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Show 119 allowed other development often labeled as "multiple use." The vehement opposition to the wilderness bill and the confusion of that bill with the national parks intensified opposition to Canyonlands. Both Utah newspapers had referred to the Canyonlands area as "wildcmcss.''350 Although the word was not used to describe a government land designation, divergent meanings for the same word further clouded the debate. Increasingly, the rallying cry against Canyonlands and the wilderness bill was that these designations would ''lock up" the land - resources that could benefit the state would be off-limits. Motivated by a fear of "locked-up" resources, Governor Clyde and other park opponents looked for ways to promote their perspective. The Salt lake Tribune reported Clyde's creation ofa sixteen-member committee "to defend the state's interest in creation of new or enlarged national parks and wilderness areas ... The committee's job is to drafi a program supporting that view, then take the necessary steps to implement it."351 The Deseret News and Safi Lake Telegram quoted Clyde saying that Westerners "must be prepared to battle to the last ditch to prevent haphazard locking up of our resources, whether in national parks or in wilderness areas."352 Because the committee worked to "defend" the state from both parks and wilderness, stories reporting the committee's activity covered both issues. However, they were often discussed and reported as one issue. HO Uob Koenig, "Udall-Freeman l'arty Views Southern Uiah Scenic Arca," Deseret lofews and Soft Ulke Teleiram, July 3, 1961 , Bl; Salr lake Tribune, .. Udall Picks S. Uiah Million-Acre Park," September 26, 1961 , 13. HI Salt Lake Tribune, '·Clyde Picks Comm ittee to Fight Park Moves," Augu~t 2, 1961 , 15 m Deserer News and Salt lake Telegram, ''C lyde Warns Against Resource '1.-0ek-Up," September 20, 1961,A IO. |
