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Thursday, January 9, 2020
Issue # 1341
Cubanidad on Display at Boulder Community Center as part of Traveling Exhibition Program
Panguitch Prevention Coalition Offers Cash for Survey Responses
by Tessa Barkan
PANGUITCH - Panguitch Prevention Coalition is in our 11th year of working to help reduce and prevent substance use in our youth. We also strive to build strong family bonds that increase protective factors that will help youth make better choices throughout their teenage years and into adulthood. We do this by having community family nights, town hall education nights, parenting classes, positive messaging throughout our community and helping our sports programs. To see how much our efforts have been recognized in our community, we are offering $25 cash to all adult community members (parents and grandparents) who take our short online survey through the month of January. You can find this survey by going to http://www. surveymonkey.com/r/Panguich2019. Panguitch Prevention Coalition operates through federal grants that make it possible to carry out free, fun and educational events in our community that promote family bonding and prevent underage substance use. With your continued support and by taking this survey, you can Surveys
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Stephen Trimble is among the eight artists to contribute to Cubanidad. The above photo was taken by Trimble in Trinidad, Cuba. The traveling exhibition Cubinidad will be on display at the Boulder Community Center until March 10. BOULDER - On January 2, an opening was held at the Boulder Community Center for an art exhibition entitled Cubanidad, which features pieces by eight Utah artists who visited Cuba. The exhibit comes from the Utah Division of Arts and Museums Traveling Exhibition Program, and it was presented by the Boulder Arts Council and Boulder Town. “Cubanidad is the exploration and celebration of Cuban identity, and the people of Cuba have long been con-
DWR Reminds Public About not Illegally Keeping Wildlife
sidered its greatest resource,” explains the placard from the Utah Division of Arts and Museums about the exhibit. The pieces represent efforts to “report and record what Cubanidad might look like to one looking in from the outside,” it continues. The colors, people, and culture of Cuba are reflected vividly in these photographs. The artists include Pete Ashdown, Niki Chan, Russel Albert Daniels, Bernardo Flores-Sahagun, Lewis Francis, J. Edgar Gomez, Gini
Boulder Town Council January by Tessa Barkan
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A wild raccoon, which is one of four wild animals that is considered non-protected wildlife in the state of Utah. VERNAL - Baby animals are often hard to resist, especially wild baby animals. Utahns often come across baby wildlife while recreating outdoors, but it is important not to pick them up or take them home. A five year old boy was significantly scratched by a family's pet raccoon in Uintah County on December 11, requiring emergency surgery. Because of this recent incident, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Tri-County Health Department would like to remind the public about the dangers and
legalities of trying to keep a wild animal as a pet. Illegal to possess wildlife without proper permits Some wild animals are not protected under Utah state law, meaning you do not have to possess a valid hunting or trapping license to harvest them. However, there are different rules in order to keep one in your possession. Wild animals, like raccoons (which are not native to Utah) and coyotes, require a federally issued permit in order to house them in captivity. The imporIllegal Wildlife Cont'd on page 3
REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA
THURS. JANUARY 9 - WED. JANUARY 15
Chances of precip increase steadily as the week goes on. Highs in the 20s and 30s; lows range from the single digits to the teens. 10-20% chance of precip over the weekend increases to 40% chance of snow showers Mon. and Tues.; 20% Weds.
BOULDER - The January 2020 Boulder Town Council meeting began with the swearing in of the newly elected town council members, Judy Drain and Elizabeth Julian. Assignment by the Mayor of Departments and Committees/Boards followed. Gladys LeFevre is responsible for the Buildings Department, Travel Council, and the Cemetery Board. Conrad Jepson is responsible for the Enforcement and Landfill Departments and the Park Committee. Judy Drain is responsible for the Planning and Roads departments, will coordinate between the county and town commission meetings, and will be the town council member in the work group created by the Boulder Planning Commission to revise the Table of Uses. Elizabeth Julian is responsible for the EMT and Fire Departments, Arts Council, Fire Council, and Library Board. Mayor Steve Cox will be responsible for the Tree Committee. The meeting schedule for 2020 was then set. The Boulder Council Cont'd on page 9
Pringle, Jun Song, and Stephen Trimble. The exhibition will be on display until March 10. It can be viewed while the Community Center is open, including library hours, Saturdays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Thursdays 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. The Boulder Arts Council receives two exhibits each year from the Traveling Exhibition Program. The next exhibit will also come from this program, and it will feature Prize Photography of the 2019 Utah State Fair.
BLM Utah Announces Five-Year Agreement with the Utah DNR
Financial agreement transfers up to $75 million to state to support Water Restoration Initiative
SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is a proud contributor and supporter of Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI), which uses locallydriven projects to improve watershed health, biological diversity, and water quality. BLM Utah and the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have entered into a new five-year financial cooperative agreement supporting the WRI. The BLM may contribute up to $75 million over the lifetime of this five-year agreement. In fiscal year 2019, the BLM contributed over $10 million dollars to the partnership which resulted in treatment of nearly 93,000 acres of upland habitat, 2,369 acres of riverine and riparian habitat, and 162 miles of stream and river corridors. Projects range from improvements to rangeland, riparian and aquatic habitat, Greater Sage-grouse and large game habitat to projects focused on hazardous fuels reduction, post-fire emergency stabilization and rehabilitation, and noxious and invasive weed reduction. “The WRI is an important component of our wildfire fuels reduction efforts and wildlife habitat improvements
across Utah,” said BLM Utah State Director Ed Roberson. “We are proud to be a part of such a meaningful and innovative partnership and thank the Utah Department of Natural Resources for their leadership. This five-year agreement is just one of the ways we work together to manage our Nation’s natural resources.” “The continued support of our partners is critical to the overall success of WRI. As Utah expands and our population increases, we have a growing obligation to manage, protect and restore watersheds throughout Utah,” said DNR Executive Director Brian Steed. “Our joint efforts are invaluable as they reduce catastrophic wildfire risks, increase water quality and yield, protect and rehabilitate vital habitats for many species and provide economic benefits for local economies.” “Utah’s WRI is improving habitat for mule deer and all wildlife at a landscape scale not seen anywhere in the Western United States,” said President/CEO Mule Deer Foundation Miles Moretti. “The WRI is successful because of the partnership beWRI
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What Western States Can Learn from Native American Wildfire Management Strategies
by kari Marie norgaard, Professor of sociology and environMenTal sTudies, universiTy of oregon, and sara Worl, MasTer's degree candidaTe in environMenTal sTudies, universiTy of oregon, The conversaTion
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Aja Conrad, the Karuk Tribe’s workforce and internships coordinator, lights a prescribed fire in Orleans, California. CALIFORNIA - For several months in 2019, it seemed wildfires wouldn’t rage across the West as they had in recent years. But then came the dry autumn and California’s Santa Ana and Diablo winds, which can drive the spread of wildfires. Utilities are shutting off power across the state to reduce the risk of damaged equipment or downed trees on wires causing fires. There’s no lack of proposals for managing wildfires
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. —Mitch Hedberg
more effectively: California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed 22 wildfire-related bills in one day. But what’s missing are perspectives from indigenous communities across North America, who have lived with fire for thousands of years. In our research on climate change and people’s reactions to it, we have worked with the Karuk Tribe in northwestern California and southern Oregon on their plan to manage
their land under these evolving conditions. American Indian tribes across the West are working with an increased sense of urgency to manage fire-adapted landscapes in the face of climate change. The Karuk Tribe’s climate adaptation plan directs their efforts to do just that. This work has convinced us that this is an exciting political moment to restore Wildfire Management
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