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Show Local Hunters Will Line Up For Permits On Monday Monday, May 18 will be a busy day at more than 250 locations loca-tions statewide, as 1998 Utah general season buck deer and bull elk permits go on sale at 8 a.m. that day. In Garfield County, six outlets will be available for the purchase of those permits. Habitat authorizations, at $5, are required in order to purchase buck deer and bull elk permits and they are available at any time. Purchasing them prior to Monday's sale will speed things up for everybody, dealers say. Permits go on sale Monday, May 18 at 8 a.m. and, for the Southern Region, hunters are advised ad-vised to get there early. Since the Division began offering a set number of general buck deer permits for each of its five regions several years ago, resident permits for the Southern Region have sold out the first day they've gone on sale over-the-counter. Last year, permits for the Southern Region sold out by 1:30 p.m., only five and one-half hours after going on sale. Resident permits for the other four regions have not sold out as quickly. For example, in 1997 resident permits for the Southeastern Region, the next region to sell out, did not do so until almost three months after going on sale. Locally, hunters will be able to purchase their permits at Antimony Merc in Antimony, H&R Hardware and . Coopers . Service in Panguitch, Rubys Inn at Bryce, and from Larry or Judy Davis at the Escalante City Offices in the old Home Ec room in Escalante. and at their residence in Boulder. Davis said that those needing Habitat Authorizations may call at any time prior to Monday for processing Habitat Authorization purchases. . The Davises are available at 435-335-7346 or 335-7300 335-7300 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Nonresidents were first able to obtain nonresident general buck deer permits through the 1998 BucksBulls and Once-ln-A-Lifetime Draw. All of the Southern Region nonresident general buck deer permits were allocated through the draw. Nonresident buck deer permits for the Division's other four regions are still available, though, as are general bull elk permits. The remaining nonresident (See PERMITS on page 7-A) Permits Go On Sale May 18 From Front Page deregulation by a certain date. However, each of the Representatives Represen-tatives indicated an understanding of the concerns for rural Utah and asked Torgersen and Blackburn to continue dialogue with them as the matter unfolds. The Directors also pressed Utah's delegation for support in preserving the benefits currently derived by Garkane customers from electricity generated at Glen Canyon Dam. "Garkane stepped up with other rural electric systems to buy electricity from the federal hydro-power hydro-power program at a time when the power was expensive," said Michael Mi-chael Blackburn. "Now, after decades dec-ades of investment in the federal power program, the resource is threatened by investor-owned utilities util-ities and others seeking access to the public resource." Torgersen and Blackburn asked the Congressmen to oppose any changes in the rate structure of the federal power program and to oppose privatization of the power marketing administrations. In a related matter, the two Garkane Directors engaged Senator Sena-tor Bennett in a thought provoking discussion concerning the Y2K (year 2000) computer glitch problem prob-lem as it pertains to electric utilities. util-ities. Senator Bennett was recently recent-ly appointed as Chairman of a Committee to address Y2K issues. In addition to meeting with the Utah delegation, Directors Torgersen Torger-sen and Blackburn also met with Allen Freemyer, Staff Director of the House Subcommittee on National Na-tional Parks, Forests & Lands regarding ongoing right-of-way access concerns in national parks served by Garkane. One recent example was a local ruling that would not allow Garkane to land a helicopter into Bryce Canyon National Park to make repairs to a transmission structure. Both Torgersen and Blackburn indicated their discussions with the Utah delegation were invaluable. invalu-able. "Some of the legislative proposals being discussed today could undo many of the things Garkane has worked for 60 years to accomplish. By being involved in the political process we can help shape the changes instead of simply being victims of change." |
