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Show Cedar Breaks VisitorCenter opens The Cedar Breaks National Monument Visitor Center has been opened for the 1977 summer season, Monument Superintendent Earle Curran has announced. an-nounced. Hours will be 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily through June 6. On June 7, hours will be extended from 8:00 a.m. ':n 6:00 p.m. daily. Evening interpretive programs will begin Friday, June 17. Programs will be presented daily starting at 8:00 p.jn. Due to recent snow storms, the campground is tentatively scheduled to open June 10. Curran noted that, due to overall drought conditions, some visitor conveniences have been curtailed. Spring ' flow is at an all time low, and because of lack of adequate water supply, portable restrooms will be used at the campground and visitor center in place of the more modern facilities usually in use. Curran also reported that travel for May 1977 totaled 20.654, or down 7.000 from May 1976. Yearly travel however, showed a decrease of only 3,300, w ith this year s travel totalling 25.320. as against a total of 28.600 through May 1976. Curran attributed the May decrease in travel to poor weather conditions. |
