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Against the backdrop of media coverage of the re-established Southern Utah National Monument boundaries a couple weeks ago, I took a trip to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge looking
BOULDER, Garfield County Federal land managers are seeking a plan that could increase parking and improve infrastructure at a recreation area within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument that s grown in popularity over the past decade.
The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday unveiled a proposed plan for the Calf Creek Recreation Site that calls for the possibility of building a new overflow and expanding or reconfiguring the main parking area, as well as widening an access road that connects state Route 12 to the parking area and campground.
Other possible improvements proposed include modernizing campgrounds and adding new camping units, as well as replacing old infrastructure such as the recreation site s fee station, restroom building, shade shelters or an access road bridge in the area. A communication fiber line could be installed to allow for digital fee payments or even emergency phones in the area.
On Monday, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and the other members of Utahâs congressional delegation sent a letter to President Joe Biden regarding the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.
âWe call upon you, and your administration, to support and engage in finding a long-term legislative solution and stop the vacillation of national monument boundaries in Utah,â the letter reads. âWe remain prepared to work in good faith and hope you do as well.â
In their letter, the Utah representatives asked the Biden administration for their assistance in finding a permanent legislative solution to these boundary disputes and statutory protections to prevent abuses of the Antiquities Act.
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