Show livestock men oppose cedar breaks park the national park service desires to create a national park at cedar breaks with an area of 0 eighty throe three square miles accordi according nr to a letter fr from 0 in dire director actor horace M albright to the office ot of the chief forester in washington D C a copy of which ilias haa beeb been repol received ved by tho the supervisor 1 in cedar city A map of the area la Is aita attached chod with a proposal to discuss tile the transfer to the parks service when congress meets next winter when the move to make the breaks k a national park was first started it was thought that only a small area around the breaks would be taken and it would affect the grazing rights of only a few sheep men but the present would have a much greater effect on the livestock industry of the tha country instead of taking off about one herd of sheep it would take up the range ot of possibly six herds from cedar alike amount from parowan carowan and besides a good share of the cattle range of 0 cedar people the area boua extend east to tho chaj thick umber timber n on tha yes eat t sll ot of I 1 han t cock peak and into sage valley it would in clde tho three creeks section ec tho the feudi cedar canyon cattle district tile the six lakes section bertlon and the breaks break p proper r sixty nine square miles of chope within the dixie be the a area r ea would national forest and fourteen miles v cald be ou outside aside the boundaries the park area would bo be reserved strictly for recreational purposes and the grazing and the timber resources i would not act the cedar long valley road traverses the area and would make it possible that the park service would charge a fee for crossing through the park aa ai la Is dono done on tile the zion mt lit car roel mel tunnel road 1 the creation of aa a tiati national onal park kofl 0 this size would no doubt greatly at feet hect the administration of cf the forest service ig ao well oil as tie it up P tho the grazing land and forest r edid iron co record |