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Show 160 unrealistic 2,560-acrc limitation.',488 For the tlme being, the two expanded areas remained national monuments. Lyndon Johnson left the White I louse, and RJchard Nixon came in to confront a Congress ready to decide their status. The Hearings In May 1969, the Senate Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation held three days of hearings on the Moss proposals for creating Arches and Capitol Reef national parks. Moss took his show on the road with hearings in Salt Lake City, Richfield, and Moab. Before the hearings, Moss made significant amendments to his bills. Originally, his proposal called for parks following the enlarged borders Johnson had created. I !is amendments redrew those boundaries - much like his attempts to redraw Canyonlands to encompass land where geography prohibited development and to skirt areas suitable for grazing, mining, and other economic ventures. In Arches the new boundaries would eliminate 10,560 acres from Johnson's boundaries and add 1,600 new acres. In Capitol Reef, Moss proposed deleting 50,000 acres and adding 29,000. 489 Moss continued to propose allowances for multiple uses in the parks, but tried primarily to draw boundaries to eliminate the need. Still, Moss' bill would allow permit holders to continue grazing cattle and pass those privileges on to their heirs. The first day of hearings included a parade of witnesses asking for amendments to the proposed park that would tighten boundaries and allow multiple uses. Governor Rampton expressed concern that the elongated boundaries of Capitol Reef running north 4U Salt lake Tribune, 'Tighter Law Would S1op Land Grabs," January 30, 1969, 16 489 Salt lake Tribu11e, ·Moss to Propose Changes in U1ah Parks Bill," April 30, J 969, 21. |
