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Show Appendix D Public Comments and Responses COMMENTS RESPONSES Company also has no intention of increasing the number of back country skiers/ users in the area because this use is not consistent with the Company's plans for development of these properties/' " In the " 50' s, only a handful of rescue dogs There are not 300 rescue dogs in the were allowed - now over 300 are permitted watershed. This management plan will in Big Cottonwood Canyon, ostensibly to provide for a review of the dog ordinance. residents." A comment states that the fee station This program will require more exploration proposal for Big and Little Cottonwood with other entities. Canyons is not appealing due to afford ability issues and the issue of agencies being responsible for their obligations in the canyons through their budgetary obligations. " At our June 8th meeting your consultant, This management plan will provide for a Ralph Becker, suggested that a more review of the dog ordinance. restrictive dog policy might be included in the plan, specifically that a proposal to restrict dogs to only full- time residents was being considered. We are definitely opposed to such a policy. First of all, many canyon cabin owners have purchased the special licenses for their pets, and they by- and- large control their animals. According to Sgt. David Nelson of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, 95% or more of the dog problems they deal with are not associated with canyon residents or cabin owners. Rather the vast majority of the problems come from visitors bringing their unlicenced dogs into the canyon." Page 132 |