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Show 143 hearings tha1 "Southern Utah officials generally favored establishment of the proposed Canyonlands National Park."·07 The House subcommittee amendments produced a bill that looked little like the bill Moss had proposed in the Senate. An ed itorial in The Salt Lake Tribune called the resulting proposal "a perversion of the Moss bill." The editorial position in light of the amendments was that "Utah and the country will be better served if Canyon lands were classified differently than as a traditional national park.',4 38 The measure called for a 257 ,640-acrc park, prohibited hunting and mining, and ordered grazing be phased out over ten ycars. 439 The subcommittee also deleted a provision in the original bill that had mandated predator control in the park. "Mr. Burton said this was sought because there arc a number of cougars in the area and stockmen were fearful 1he park might become a sanctuary for them.',4 40 Other predators he had wanted to control were wolves, coyotes, cougars, foxes and "other species destructive to livestock, wildlife or agriculture.',4 41 The committee's ra1ionale for the alterations was that multiple use, as presented in the Moss bill, was antithetical to the national park idea. Despite the amendments, Senator Bennett praised Burton and "his achievement and leadership in the House Interior Committee in persuading a subcommittee to report favorably on the Canyonlands National Park Bill." Bennett continued, "Burton's accomplishment is doubly satisfying 437 Saft lake Tribune, "South Ut.ahns 'Appro11c' Park l'lans," June 21, 1964, B10. 431 Salt lake Tribune, ""Purist' Club Held 011cr Canyonlands," August 14, 1964, Al 6. ~19 Frank Hewlett, "House Group Okehs Canyon land [sil') Bill," Salt lake Tribune, August 11, 1964, 2. 440 ibid. ~4 1 Frank Hewlett, "House Panel to Act on Canyonland [sic]," Salt lake Tribune, August 13, 1964, A9. |
