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Show 161 and south would restrict road construction, power lines, and pipelines that might one day be constructed across the southern half of the state. He proposed establishing easements to allow "construction corridors.',4 90 Moss later amended his bill to accommodate Rampton's request. 491 The State Division of Fish and Game requested removal of deer hunting territory on the west side of Capitol Reef. The state director of Geological and Mineralogical Survey requested removing twelve miles from the southern tip of the proposed Capitol Reef and allowing access to potential tar sands, uranium, coal, gypsum, and petroleum throughout the parks. I le conceded, "none of these represents a commercial deposit; yet the growing pressure on our known resources insures [sic] that any, or all of them, will become significant in the futurc.',4n Most of these sources of opposition were cited extensively in news leading up to the hearings, but it was not until advocates of enlarged boundaries and increased conservation testified that their opinions were reported in the state newspapers. Officials like Moss, Udall, and Johnson found their views included in news coverage, but other supporters - especially those who championed more environmental protection than those in government - did not appear until the hearings. In the few weeks following Johnson's executive order, local newspapers sought comments from mining and grazing industries, state politicians, and business interests who decried the move. "While the former president's action was lauded by some, it drew ' 90 Douglas L. Parker, '·Senate Hearing Pits Diverse Park Interests," Solt Loke Tribune, May 16, 1969, Bl. ' 91 Sah Lake Tribune, '·Moss Urges Reef Park Power Linc," July 2, 1969, A2. '9 l Parker, ''Divt:rse Park Interests," Salt Lake Tribune, May 16, 1969 . |
