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Show Creative Ideas May Help Local Ranching Grow ESCALANTE Some 60 to 70 ranchers who hold permits on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument will be joined by other ranchers from throughout the county as they seek solutions to help improve productivity and profitability in their industry in the face of economic and political trends that have put their source of income and their lifestyle at serious risk. The workshop is set for 5 p.m. on Sept. 19 at the Escalante Community Center and will be followed by dinner for those who participate in the workshop. All ranchers and their spouses are welcome. There is no charge for the workshop or the dinner but (See Creative Ideas May Help Ranching Grow On Page 3A) Creative Ideas From Front Page reservations should be made by Sept. 16 to reserve space. Special speaker will be Gregg Simonds who has been managing ranches in the intermountain area since 1974. He was most recently regional manager for Deseret Intermountain Ranches where he successfully decreased ranch operating costs through more effective range management techniques tech-niques which in turn reduced the cost per pound of calf at Deseret over 30 percent. In many western areas, ranchers are introducing new methods into their operations and becoming more profitable. Others are finding alternative markets for their for their beef as well as new products and services available on their ranches. Simonds will offer suggestions for land and ranch management that increase prof The Sept. 19 workshop will be the first in a series focusing on techniques and opportunities for ranchers. They have been arranged ar-ranged by Brooke Williams and David Nimkin of Confluence Associates, Salt Lake City. Garfield County commissioners have contracted with the firm that assists businesses and communities commun-ities with strategies and resources that promote local decisionmaking decision-making on natural resources and cultural conservation compatible with economic development. |