Show agreement Is near on establishing esta bli shi ng recreation area on colorado river Edl editors tora note mie atlie following article was taken from the last weeks issue of the times inde pendent moab and as the escalante recreation Ile area if set aside will effect both of the southern vial itah counties bordering on the colorado river it Is being fished for the benefit of our readers some misunderstanding lina has been prevalent in this lection and it Is thought that this article may serve to clear conditions surrounding it tile the setting aside of such an area that the national park borvice and no the governor and congressmen of utah tire are near an agreement regarding the of the esen esca recreation n area along the 1001 krado river south of moab Is indicated by dispatches from washington instead of the creation of a national t park or monument it tr IF now planned to establish a recreation area area similar to the one at boulder nam dam without interfering grazing mining and mineral rights right q creation of ili an area whereby the wonderful scenic attractions attract lona along tit the colorado river might he be properly leve lopel ol and ami publicized but without interfering with tile the grazing and other privileges lages now enjoyed by citizens of the area ihas ailts long been advocated by the moab llona club anil other civic organizations oc southeastern utah and announcement that such an arrangement Is being formulated Is pleasing news to local people the following dispatch from under date of fearn nry ary 10 Is front from saturdays salt lake tribune washington leb 10 16 the national park service lias has abondo abandoned ned 1 11 I idea of creating either nn all B national park or till nn escalante calante Ks national monument lit in southeast biah but they would like with tho the concurrence of the governor Ro vernor and the states congressional delegation to convert the E escalante tract of some 2150 2450 square miles into a recreational area tills was explained to governor henry 11 blood and rep hep J T W robinson and aho abo Nf murdock when they called on the director of the park service with tile intention of turning thumbs down on the idea of either thu the park or national pat ional nl monument director arno n B krammerer Oram Crant of the park service well awnee of adver in utah sald said it had been decided to forget about the park or monument because of the nature of the protests that have been made however tills this IdetA identical area or most of it Is such that he lip thinks it might well attract tourists all and campers if developed as ai a recreational area the governor and the congressmen were interested in knowing whether creation of n recreational iren area would interfere in any way with tho lie use of the file water power gra krapff aux or mineral resources within tho the area they were assured that there would b no such interference that there would be no objection from the park service to the storage of water for power or for irrigation and no interference with grazing prospecting or mining tit lit tife area their object would be to maket lio region reelon accessible through building of roads camping and other fit facilities cili ellit ties les just ns its thoy they have lone done at boulder dam am with the understanding that the resources of the urea area would bu be open to development just ns as they nrc are ou on the pub it lie domall domain with the anik and monument proposals lit in the discard it was suggested Kested that tile park service draft n bill idea of what coD congress conf fress gress should provide lit in authorizing a recreational area nud mid then sif linit it their ilider hill bill to members of the utah con Krew lonal delegation and to tile the governor with tho the understanding chilt tile nil bill would not be intro dincel ju berj lit in congress unless and alid until apil ored by tho flip bbate und and its dele gallon hat suggestion was acceptable to UK park service the service fill biad I 1 no definite nite program to lay before tit the friday but they said they wore were drafting a bill 1111 nathail nat hoil lug tit the boulder lam dam roc rec rent reat lonal ional aron ares which Is 14 already es ached and would propose oge slin similar legislation for the escalanti Esc Esen alanto lanto areli area it if the recreational area should follow ill the hues of the lie proposed national park or monument it would vin embrace 2450 square miles ff of territory extending along the colorado river front from the utah line n to the fluence influence fluence on of till the oreen green and chlorn colorado do rivers bulow below moah and bip tile the oreen green catl colorado some bionto 60 or 75 miles farther within tills this area governor blood are arc amp ta MW po mid horsepower i millions of acre feet ewt of water that might bp stored for irrigation and for power and 1 neres of land suitable for representative murdock instated insl teil that hint tho abe hill bill before tic ho would ap all brove it would have to contain colit aill a alc provision p r 0 v 1 s I 1 0 n recognizing atah s ownership of t the I 1 to water within tho the arta area and the applicability of utah law to development of that water ond ind other resources tito th park A seemed not averse to that sit As soon ai ag drafted the ahe pr proposed bill will bo be submitted to the governor and to the lie utah c congressmen |