thence N. 10°36’42” E. 155.68 feet to a point of curve, thence northeasterly around the arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 175.00 feet a distance of 8.11 feet (the chord of said curve bears N. 11°56’23” E. 8.11 feet), thence N. 13°16’04” E. 117.47 feet, thence N. 89°49’09” E. 679.79 feet to the east line of said SW1/4SW1/4, thence S. 0°23’30” E. along the 1/16 line 373.08 feet to the point of beginning and containing 6.00 acres of land. Published in The Garfield County Insider on January 22, 29 and February 5, 2009. UPAXLP public hearing The Boulder Town Council will hold a public hearing Friday, January 23, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at the Boulder Town Hall (351 N. 100 E.) for the purpose of opening the 2008-09 budget to make adjustments. A copy of the proposed changes can be seen at the town office. Judith Davis, Town Clerk UPAXLP MISSIONS NOTICE TO WATER USERS The following applications requesting an EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO SUBMIT PROOF OF BENEFICAL USE have been filed with the State Engineer. It is represented that additional time is needed to place the water to beneficial use in Garfield county. For more information or to receive a copy of filings, visit http://waterrights.utah.gov or call 1-866-882-4426. Persons objecting to an application must file a CLEARLY READABLE protest stating FILING NUMBER, REASONS FOR OBJECTION, PROTESTANTS` NAME AND RETURN ADDRESS, and any request for a hearing. Protest must be filed with the State Engineer, Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300 on or before FEBRUARY 18, 2009. These are informal proceedings as per Rule R655-6-2 of the Division of Water Rights. (The Period of Use is generally yearround except irrigation which is generally from Apr 1 to Oct 31 each year.) EXTENSION(S) 61-1695(a23012): State of Utah Board of Water Resources, USA Department of Interior Bureau of Land ManagemeNT, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company is/are filing an extension for 2.8 ac-ft. from the Unnamed Drainages and existing wells (9 miles SW of Panguitch) for STOCKWATERING. Boyd P. Clayton, P.E., STATE ENGINEER Published in The Garfield County Insider on JANUARY 22 & 29, 2009. UPAXLP DREAMS COME TRUE BISON RELEASED IN THE BOOK CLIFFS! Sixteen bison released on Jan. 14–15 “It was a dream,” Dwight Bunnell said of the time about 30 years ago when biologists started talking about putting bison back on the Book Cliffs in eastern Utah. “When we started, many felt there would never be a chance to return bison to public lands here,” he said. “But this is proof dreams can come true.” A retired Wildlife Section chief for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bunnell was among about 60 people on hand to see the historic reintroduction of Mountains in southeastern The bison were then loaded 16 bison onto public lands Utah. The 16 released on into trailers for transport in the Book Cliffs. Jan. 14, and the 15 sched- to a quarantine station on Everyone in attendance at uled for release on Jan. Antelope Island State Park the Jan. 14 release seemed 15, are being reintroduced where they stayed for sevon Steer Ridge and Moon eral days. After passing to agree. their disease testing, the “This is exciting!” said Ridge respectively. Both of these areas are in bison were loaded up one Bill Christensen, Utah dithe part of the Book Cliffs more time for an eight-hour rector for the Rocky Mounthat has roads in it. drive to be released on “the tain Elk Foundation. “This “We felt this would be edge of nowhere!” is historic. Bison have rethe best area [for the latest “All of the bison were turned to the Book Cliffs!” release] for several reagiven ear tags at the capture 1941 was the last year sons,” said Dave Olsen, a site. And before they left a new bison herd was start- biologist with the DWR. - Antelope Island, we fitted ed on public land in Utah. (It)’s open, it’s remote and some of the bison with ra“This is why the RMEF got it has good forage. Several dio collars,” said Dax Maninvolved in the Book Cliffs habitat projects have helped gus, DWR biologist on the Conservation Initiative,” prepare this area for the re- Book Cliffs. Christensen said. “[This is] lease. And a natural burn “The tags and radios, which can be read from the why we helped purchase has helped us even more. “Also, Bert DeLam- ground or from the air, will two of the three ranches that bert, the landowner on this help us monitor the herd were for sale from willing side [of the Book Cliffs], and track its movements. sellers [on the Book Cliffs] was an integral part of the We’ll also watch to see how 18 years ago.” Book Cliffs Conservation well the habitat holds up, Christensen said the Initiative, and cooperative and we’ll test [the bison] place looks a bit different grazing and habitat devel- periodically for disease. with all the recent energy opments [associated with “I’ve been asked when development, but the Book it]. He doesn’t run many the area will be open for biCliffs is still a great place animals in this area, and son hunting,” Mangus said. for wildlife. he has an interest in bison. “Yes, eventually hunting of “I’m really proud to be He felt this would be good the herd will be allowed, but a part of it,” Christensen site to release the bison and that’s still years away. Most said. “The Book Cliffs is start the new herd. It’s also of the animals we released the second largest project as close as we could get were yearlings and calves, [in terms of acres for wild- to the roadless area in the so it will be a couple years life] that the foundation was Book Cliffs in the middle before the calves reach mainvolved with. of winter.” turity.” “This introduction is A busy week! Mangus said the mananother major achievement The Jan. 14 and 15 re- agement plan for the Book for the partnership.” leases started with a heli- Cliffs calls for 450 bison on New herd starts copter capture on Jan. 10 the public land. with 45 bison and 11 on the high plateaus “That is so incredible,” In all, 45 bison will be in- of the Henry Mountains. Bunnell said as he watched troduced onto public lands After the bison were two bulls work their way up in the Book Cliffs. Another captured, they were placed a snow-covered slope and herd, managed by the Ute in large bags and flown to Tribe, roams to the west on a staging area where blood then silhouette themselves the Hill Creek Extension of and other samples were tak- on a ridge against the blue sky. “They belong here!” the Book Cliffs. en to be tested for disease. The DWR reintroduced 14 of the 45 animals donated by the Ute Tribe into the Advertise in rugged, remote, roadless area of the Book Cliffs in August 2008. The final 31 bison were Call 676-2621 captured from another freeAds startat $5/week ranging herd managed by the DWR on the Henry the Insider January 22, 2009 Elder Ryan Bret Alvey Elder Ryan Bret Alvey has been called to serve in the Vina del Mar, CHILE mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He reports to the MTC on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 and will be speaking in the Tropic Ward Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 11:50 a.m. Ryan’s parents are Bishop Kerry and Jo Neil Alvey. Grandmothers are Rella Alvey of Tropic and Beverly Wright of Hurricane. HUNTER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS NEEDED Instructor training classes offered soon Have you ever wanted to pass the passion you have for hunting on to someone else? You can by serving as a volunteer Hunter Education course instructor. The Division of Wildlife Resources will train new instructors over the next few weeks at locations across Utah. “You can make an amazing difference in the lives of young people by volunteering to serve,” says Kirk Smith, assistant hunter education coordinator for the DWR. “And don’t be concerned if you don’t have any experience teaching young people. We’ll teach you everything you need to know to be a good teacher.” Dates and locations The instructor training is free. More information about the training including dates and locations is available at www.wildlife.utah.gov/huntereducation/instructors. After reaching that part of the site, scroll down to the “See schedule” selection at the bottom of the page. Dates and locations are available there. “If you look at the schedule and you don’t see a training session in your part of the state, please call us,” Smith says. “If there’s enough interest in the area of the state where you live, we’ll put a training session together for you.” You can reach Smith at 1-800-397-6999. BEES AND BOULDER UTAH When we first saw Boulder in 1975, on a camping trip from Logan, we felt like we had arrived in Brigadoon. We were worried that when we left, the town would disappear for 100 years, and we would never find it again! Now that we have finally moved to Boulder, we bring about 300,000 of our dear friends: Italian honey bees. As most of you already know, bees are in trouble worldwide. In 2007, there was a global loss of 30 percent of honey bees, and a USA loss of 40 percent. Similar losses were reported last year. This is terrible news, as bees are responsible for the pollination of virtually all fruits and vegetables that we eat. The cause of the loss is complicated and still being debated. Overuse of pesticides is certainly a factor, and pollution world wide, especially coal fired power plants. Bees are an indicator species meaning that a decline in their numbers can signal to us all an unhealthy environment to live in. Global warming is also affecting insect populations. And also, too much movement of large bee populations long distances to pollinate huge agribusiness. We need to get back to small bee operations that stay put. We left a very active bee club in Northern Utah, and we would like to propose starting one in Boulder and Garfield County to meet once a month. Our main purpose is to share and learn more about bees and how we can encourage more small bee keepers. Because Boulder is geographically isolated and few growers use pesticides, we have an excellent chance here to promote healthy bees. Utah State University has grants available through their sustainable agriculture affiliation which we are applying to for help with start-up costs in beekeeping. As usual, the ancient wisdom of “small is better” applies to bees as well. What better place than Boulder to prove that again? To talk bees, email us at bozbie@ hotmail.com. Our first bee club meeting is open to all at the Anasazi State Museum at 6pm on the 22nd of January. |