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Show % The Wilderness Society % 52 3 Judge Bldg. 8 E. Broadway S^alt Uike City, Utah 8>4lll April 6, 1978 Margaret Murie Impose, Wyoming Dear Margaret: I completed my work/stay in Utah' in tDecember and in view of my daughter's illness in Denver, our, family gathered there for Christmas. Then, Since I had made arrangements to attend Forest Service High Uintas Conflict Resolution meetings in Bottle Hollow, Feb. 3 and 4 and a Bureau of Reclamation Staff Meeting in Salt Lake City, Feb. 9, set up for me by .Secretary Andrus relative to the Central Utah Project, I have been working on wilderness, wildlife and water storage development projects here since mid-January. Dick and I are now faced with obtaining some additional funds to enable me to keep working here. With BLM roadless area reviews upon us, now in Utah,in addition to the RARE II Forest Service program, the issues of wilderness and wildlife protection are mind-boggling. While Dick is now making progress 'way beyond what9 the Sierra Club had previously done in developing interested and working individuals in this review effort, he is still the overburdened professional looked to by agency, legislative official, and concerned citizen alike. He explains^issues and developments, via phone, personal contact, lectures, and to workshops. He writes letters - personal, official, to newspapers and Wilderness Alerts. While we can help in the production of these, ^Diek^has to do th$ thinking. He is expected to, appear where there is need - when BLM has issues to address needing environmental support; when^local groups like the Audubon Society.or the Society of American Foresters (Elko, Nevada^ 4/17/78) want wilderness information; with agency staffs such as the Forest Service and now the BLM throughout" the State. Only Dick has the degree of knowledge and political expertise to carry out some of these^demands. ^ ^ , But the demands exceed the available time and physical ability of one human being to fulfill. As you know! I try to assist Dick do all -these things however I am able. He is a "hard taskmaster", understandably, since none of us want to make irretrievable mistakes. Sb we keep trySing to stay oh top of issues - most of the time, somehow. I try to help as secretary, newspaper "letter to the editor" respondent, researcher, errand girl, sbbstitute person attending distant meetings, and assistant on Newletters and brochure preparations. And, since one issue related to the Uinta Range, I took on this issue on myoown and have pursued it on my own - unrelated to the Wifflderness Society. (Which Dick wanted.) This is the C.U.P -.•-•.".' |
