| Show agreement Is near on establishing recreation area on colorado river rived editors nota irhe nie I 1 following article was acken from the last lait weeks issue of the talmeg alme inde inae pendent moab and as the esca laute recreation ared area it if set aside will effect tooth both of the southern utah counties bordering on the colorado river it Is being republished for the of 0 our dour readers sonic some misunderstanding has been prevalent in this section and it Is thought that this article artlie may serve to clear conditions surrounding the setting aside of such euch an area that thai the national park service and the governor and congressmen of utah are near an agreement regarding tile the erea creation tion of the esca lante recreation area along the colorado river south of moab 11 h indicated by dispatches f rom washington instead of the creation oi of a national park or it is I 1 now planned to establish a recreation ari similar to the ow one tit at Il ulder dam anni without interfering with grazing mining and ifil mineral rights creation of on an area whereby the wonderful scenic attractions along the Clo colorado lorado river might be pro i pearlf devel developed and publicized but without interfering with tile the grazing and other privileges lages now enjoyed by citizens of the areal area has ha s long been advocated by ahe 3 moab lions dub club and other civic organizations of southeastern utah and announcement that such an arrangement Is being formulated la Is pleasing news to local people the following dis dispatch front from washington under date of liebow itcy ary 16 Is from Satur saturday dayis sn sal st it lake tribune washington feb 16 the nn na lional park paik service has abondo abandoned ned ail aft idea of creating elt either lOli lin an Ewa laute national park or an all escalante national monument lit in southeast utah but they would tike like with ith the concurrence of the governor fetid the states congles ronal delegation to the V so infante tract of some 2450 square miles into a recreational ahrea area this was ivas explained friday to governor henry 1111 II 11 blood lood and representatives J W robinson and ahe abe murdock SI when they called on oil the lie director of the park bark service with the intention of thumbs down on oil the idea of elther either the park or national monument director arno it Cram krammerer of the park bark service well aware of adverse sentiment in fit utah said said it ft had been icon decided tp to forget about the park or monument monn nent because of the nature of tile the protests protest s that haval been made however this identical area or most of it Is such diat he thinks it might well attract tourists and campers it 4 T rf t developed 6 as 1 9 a recreational area the governor and the congre congressmen vere interested lit in knowing whether creation of a recreational area would interfere in ahny way nay with tile the use of the water viator power grazing or inin mineral cral resources within the area they were assured unit that there would be no lucli that there would be tio no ob letlon lection from tile the park service to the storage of water for power or for irrigation and no interference with grazing prospecting or mining min ing in fit file area their object would fie be to make the region through thron gli building of roads camping and other fa cuttles just as they have done it at houlder bodder dam the under standing that the resources of the continued on last paso t 4 V lya teti r discuss fe feasibility a sivility lity of recreation area continued from pile page 1 acca area would he open to development just as they are on the public domain with the park and monument proposals in the discard it was waa suggested that the park service draft a bill embodying their idea of what whai congress ifould provide in authorizing a recreational area and then their proposed bill to members of the utah congressional gres lonal delegation and to the governor with kith the understanding that the cbill w would not be intro introduced in congress unless and until approve approved d by the state au and i d its delegation that was waa acceptable to the park service the service had no definite program to la lay y be fore tile the friday but they said they were drafting a ball authorizing the boulder dam recreational reat ional area which la Is already established and would propose similar legislation tor for the escalante Esea Esca lante laute area it if ilie recreational area should follow the lines of the proposed national park or monument it would embrace 2450 square miles of bf territory extending along the tha colorado river irom from the southern utah une north to the confluence of the green and colorado rivers below Moab and up the green and colorado some 60 or 78 miles farther within this area governor blood sli allowed owed are ar esome some potential and a nd undeveloped horsepower millions of acre feet of water that might he be stored for irrigation and for power and acres of land suitable table tor for grazing representative Al insisted that the bill before he hea would approve prove it would have to contain a specific sion zing ownership of the water within the area and the applicability of utah law to development of that water and other resources the park service seemed not averse to that suggestion As soon as drafted the proposed bill will be submitted to ad the governor and to the utah congressmen amen in |
