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Show 145 day deadline for the federal government to provide land outside the park in exchange for state lands in the park's boundaries. The resulting bi\1 was in effect a "pure park," with the exception of grazing, and the I louse and Senate both approved it unanimously on September 3, 1964. On September 12, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill creating the Canyonlands National Park. Utah's Third National Park Local newspaper coverage of Zion and Bryce had presented the national parks as evidence of Utah's contribution to the na1ion's identity- the parks gave legitimacy to the state. 801h Zion and Bryce were presented as an honor to the state in recognition of its outstanding scenery. Those sentiments were largely absent in coverage ofCanyonlands until after the legislation passed, and then they were muted. Canyonlands was the first park Congress had established since the Virgin Islands National Park in 1957, and the local newspapers noted that Utah would join California as the only states to claim three parks. But the honor of the newly created park competed with the storyline advanced by Senator Bennett - that the park was a sacrifice, and the state deserved compensation. News published after the legislation passed represented both themes - that the park was an honor and a sacrifice. The Deseret News captured the story lines of sacrifice and honor by noting Governor Clyde's reaction to the final Canyonlands lcgislation. 44 6 Clyde characterized the park as ''a great thing," but, the Deseret News noted, "[he] viewed exclusion of mining as locking up vast oil, gas and mineral reserves that would be worth millions to 446 The Deserer News dropped the Salt Lake Telegram from its name on August 6, 1964 |
