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Show 143 hearings that "Southern Utah officials generally favored establishment of the proposed Canyon lands National Park. " 437 The I-louse subcommittee amendments produced a bill that looked little like the bill Moss had proposed in the Senate. An editorial 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.'.438 The measure called for a 257 ,640-acrc park, prohibited hunting and mining, and ordered grazing be phased out over ten years. 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 are a number of cougars in the area and slockmcn were fearful the park might become a sanctuary for them.'Mo Other predators he had wanted to control were wolves, coyotes, cougars, foxes and "other species destrnctive to livestock, wildlife or agriculturc.',.i41 The committee's rationale for the alterations was that multiple use, as presented in the Moss bill, was antithetical to the national park idea. Despite the amendments, Senator Bennet! praised Burton and "his achievement and leadership in the I louse lnlcrior Committee in persuading a subcommittee lo report favorably on the Canyonlands National Park Bill." Bennett continued, "Burton's accomplishment is doubly satisfying 437 Salt Lake Tribune, ''South Utahns 'Approve· Park Plans," June 21, 1964, BIO. ' 31 Salt lake Tribune, "'l'urist' Club Held Over Canyoolands," August 14, 1964, Al 6. 439 Frank Hewlett, "House GroupOkchs Canyonland lsic] Bill," Salt Lake Tribune, August 11, 1964, 2. 440 Jbid. 441 Frank Hewlett, ' House l'anc:l to Act on Canyon land (.~ic]," Salt lake Tribune, August 13, 1964, A9. |
