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Show 128 Ten days before the hearings, the committee appointed by Governor Clyde had presented its Canyonlands recommendations. The committee chairman stressed that "no political consideration was given at any point."385 The proposal called for a Canyonlands National Park and Recreation Arca. Similar to Bennett's proposal, it would designate a small portion of "pure park" - no more than I 02,000 acres - surrounded by a recreation area of"multiplc usc." 386 The tcnn "pure park" was used to mean "single use": tourism. The term "multiple use," which played prominently in the committee's proposal, was defined: Multiple use as we envision its application to the Canyon Lands [sic] area is a balanced and integrated use of all of the resources including scenic, geologic, scientific, recreation in its broadest conception, fish and game, mining, non-minerals, gas and oil, grazing, and water and power development. It docs not necessarily mean that all uses will be realized in the same location at the same time. However, uses which do not conflict may be realized simultaneously. 387 Also in advance of the Canyonlands hearings, the University of Utah released its study with a conclusion that the econom ic potential of a national park in southeastern Utah was greater than any other use. 388 Researchers predicted that in the first twenty-five years after a park was created, tourists would spend an estimated $220 million. 389 The university group also noted that a national park would produce income into the Clarence C. Barker, "Report Urges Blend of Park's Uses," Deseret News und Salt lake Telegram, March 20, 1962, Bl. lU 316 [bid. Joseph Lundstrom, '"Report Cites Multiple Use Ban in Parks," Deseret News and Sall lake Telegram, March 5, 1962,Bl. 111 m Gordon Eliot White, ··rark Value Figured SIO Million a Year," Descret News and Salt Lake Telegram, March 27, 1962, Bl. mo_ N. Malmquist, "Canyonlands a Mint, U. Economists Say," Salt Luke Tribune, March 28, 1962, 13. |
