| Show parks monuments proposed in utah r the following communication which is self explanatory has been received by br claud young member of the advisory board of district 6 dear sir the national Natio naJ dark service ervice Sl has e expressed a desire to create an addition to zion national park also a national monument within san juan grand emery wayne garfield and kane counties in southeastern stahl ali and one ona near vernal in northeastern utah the land involved is all within Era razing zing districts established under the taylor grazing act and upon which grazing licenses have been issued by the division of grazing 1 the area proposed for inclusion in in these national monuments aggregates ap proximately pi acres more than 95 per cent of which is in southeastern utah I 1 f within the areas proposed as na dional monuments abot abott t sheep cattle and 2500 horses IvIo belonging nging to owners are grazed 1 seasonally easo nally and yearlong the i wes rules of the park Seil service lice provide that there will be iio no g grazing grazine raz whatever within its parks or monuments except that they provi for existing ranches within the their 1 I boundaries for a specified term 0 aars and in some cases for the life lafr of the present owned owner but they do nr t allom uch such grazing rights to be transferred transi or to follow the property I 1 national Nati anal faiks are created arc abed by act of congress but national monuments may be created by executive order the theory underlying the movement to create nations ilona m ments ants as proposed by the par ser vice isthan is that if and when cco pomie conditions arc Tsuch that rc as is r rna a 1 ly diore profit to both te local M inhabitants and outsiders to have hava a national paik created and grazing sequent on y red reduced aced or curtailed wh a a park prk may be ct bated it is recognized by the division of grazing that the question of our cur ailment ailor nt of cf grazing on large areas of nf public domain in your vicinity is a vital one it 11 is also true that the scenic features and peculiarities of Abundant in utah have not been fully developed for the purpose of cf an expression from all parties interested you are advised that ahu a aumic alic meeting will tAll be held vt ft price utah titan on june 9 1936 at p m meeting will be re representatives presen ta of T district advisory boards livest livestock bekk men using the public landi involved nv alved local civic clubs the national rial park service and the din division of or grazing ing oai asa a member of one or more of these groups you are urged to attend very truly yours J Q peterson |
