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Show Aspen Mirror Lake Campgrounds use restricted by Forest Service Dixie National Forest has announced new regulations governing the use of camping facilities at Aspen Mirror Lake on Cedar Mountain. John Padden, acting Cedar City District Ranger, indicates that the practice of taking trailers into the area and parking them for the entire season iwill have to be discontinued. discon-tinued. . One of the reasons for the necessary change in policy is a recent State Health Deipart-ment Deipart-ment regulation governing the proximity of any developments develop-ments and possible pollution sources to the origin of a culinary culi-nary watre source. Equally important, he said, Is the environmental en-vironmental damage that inevitably in-evitably occurs when so many people and vehicles are con-cenrated con-cenrated in an area without adequate site protection. Trees are dying, meadows are crisscrossed criss-crossed with roads, and trash and litter hava Ibecome dominant dom-inant features of the land- scape, Paddon stated. Southern Utah is not known for its abundance cf water, Paddon noted. However, just a short drive out of Cedar City to the Dixie National Forest, residents are fortunate enough to have several beautiful lakes and streams. Aspen Mirror is one of these, and it j must toe kept inviting for the ' next generation to use and enjoy, as it is for today's. The new camping regulations regula-tions will' in no way effect fishing at Aspen Mirror Lake. Navajo Lake and Duck Creek, as well as A?pen Mirror, have all been stocked with catch-able catch-able trout earlier this year, and opening day, June 3, promises to be good for the angler. Fire danger in many parts of the Forest is critical this year. Although snow is still plentiful at higher elevations, fuel is extremely dry near Duck Creey and Panguitch Lake and other lower elevations. eleva-tions. Campers and fishermen are urged to use fire with extreme ex-treme care. |