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AMENDED NOTICE TO CONSULTANTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RANGELAND SCIENTIFIC STUDY

GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES

Garfield and Kane Counties are seeking qualified consultants to provide services for a rangeland scientific study, evaluation, analysis, and report concerning livestock grazing allotments on the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, information on the Request for Proposals can be obtained from Garfield County Public Works Department, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah 84759, Telephone (435) 676-1119, Email: dave.dodds@garfield.utah.gov. The deadline for submitting the proposal has been amended to 5:00 p.m. on April 18, 2023. The County reserves the right to accept and/or reject any and all proposals.

Garfield and Kane Counties are Equal Opportunity

Employers

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on MARCH 30 and APRIL 6, 2023

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF UTAH, GARFIELD COUNTY

DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF UTAH, GARFIELD COUNTY 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah 84759, Telephone: (435) 676-1104; Facsimile: (435) 6768629, NOTICE TO CREDITORS, Case No. 233600001, Assigned Judge: Marvin Bagley, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that CATHERINE CAGE was appointed as Personal Representative of the estate of ROBERT THOMAS OWENS and creditors of the estate are given notice to present their claims to BARRY L. HUNTINGTON, attorney for the estate, P.O. Box 388, 55 South Main Street, Panguitch, Utah 84759, within 3 months after the first publication of this notice or be forever barred.

DATED this 20th day of March, 2023. BARRY L.

HUNTINGTON

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on MARCH 30 and APRIL 6, 13 & 20, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

ESTATE OF THOMAS LARKING STEVENS

Case No.:233600003

SHARON K. STEVENS has been appointed personal representative of this Estate. All persons having claims against the decedent must present their claims, in writing, within three months after the date of first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred.

Written claims may be:

• Delivered or mailed to the personal representative or their attorney at the address below, or

• Filed with the Clerk of the District Court in Duchesne County, State of Utah.

Date of first publication March 30, 2023

SIGNED and DATED this 23rd day of March 2023.

HEIDEMAN & ASSOCIATES

/s/ Norman W. Peat, Jr. NORMAN W. PEAT, JR. 2696 N. University Ave, Suite 180 Provo, Utah 84604 npeat@heidlaw.com (801) 472-7742

Attorney for Personal Representative

Published

NOTICE TO WATER USERS

The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Wayne County. These are informal proceedings per Rule 655-6-2. Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired. Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights on or before Apr. 26, 2023 either electronically using the Division`s on-line Protest of Application form, by hand delivery to a Division office, or by mail at PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300. Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)538-7240 for additional information.

GARFIELD COUNTY

CHANGE APPLICATION(S)

61-3319 (a50108): KB Cedar, LLC propose(s) using 0.0045 cfs OR 2 ac-ft. from groundwater (3 miles northeast of Hatch) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING.

61-3378 (a50109): Bambam Holdings, LLC propose(s) using 0.0067 cfs OR 1 ac-ft. from groundwater (3 miles northeast of Hatch) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING.

61-3298 (a50110): Butch-Co Properties LLC propose(s) using 0.3517 cfs OR 155.7644 ac-ft. from the Sevier River (1.5 miles northeast of Hatch) for IRRIGATION.

61-3403 (a50113): Richard Jason and Angela Sayre propose(s) using 0.0007 cfs OR 0.25 ac-ft. from groundwater (5 miles south of Hatch) for DOMESTIC.

EXTENSION(S)

61-2778 (a33446): Focus Language International, Inc., Gregory J. and Shauna M. Walch Family Trust, Betsy Ruth Pilling Trust, Christina Jacobson, David W. and Margaret A. Hillyard Lazenby, Joe Ernie and Shelli

L. Sedlak- Mejia, Clinton and Tami Rusk, TLC Ranch Living Trust, Christopher Kyle Walter, Spring Hill, LLC is/are filing an extension for 0.1934 cfs OR 13.62 ac-ft. from the Sevier River (1.5 mile ne of Hatch) for IRRIGATION. IRON COUNTY

EXTENSION(S)

61-3268 (a28347b): Sommer Randall-Bowler Trust is/are filing an extension for 0.0064 cfs OR 0.5 ac-ft. from the Boiler Spring & Stream (2 mi. E. of Cedar Breaks N. M.) for DOMESTIC.

WAYNE COUNTY NEW APPLICATION(S)

95-5489 (A83698): Keith and Stephanie Duffy propose(s) using 0.015 cfs OR 0.45 ac-ft. from groundwater (2 miles south of Torrey) for DOMESTIC.

95-5490 (A83699): Bar X Bar Cattle Company, LLC propose(s) using 1.73 ac-ft. from groundwater (7-miles west of Hanksville) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING.

CHANGE APPLICATION(S)

95-4863 (a50114): Mary F. Hickman Graham propose(s) using 0.015 cfs OR 1.46 ac-ft. from groundwater (2 miles SE of Torrey) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; STOCKWATERING.

Wilhelmsen, P.E.

Teresa

State Engineer

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on MARCH 30 and APRIL 6, 2023

Loa Hatchery: Reconstruction of Utah’s Loa Fish Hatchery will help provide the additional fish-rearing space needed to redistribute production, improve hatchery fish-rearing conditions and meet the annual angling demands for healthy, stockable fish.

—Roger Mellethin, DWR Fish Culture Coordinator

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

TORREY TOWN

DOCUMENT 001113

Torrey Town (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:

Torrey Town 500,000 Gallon Tank Project Number SU1228O

Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the Torrey Town Hall P.O. Box 750027, 75 East 100 North, Torrey, Utah 84775 at 3:00 PM local time on Tuesday April 11th, 2023

The Project includes the following Work:

Construction of a 500,000-gallon cast-in-place concrete tank and pertinent utility installation.

Obtaining the Bidding Documents

Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website: https:// www.ensignutah.com/bid-access/ or www.questcdn. com

Hatchery location has the largest consistent water source, fed by local springs, providing perfect hatchery water temperatures, and “the capacity to produce the most trout of any of the state’s 13 fish hatcheries.” Its closure has put a higher burden on Utah’s remaining facilities.

“Because Loa had to shut down, we have had to over-crowd our other hatcheries to try to meet our production quotas,” said DWR Fish Culture Coordinator Roger Mellethin in an email. Documents provided by the DWR say that the Loa Hatchery closure resulted in the reduction of Utah’s total hatchery capacity by of southern Utah, if conditions are favorable. Agricultural burning can still occur outside of those burn windows.

Don’t call your local fire people to initiate the permit. Go to https://air. utah.gov/OpenBurning/ form/index.php to start the permit application. Read the directions carefully and follow them. Important resource contacts are also listed. You’ll need a proper clearing index, prevention measures to assure a fire doesn’t escape, and then, after reporting the intended burn to Public Safety Dis- around 180,000 pounds of fish, and the remaining hatcheries are currently producing an excess of what their designs allow, to compensate for the production shortfall.

The DWR states that fishing provided $1.1 billion to Utah’s economy in 2018, and that in 2020, there were 603,000 licensed anglers in the state. Increased interest in the sport and a growing population has amplified the need for more output. Current fish production capacity—1,160,000 pounds per year—is estimated as being insufficient to meet future demand, but a newly built Loa Hatchery, “in conjunction with our other hatcheries, should be able to provide us with enough fish each year to get us to our projected needs patch (800-356-8757), you can start; stay right there until everything is dead out, and you’ve reported that to Dispatch.

Failure to comply may result in a citation. If your fire spreads and requires emergency response, you can also get a hefty bill from state and or federal agencies.

A few key considerations are how much you are burning at once, what is the weather going to do, what are the exposures for fire spread, and what resources do you have to keep a fire from getting away.

The permit will ask what you are burning and how much of it. If you have for the next 20 years,” said Mellethin.

With proposed upgrades to its technology and infrastructure, it is projected that the new Loa Hatchery will have a production of roughly double that of the original facility.

“Reconstruction of Utah’s Loa Fish Hatchery will help provide the additional fish-rearing space needed to redistribute production, improve hatchery fish-rearing conditions and meet the annual angling demands for healthy, stockable fish,” said Mellethin in a recent press release. “A rebuild on the same site will allow us to take advantage of the area’s remarkable local springs and build a costeffective, secure hatchery that produces 350,000 pounds of fish annually, a couple of small buckets of debris, a backyard fire pit, and a garden hose (and some common sense), then you’re not in a lot of risk. Burning large piles close to anything else that burns can get tricky. Water supply and ways to apply the water are important, as can be having a tractor and some other people to help.

As a firefighter with 47 years of experience, it still amazes me just how quickly a small fire can spread, I’ve seen small embers blow hundreds of feet and set fields, other piles, sage and even large trees on fire from a single gust of wind. If you think you might need help to burn safely, call your County while returning clean water to the nearby Fremont River.” The new hatchery will require six full-time employees, and—at a salary of an estimated $47,000 per year, per person—according to the DWR, “In just one year, roughly $282,000 would enter the local economy in Wayne County because of these six jobs, helping to support the area’s families and businesses.”

Taking into account programming, design, and construction, Mellethin estimates that the project will take approximately three years to complete and that, hopefully, by 2028, they will be able to start rearing fish, which will, then, take about a year to get “up to size.”

Fire Warden. The Warden or a local department may be able to come standby while you burn. They’d rather do that than get dispatched to a sudden uncontrolled emergency. There may be a charge or suggested donation for standby services. All of our firefighters are volunteers who respond from home or their regular jobs, so don’t expect them to be able to drop everything unless it is an emergency.

If you want to protect your WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) property by stacking limbs along an access for later chipping by a State Crew in Wayne County, email Battalion Chief Wes Barclay at wesley.barclay@ gmail.com. That has not yet been scheduled but will likely take place in late summer. Plan ahead, follow the rules and have someone to help and the right tools to burn safely. You don’t want to be “That Guy” who caused a serious problem.

Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the designated website. Prospective Bidders are urged to register with the designated website as a plan holder, even if Bidding Documents are obtained from a plan room or source other than the designated website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Ensign Engineering and Land Surveying

225 North 100 East Richfield, Utah 84701

Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office by paying a deposit of $100 for each set, no part of which will be refunded. Make deposit checks for Bidding Documents payable to Ensign Engineering and Land Surveying.

Pre-bid Conference

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held at the project site, near Torrey on Wednesday March 29th at 3:00 PM. Attendance is strongly encouraged.

The last day for questions shall be April 5th, 2023 at 5:00 PM.

For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.

This Advertisement is issued by:

Owner: Torrey Town

By: Mickey Wright

Title: Mayor

Published in The Wayne and Garfield County Insider on MARCH 16, 23 & 30 and APRIL 6, 2023