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Show 182 In a secretary of expressed himself had the 1931, ark Conservation Associa- Provo sentiments many of the that the governor again previously expressed and was also voiced the conservationist's he2Tings. at the Rocky r,:ountain West." in the areas letter to Governor Dern in December, the Anderson, tion Itentire of and growth He to express traditional feeling toward the stockmen. are not fit could not afford to r-eh ab i Li t2.te t:ese over;.:::rized wat.er-sne ds and administer ten properly i this gift proved to Our ublic-doain l2Dds in Ut ouen to be-- accented b 2. as [t2l1 gift. a :r! 28 t 1;0 oubt 'Nud S1!ely l2_bil SufIlClent runes lor aQnlnlsrtlon and Wltou imnrovement these wat.er-sheds would be nelected as badly sold to stockmen and sneculators Vlno would, in three cases out of four, destrov every value that these lands now may as they are or now have.44'" Anderson ai"firmed his belief that be acceptable, under no condition. Furthermore, Other1':ise the states would a to ever all natural resources, had been restored from its federal reclamation and watershed quished. as include were but condition should cession be considered until the public domain as it must if cession whole. 44r.:ark protection particularism surely frustrate In the control absence of the a presently depleted over must of the deve l oprnerrt federal such matters never be relin- respective of the ,Iest conservation Anderson to George H. Dern, Dec. 15, 1931, in Eearins, pp. 48-49As nearly as this wr l ter has been able to determine, Anderson was the leading spokesman for the conservation interests in Utah at that incorporated time. |
