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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Wayne County Commission July 15

Issue # 1317

Midget Faded Rattlesnake Found Coiled Up Beneath a Boulder

by Veronica egan

WAYNE COUNTY Commissioner Harward and Blackburn present. The first order of business was for commissioners to approve the hiring of a new deputy sheriff. The candidate is Taylor Record, who must commit to 2 years of service and complete the required Peace Officer Standards course, which he will do in the fall.

Next, Ramona Brown presented materials regarding the upcoming Wayne County Fair. These will include prefair activities on Tuesday and Wednesday August 13/14, such as a blood drive, car seat and seatbelt check, a Life Flight demonstration, and a K9 Drug Detection demo.

The entire Fair schedule and more details will appear on Wayne Commission Cont'd on page 4

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"An unusually colorful Crotalus viridus concolor. It was so cute I almost petted it, but later [GSENM Wildlife Biologist] Terry Tolbert told me this is one of the most poisonous rattlers. The critter as coiled here is three inches in diameter, maybe a bit over a foot long. It was under a boulder beneath the Fremont ruin at about MP 52 Hwy 12."—Jens Munthe, Escalante This photo was taken by Jens Munthe for The Insider photo contest. So many great photos were submitted, that we decided to highlight all of our favorites over the coming weeks. Thanks to all who participated! Keep them coming. We may feature yours in a future issue!

Utah Runners Take Part in 16th Annual Byrce Canyon Half Marathon

Utah Alliance 2019 Summer Meeting in Wayne County

by adus dorsey ii WAYNE COUNTY - In Wayne County was comthe fall of 2018, the powers mitted; a little nervous, but that be at The Utah Alliance committed. Monthly conferfor Economic Development ence calls were made, plans reached out to officials in put in place, and the event Wayne County exploring the ball was rolling. All was well idea of hosting their 2019 and good in January when summer meeting “In God’s the summer meeting was still Country.” Having had at- months away.

By May, things started tended a highly successful and well attended Utah Alli- to get real. Night sweats and ance meeting in Orem in years anxiety replaced the fun Febprior, Wayne County didn’t ruary phone conversations immediately jump on the band about all the exciting things wagon to agree… but when we were going to do togethNan Anderson's, Event Or- er in Wayne County in July, ganizer Extraordinaire, name when the key officials from was mentioned, all hesitancy all over Utah were to cross the about Wayne County spon- Wayne County line expecting soring the 2019 Utah Alli- who knows what. Come July, ance Summer meeting melted cartons of antacids and Tums were arriving from Amazon away.

Wayne County’s own Prime weekly, as usual, Nan Monica Brian was contacted Anderson was cool as a reand the Wayne Commu- frigerated cucumber.

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Bears are Out and Active in Utah Make sure to bear-proof your food, garbage

SALT LAKE CITY Utah’s bears are out and active, and the number of bears reported getting into garbage and food this month has doubled from last July. If you are out camping or if you live in any canyons or foothills in Utah, you must “bear-proof” your food and garbage.

Black bears are the only

native bear species currently in Utah, and they have an amazing sense of smell. They also have no problem eating the same type of food that people eat. As a result, many of the conflicts between people and bears happen because the bears start scavenging for the food that humans are eating and cooking.

PANGUITCH - A record number of 8,600 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members, advisers, alumni, and guests from across the

bers and took part in STAR Events Competition at the conference.

Kyler Bennett, Paxton Wolfley, and Jaron Miller from Panguitch High School’s

In the past month, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources employees have responded to more than 25 reports of bears getting into coolers, garbage or rummaging in campsites and residential trash cans throughout Utah. Of those, 20 Bears

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PHS Students Attend National FCCLA Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California

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March. They competed in Interpersonal Communications, an individual or team event, that recognizes participants who use Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related

Bryce Canyon Half Marathon staff members say thank you to community volunteers!

CANNONVILLE - The 16th annual Bryce Canyon Half Marathon started with a blast, sending off over 800 florescent clad sunrise run-

ners who threaded their way down through Bryce Canyon National Park along Hwy 12 to Cannonville Park, 13.1 miles away. Mild 60-degree

Op-Ed

WCWCD Revisited

by Toni ThirioT, Ph.d.

WAYNE COUNTY - So, citizens of Wayne County, here is more information on the Wayne County Water Conservancy District (WCWCD) after several meetings on July 15, 2019.

As a result of the Op. Ed. of July 4, 2019 in The Insider, a number of interested citizens contacted me with concerns and comments.

I met with Ryan Torgerson, our county clerk, and others in the Courthouse. People came to the July 15 County

Commissioners Meeting to see what was going on and to speak. It was a very busy ten days. Thanks to all of you for your help and your input.

Thanks to those who spoke up in the meeting. You know who you are …citizens for the betterment of our community.

I spoke to Commissioners Blackburn and Harward at the County Commissioners Meeting on July 15, 2019 where I WCWCD Revisited Cont'd on page 2

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL REGIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE AREA

THURS. JULY 25 - WED. JULY 31

A small break in the heat, with thunderstorms possible on Thurs and Fri, and again on Weds. Sat through Tues will be mostly sunny. Highs this week in the high 70s and 80s. Lows in the 50s. Rain chances range between 20% and 50%.

temps, occasional light drizzle and cloudy skies accompanied runners to the finish line.

Many Utah and local runners participated this year. Top spots for the Half Marathon for men went to Jaydyn Asay of Vineyard, Utah, 1:05:19, Mike Popejoy of Teasdale, 1:05:51, and Rush Mills, also of Utah, snatching third place.

Savannah Berry of Orem took top female honors finishing in 1:14:00 and Dakota Lange of Benjamin with a 1:15:10 second place time.

Local runners turned in a cadre of excellent sub 2 hour times lead by Kyler Norris, 1:30:00 and Luke Reeder, 1:31:40, as well as Kat Morrow, Kylie Orton, and Fred, Emma, Eli and Katie Beesley.

Wow! Starting and finishing in Cannonville, 5K racer, Jeff Olson 19:22:00 took the top spot with second overall winner and top female finisher Portia Blackert clocking in Half Marathon Cont'd on page 9

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Kyler Bennett, Paxton Wolfley, and Jaron Miller (in no order) from Panguitch High School's FCCLA Chapter attended and received a gold medal at the 2019 National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California. country gathered in Anaheim for the 2019 National Leadership Conference. This year’s conference was based on the student-originated theme, “Believe In Yourself.” Three students from Panguitch High School were among the mem-

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FCCLA Chapter attended the week long leadership conference/competition in Anaheim, California from June 30-July 5th. The students qualified to attend nationals by placing first in STAR events during state competition back in

occupation skills and apply communication techniques to develop a project designed to strengthen communication in a chosen area: community,

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read a statement of concerns about the WCWCD, based on documentation, about possible noncompliance and statutory issues, best practices, and key internal controls. These concerns were defined by the 2018 Little Manual produced by the Utah State Auditor and the 2007 Water Conservancy Act. The commissioners listened and appeared receptive to the issues and problems. I thank them for their receptivity.

At 2:00 pm, the WCWCD held their own meeting on July 15, 2019. This was the first WCWCD meeting that I and seven others attended. I have previously dealt with the WCWCD in two commissioners meetings and individually.

It has been very difficult to find out when they meet and even who they are. They are supposed to be available to the public but it appears it is just “some public.” It is also difficult to get time to speak in their meeting; at this meeting I was given two minutes

by Roger Brian.

So, let me introduce you to the 2019 WCWCD Board of Trustees: Roger Brian, Loa; Thomas A. Jeffreys, Fremont; Stanley Wood, Lyman; David Brinkerhoff, Bicknell; Mack Morrell, At Large (Bicknell), Budget; (new member) Donald Coombs, Teasdale/ Grover; Phillip Pace, Torrey; John Jackson, Caineville, President; and Kevin Hatch, Hanksville. All trustees serve three year terms. (the 2006 Sixth Judicial District Court information relating to one, two, and three year terms was only done in 2006 to get them back into proper rotation after a long period of noncompliance. (Ryan Torgerson, county clerk, clarified this mistake for me).

At the July 15 meeting the Commissioners approved the Resolution for Appointing Trustees to the Wayne County Water Conservancy District.

This document, done annually, indicates past trustees and the trustees for the 2019 appointments. The 2019 three appointees are Phillip Pace, Torrey; Roger Brian, Loa; and a new member Donald Coombs, Teasdale/Grover.

All three took their oath of office conducted by the county clerk in the 2:00 pm WCWCD meeting.

Reviewing the past Resolutions for Appointing Trustees documents of 2014-2019 shows us the appointment process and how the public has not been included. The results are: 1. The Notice of Intent to Appoint Trustees (advertising posted 3 times in The Insider) has a line at the end of the posting “for additional information persons may contact the Wayne County clerk”; this has appeared 2014-2018 and was changed in 2019 to indicate citizens of Wayne County can apply for these positions. 2019 is the first time in over a decade that what was decreed initially in the Sixth Judicial District Court was done. Any of us are eligible including part time residents to apply for a position on the WCWCD Board of Trustees by submitting a letter of interest with qualifications listed; 2. There were no letters of application for recent appointees Jeff Coleman, Teasdale; Stanley Woods, Lyman; or Kevin Hatch, Hanksville. There was one for David Brinkerhoff, Bicknell and Donald Coombs, Teasdale/ Grover; 3. New appointees must take an oath of office.

Oaths of office were not

signed in 2016, and one oath not signed in 2017; 4. 2018 was a total loss because there was no meeting, no applicants and no one appointed. These trustees up for reelection were John Jackson, Caineville, President; David Brinkerhoff, Bicknell; and Thomas A. Jeffreys, Fremont.

According to the rules, they are held over until an appointment occurs. This is not fair to the public who possibly might want to apply. When will they make this right?; 5. After the oaths of office are taken, the trustees are supposed to have an insurance surety bond posted on each one as required by the State Auditor. It appears this has never been done.

So, the appointee process needs some tightening up to make it more accessible to the rest of us. In fact, as the County Commissioners are supposed to be the supervisors of the WCWCD with Stan Wood having the WCWCD listed under his responsibilities, they are supposed to encourage citizens to apply and actively promote new people for positions. The State Auditor says the positions should be short term and suggests new people. It also means the public needs to know what is happening in the WCWCD in order to have an interest. This is a fixable issue.

The trustees are required to get training every threeyear term in board member training (UT Code 52-4).

They must have open and public meetings act training annually. And, there must be GRAMA training for records officers annually. There are no records of this happening.

This is a compliance issue.

These trainings are provided online at the State Auditor: training.auditor.utah.gov.

This is a fixable issue.

There must be a public notice of meeting (UT Code 52-4-202). There must be a public notice of meeting not less than 24 hours before the meeting that includes date, time, place, and agenda. This notice must be posted in the building where the meeting is held. The Special Service District Act encourages posting of written notice on the Utah Public Notice Website. This would be useful for letting the public know of meetings they can attend when they do not live near the Courthouse in Loa. In discussions with the County Clerk and others in the Courthouse, it was confirmed the WCWCD have 2-3 meetings a year. They are supposed to have an annual meeting May 1 and 4 quarterly meetings (Sixth Judicial District Court). They post their meetings possibly 50% of the time. A nonposted or inappropriately posted meeting is an illegal meeting.

They can hold the meeting but cannot make any decisions.

For instance, this meeting of 2:00 pm July 15, 2019 was not posted at the Courthouse as of 4 pm, Friday, July 12, 2019; the Courthouse is closed all weekend. The meeting was posted 9 am, Monday, July 15, 2019. This was NOT 24 hours before the meeting.

This made the meeting an illegal one. Lucky for them, no decisions were made. In fact, in order to have a quorum to meet, the four members had to wait to get Donald Coombs from the bank. This is a fixable issue.

WCWCD written minutes of open meetings lack required detail (UT Code 52-4203). What is required in the minutes are: 1. Date, time, location of meeting; 2. Names of the WCWCD members present and

absent;

3. Substance of all matter proposed, discussed, decided upon; 4. Record by individual member of each vote taken; 5. Name of each public member commenting, substances of comments by public and other information.

Meetings have to have an audio recording that is a complete and unedited record of all open portions of the meeting from the commencement of the meeting through the adjournment that is properly labeled with time, date, and place of meeting.

Fortunately, no decisions or votes to record occurred as I watched Mack Morrell fill 1/8th of a page for minutes.

There were 7 members of the public at the meeting. They did not ask for our names for the records as required. For the first time, there was an audio recorder requested by Roger Brian who was conducting the meeting. I confirmed with the County Clerk that no recording had been done in the past.

High marks for Roger Brian for instituting a new item!

So, in this “illegal” meeting oaths were done; a recording was done; discussion about an application form, a lease long overdue, and an application for water were all discussed. An attempt at a notice of meeting was done.

This is progress! Minutes, recordings and notices of meetings are fixable issues.

Most important to the public is their inclusion in the decision making process as the WCWCD is supposed to represent us. The 2007 Water Conservancy Act states public involvement. WE ARE NOT INCLUDED. We have not been involved in any water right segregations to date.

John Jackson, Caineville, President, in a letter addressed to me as part of a GRAMA 9-2-2015 said about water applications: “no application forms exist, putting water to use in this manner to help citizens is relatively new and these things are being worked through. Up to date if someone wanted to apply, they approach the Board, made a request and gave information needed. Each request is considered on individually.”

There appears to be no written records of these requests as they were not submitted in a GRAMA as required.

John Jackson was wrong.

There has been in place besides the Little Manual, the 2007 Water Conservancy Act which specifically says how to handle water applications.

It states: Water Contracts (not Leases) are a contract between a conservancy and a private or public water user under which the water user purchases, leases, or otherwise acquires beneficial use of water from the conservancy.

A public or private petitioner submits a written petition to the conservancy requesting to enter into a water contract.

The petition must include: 1. Petitioner’s name; 2.

Quantity of water to purchase or otherwise acquire; 3. Description of land upon which water will be used; 4. Price to be paid; 5. Amount of any service or other charges to be paid; 6. Whether payment is

cash or annual installment; 7.

Provision for lien if default; and 8. An agreement that the petitioner is bound by the rules and regulations of the conservancy.

If the petitioner is considered, the conservancy publishes notices of petition and a hearing (4)(a)(ii) once a week for two weeks in a newspaper like The Insider.

The conservancy needs to hold the public meeting on the petition with the proper notice to the public for attendance where any interested party can appear and explain why the petition should not be granted. The conservancy must also consider written objections received before or at the hearing.

After the meeting the conservancy may deny or grant the petition.

This is the way the public gets to be heard and to be part of the process in the decision making of how the water that has essentially been allotted to the citizens of Wayne County is used. This has not happened yet. The public has been ignored and left out of the loop.

This is noncompliant and illegal.

This right is very important. We each have a responsibility to respond to a hearing.

This is a lot of work and the WCWCD is resistant to doing the process. This will not be an easy fix. Roger Brian at the 2:00pm meeting said to me “we will do only what is required by law” This is required by law. This is being fair and equitable. We must support them in doing the right action.

In the County Commissioners meeting a list of noncompliant issues of the WCWCD were presented.

The Commissioners appeared concerned and receptive to the WCWCD getting some “fixes.” In fact, they were told there was a possibility of getting some volunteers to help the trustees with the some of the “fixes” including a water lawyer.

In the WCWCD meeting the trustees were told about the noncompliant list as well as the possibilities of volunteers and a water lawyer. They were also told they had to do contracts and hearings. They were told where to get the Little Manual and the 2007 Water Conservancy Act. They are not as receptive as the commissioners; in fact, they appear to be resistant.

There are challenges ahead and we must keep our eyes on the WCWCD’s actions in the spirit of being helpful. They need to change and that is difficult for all of us.

You will hear from me occasionally as I continue to learn more about this elusive organization. The WCWCD serves an important purpose but are ineffective and stalled at this time. They need to become more transparent in dealing with the public, compliant with the laws, and get better organized.

We support them in those endeavors. They are supposed to serve us. We can help them do that. Maybe one of you will be the next new trustee of the WCWCD….

Toni Thiriot, Ph.D. Grover; Coordinator of the GIC East line since 2007.

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Primary Residence Tax Exemption Can Save You $$$ by garfield counTy TaxPayers associaTion

PANGUITCH - If you’re a property owner in Garfield or Wayne County, keep an eye out for your 2019 Notice of Property Valuation and Tax Change which should be mailed soon. The notice is for all real property, which includes residential, agricultural land and buildings, and commercial properties. According to Joe Thompson, Garfield County Assessor, it’s a “disclosure of the value of your property and lists the tax entities that make up the amount of your tax bill.” While this isn’t your actual bill, it shows your property value as assessed by the County for 2019 and will show any changes from the previous year.

Property owners should take time to review the assessed value from the previous year, as this is the only opportunity to make an appeal.

You only have 45 days from the mailing of the notice to appeal to your County’s Board of Equalization (BOE). (Only current year values can be appealed; for Garfield County properties, appeal forms can be obtained online at www. garfield.utah.gov.) To dispute the assessed value, the burden of proof is on the owner of the property to provide documentation and facts to support the claim. If you do not agree with the BOE’s decision, the next step would be an appeal to the State Tax Commission.

The Utah State Constitution requires that uniform valuation standards be applied; meaning similar properties should have similar values.

The Utah State Tax Commission website (https://propertytax.utah.gov) provides further information and explains that

residential property is “taxed at 100% of its fair market value (FMV), which is theoretically the value at which the property would sell for on the open real estate market” based on the value as of January 1 of the current year. Utah law allows a partial exemption of taxable value for “residential properties that serve as the primary residence of any household.”

The definition of a primary residence is a dwelling that is occupied more than 50 percent of the year, with a resident or tenant occupying the property as their primary home, and applying to only the first acre of land. Properties that qualify are taxed at just 55 percent of the value rather than 100 percent, creating a substantial savings for resident property owners.

Owners need to fill out a form at their County Assessor’s office prior to the April 30 deadline to request active primary residence status. You may only claim one primary residence per household. Tax relief programs are available for several classifications of property owners (Veteran’s, Blind, Low Income, and Circuit Breaker).

Contact your County Treasurer’s Office for details and to see if you qualify. Applications are due September 1.

While not everyone may enjoy paying property taxes, it should feel good to know average property taxes in Utah ranks 11th lowest in the nation according to wallethub.com.

Additionally, the majority of money collected is reinvested back into our cities, counties, and school districts. We can see our tax dollars at work through important services such as fire and police protection, landfill and road maintenance, and ed-

ucation as well as many other capital improvement projects supported by these funds.

Relevant questions for Garfield and Wayne County residents include: Are our property taxes being assessed, collected and redistributed fairly and equitably in our communities? With rising real estate values, are we torn between wanting higher property values and lower tax rates? Do lower collection rates directly affect our schools – would additional funds provide teacher pay raises or better programs for students? Would you sleep better knowing our firefighters are provided some compensation for putting their lives on the line, and feel confident they’ll have a full crew if your house is on fire? Are our communities collecting enough money to sustain community needs in the near and longterm future? When growth occurs and time passes, it’s inevitable that local projects will be necessary and that they will certainly cost more than they did in the past.

So, watch for those property tax notices, carefully review the details, do your part to make sure assessments and payments are fair, and get ready to make your tax payments before the November 30 deadline.

The Garfield County Taxpayers Association (GCTA) is a non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization dedicated to fostering an accountable and fiscally responsible government by obtaining information, conducting research, and educating the public. For more information on GCTA, or to join, go to www.GCTAutah.org

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occurred in central Utah and along the Wasatch Front. Last year at this time, there were 11 reports statewide of bears in neighborhoods or campsites.

Last year, most of those incidents occurred in the southern part of the state.

“We deal with nuisance bear calls every year, but this year, we have received a much higher amount, especially in communities near or around the mountains and campsites along the Wasatch Front,” DWR wildlife biologist Riley Peck said.

There are several reasons for the increase in human/bear conflicts this year. One is that there is a higher bear population compared to past years, and the population along the Wasatch Front has also continued to grow and expand into wildlife habitat areas.

“Another reason for the increase in bear incidents is that the summer of 2018 was extremely dry,” Peck said. “As a result, some bears could have gone into hibernation a little leaner than normal. This was then followed by a very wet, cool spring that kept bears hibernating in their dens a little longer than usual. The combination of those two things could be making the bears a little bolder in trying to acquire their needed calories.”

Utahns need to take extra care in bear-proofing their food and garbage, whether camping or in their neighborhood. Here are a few examples of things to be mindful of so you don’t attract bears: Bear-proof your home outdoor garbage cans Several of the recent bear reports have involved bears getting into trash cans or dumpsters in neighborhoods and at cabins. Make sure to store your trash in a secure location or bear-proof container. If you don’t have access to a bear-safe garbage can or dumpster, make sure to store your garbage can in your garage and put it out for pick up in the morning, rather than the night before. Also, make sure to clean your trash container regularly to eliminate some of the odors, which attract bears.

Remove items that will attract a bear to your house Utah is bear country, and especially so if you live in the foothills or other mountainous parts of the state. It is important to eliminate, properly secure or clean yard items that may attract a bear. Some of these include: • Birdfeeders (both seed and hummingbird) • Fruit trees • Compost piles • Beehives • Pet food and water bowls • Unsupervised outdoor pets (especially at night) • Barbecue grills Bear-proof your food while camping Store your food, snacks and scented items (such as deodorant and toothpaste) in an area where a bear can’t get to them. Do not leave them out on tables or keep them in your tent.

Storing them in a locked trailer

or locking them in the trunk of your car are both good options.

Storing food and scented items in these areas will reduce the chance that a bear smells them.

And, if a bear does make its way to the area where you’re staying, if it isn’t rewarded with food, it will likely move on.

Keep your campsite clean Don’t toss food scraps and other trash around your campsite or cabin area. Instead, put it in trash bags, and take it home with you. Several of this year’s bear incidents have occurred because trash was left in a non-bear-proof dumpster at the campsite. Make sure to wipe down picnic tables and keep the area free of food and other debris. Always keep your campsite or cabin area clean because a dirty campsite can attract bears long after you’ve left.

“If a bear visits the area after you leave and then someone comes into that area to camp, you’ve created a potentially dangerous situation,” DWR mammals coordinator Darren DeBloois said.

What to do if you encounter a black bear Stand your ground: Never back up, lie down or play dead.

Stay calm and give the bear a chance to leave. Prepare to use your bear spray or another deterrent.

Don't run away or climb a tree. Black bears are excellent climbers and can run up to 35 mph — you cannot outclimb or outrun them.

Know bear behavior. If a bear stands up, grunts, moans or makes other sounds, it's not being aggressive. These are the ways a bear gets a better look or smell and expresses its interest.

If a black bear attacks, always fight back. And never give up! People have successfully defended themselves with almost anything: rocks, sticks, backpacks, water bottles and even their hands and feet.

If you see a bear getting into things at your house or campsite, contact the DWR office nearest to you. You can find the contact information for each of the six DWR regional offices across Utah on the DWR website. Learn other ways to prevent conflicts with bears on the Wild Aware Utah website.

—Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

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date, not all of the requests have been filled. While not taking an adversarial approach to the commission, she did stress that it was their job to follow required procedures, hold public meetings and to generally be accountable to the public regarding the WCWCD's responsibilities. She also remarked that the WCWCD was to make regular trustee appointments, which are open to the public, and to elect officers to the board of trustees, as well as to have regular public meetings with notices in local press two weeks in advance, procedures which have been sporadic in recent years. Commissioners listened intently to her presentation and agreed that the commission needed to be more attentive of the official duties and rules of the WCWCD. Attorney Scott Berry of Fish Creek Cove, who is experienced in the arcane procedures of Western water, law volunteered to assist the commissioners in understanding and carrying out their WCWCD duties.

Finally, Ryan Savage and Brandon Jensen of Albrecht-Savage Engineering explained how their firm could be of service to Wayne County with their GIS operation. They are able to map roads, structures, water systems and more digitally, hence bringing this important information up to date for the county. This would mean that the county, rather than hiring a full-time GIS person, could use Albrecht-Savage services whenever they required them.

Over and out from Wayne County.

The Wayne County Commission meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month at 10 am at the Wayne County Courthouse in Loa.

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Ron Remigi, of Teasdale, appeared for a second time to discuss removal of community trash bins newly located on Donkey Flats Road. The area where the bins were located was mistakenly placed inside of Mr. Remigi's property line. When the road was widened this winter. He also voiced concern about a culvert which he deemed too small for the location and could, he felt, create flooding problems. In addition, he noted that his electrical box and phone box were now located below the level of the road and subject to potential damage by flooding, and asked that they be moved or raised out of harm's way. Since these were new issues not addressed in his original complaint, the matter was tabled until one or more commissioners and the road department could physically inspect the location and devise some solutions. Mr. Remigi was advised that his matter would be on the next meeting's agenda.

Dr. Toni Thiriot of Grover next made a very thorough presentation regarding the current status of the Wayne County Water Conservancy District,(WCWCD) which has had a somewhat erratic institutional history over the past 20 years or so. Dr. Thiriot, coordinator of the Grover Irrigation Company east line since 2007, has spent several years tracking the activities of the WCWCD, and has been attempting to examine recent documents about water rights contracts, trustee nominations, board of directors, etc. through GRAMA requests. To

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by Jeffery J. mcKenna A holographic will is a will that is written entirely in your own handwriting. No witnesses are required, and no portion of the will may be typed. If you type some or all of the words, or you incorporate other markings or other documents into the text, you could inadvertently invalidate the will.

The idea behind holographic wills is that since the entire document is in a person's handwriting, there is no need for witnesses to sign it to establish its validity. Holographic wills don't need to be notarized either, but they do need to be signed.

Most lawyers would tell you it's a bad idea to write your own will because you can easily create ambiguities and other defects that can lead to litigation following your death. This is especially true in second marriage situations when one or both spouses have children from prior marriages or relationships.

If you decide to write your own will, you should be sure to say in the introductory sentence that it is your will, and that you are revoking all prior wills. If you don't revoke all prior wills, your handwritten will and any other wills that have not been revoked will be looked at together to determine who inherits your estate. As you may expect, problems arise when the various documents conflict.

Be sure to identify each bequest clearly and to give away all of your property. A

frequent problem with handwritten wills is that they list some accounts and properties, but then leave out others. Property that you don't mention in your will passes to your heirs as determined by the courts. Your heirs may not be the same persons named in your will, and may not be the ones you would have chosen to receive the assets. Also, going to court and figuring out who your heirs are can be an expensive and time-consuming matter. In addition, courts will require two witnesses who are familiar with your handwriting to testify that the will was, in fact, written by you.

It's often the case that handwritten wills don't name a personal representative. Failure to name a personal representative could result in an administration of your estate that is fully court-supervised, expensive, and lengthy.

Another important provision that is often left out of a holographic will is a waiver of bond. When you don't request a waiver, the judge can require that your personal representative post a bond. Sometimes, it's not possible to even get a bond, and if your personal representative can get one, it is generally expensive.

There are a number of other provisions that should be included in wills that the average person would almost certainly leave out of a holographic will.

Handwritten wills are valid if they are properly

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I had obviously crossed some line while talking with my wife because suddenly she was steaming mad.

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She replied, "I could have had it with a different person."

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Calvin (Cal) Rotas Durfey 1936 - 2019

BICKNELL - Calvin (Cal) Rotas Durfey passed away at home on Thursday, July 18, 2019 in St. George, Utah. He was born in Bicknell, Utah to Rotas S. Durfey and Ethel Heaps Durfey on March 8, 1936. He grew up on the family farm outside of Bicknell graduating from Wayne High School in 1954. After graduating from high school and attending college for one semester he enlisted in the U. S. Navy where he served honorably for four years. In 1956 he married Shanna Rae Mathis of Loa, Utah in the Salt Lake Temple. They had five children Douglas (Joan) Durfey, Dana (Daryl) Brooks, Dexter (Candice) Durfey, Diane Mathis and David (Kimberly) Durfey. Shanna passed away in 1988 in St. George, Utah. In 1989 he married Ann Pratt in the St. George Temple. Ann’s three children James (Jennifer) McCormick, Cynthia (Frank) Duty and Amelia (Shane) Haycock were added to his family.

Cal was an educator having taught in the public schools and worked as an administrator in Utah and Canada for thirty-seven years in addition to teaching university classes at several universities. He also served as an elected member of the school board in the Washington County School District.

He held an Associate’s degree from Southern Utah University, a Bachelor’s degree from Utah State University, a Master’s degree from the University of Utah and a Doctorate from Brigham Young University and remained a true BYU Cougar for the remainder of his life.

Cal was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in many callings during his lifetime.

He and Ann served one local service mission and three foreign missions (South Africa, Germany and Hong Kong) together. He also served in the St. George temple for several years.

Cal is survived by his wife, Ann, his eight children, 39 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 26, 2019, at the St. James Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,1095 St. James Lane, St. George, Utah, at 11 a.m. A viewing will be held on Thursday evening, July 25th from 5 to 6:30 pm at the Spilsbury Mortuary and Friday one hour prior to the service at the Church. Burial will be at the St. George Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, Cal requests donations be made to: Washington County School District Foundation, 121 West Tabernacle, St. George Utah 84770, or online at:washk12.org.

Arrangements are made under the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, (435) 673-2454. Friends and family are invited to sign Cal’s online guestbook at www.spilsburymortuary.com.

Brian Foy

ST. GEORGE / PANGUITCH - Brian Myers Foy, 70, headed to the 19th hole on July 19, 2019 in St George, Utah. Born in Panguitch, Utah on September 28, 1948 to Martin Vee and Mary Myers Foy. The youngest of three children, Brian was brother to Stan (Lana) Foy and Marilyn (Afton) Morgan.

Brian was raised in Panguitch and graduated from Panguitch High School in 1967. He was a true athlete, playing basketball and baseball throughout high school.

He graduated from Southern Utah State College in 1970 with a degree in Business Administration. After college, Brian moved to Salt Lake City and married Dorothy Sandlin in 1974, later divorcing. After they married, they moved back to Panguitch where Brian worked at the family restaurant, the Foy’s Country Corner Café. At the café Brian, along with his brother Stan and their parents, served thousands of customers who came not only for the food but also for the conversation. The coffee was always on and the pie was always warm. Brian and Dorothy had four children, Nicki (David) Griffin, Shellie (Mike) Alvord, Cathy Foy, and Marty Foy. Brian’s children and grandchildren were more important to him than his golf game. Brian married Jill Ehorn in 2005 who died in 2010. Brian spent his last few years with Patti Lichfield. She was a companion in travel, Costco runs, and weekly dinners.

Brian was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His faith was truly personal and most important to him.

Brian loved to golf and always looked forward to his games with his golf buddies. He spent his happiest and sometimes most frustrating days on the course. He also loved to fly fish, never catching much but he loved to be on the river.

Brian loved his grandchildren: Maddie, Mason, Emma, Henry, Cora and Georgia. Whether it be teaching them to golf or just taking rides on the side-by-side. He loved to hear the stories of their most recent antics. He would laugh at each story always wanting more. He always had a smile and a laugh for everyone.

No matter where you went with Brian, he ran into a friend. Brian was preceded in death by his parents, Mary and Vee and his wife Jill. Brian left this world the way he lived his life — leaving too early. He was known for always leaving every family event early and thus it was only natural for him to do the same in life also.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Panguitch 2nd Ward Chapel , 200 N 400 E, where friends may call on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and again on Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary. com

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by Mack Oetting ~ mackoetting @gmail.com Put Greece on your bucket list of places that are a must see. Since the 24th was yesterday (hope you had a great time), and with nothing coming up in the near future, I thought I would write a little bit about our trip.

Pat and I and our daughter Shawn and Granddaughter Teah, went on the trip together. We went down to Vegas to fly out on American Airlines.

At about 9:00 pm, we picked Teah up at the airport, and she informed us that our flight to Philadelphia had been cancelled. So, we went over to the American Airlines ticket counter, and there were 150 people in line, with only three ticket attendances working.

Fortunately, we had Teah and her magic phone.After failing to reach anyone from American, she called our tour guide in Greece. He gave her some numbers to call, and she was able to reroute our trip, probably saving me from having a stroke. We flew Alaskan to Seattle, British’s Airway to London, and then on to Athens. We got there 6 hours later, but at least we made our tour. We stood in line at American for 5 hours to verify our new flight destinations.

The days were filled with non-stop wonders. The first day, we went to the Acropolis with its treasures. We climb ed up (in 100 degree heat) to the Parthenon, dedicated to the goddess Athena, the Royal Palace, Temple of Zeus and the Agora, once the haunt of Socrates and Plato. In the afternoon, we visited Hadriians Arch and the stadium where the first modern Olympics took place in 1896.

We departed Athens the next day, going to Corinth to explore the ancient city that empires fought over throughout the centuries. We then went to Mycenae, a mighty kingdom for ancient Greece.

We hiked up to the very large beehive tomb (the treasury of Atreus), the Lion Gate and the

remains of the Agamemnon’s Royal Palace. Then, it was off to Epidaurus to visit the ancient theater and view the sanctuary of Asclepius, the God of Medicine. His snake entwined staff remains the symbol of medicine to this day.

The next day we traveled to Olympia, the sight of the first Olympics. The first games were held 776 BC. This is a really big complex, and Shawn and Teah ran the length of the track and back.

We all had our picture taken at the starting line. We visited the ancient Olympic site, the museum and the remains of the Temples of Zeus and Hera.

That evening, we visited an olive and wine farm and learned how they harvest the olives. It is surprising how many things that can be made out of olives.

Wine, soap, tea, olive oil, just to name a few.

The next day, it was off to Delphi. Delphi was where Apollo released two Eagles, and where their paths crossed, became the center of the ancient world.

A stone fell from the heavens in the same spot and is still there and it is called the Navel of Delphi.

Delphi came about in 1400 BC and was considered the greatest religious center of Ancient Greece. We treaded in the footsteps of the ancient Greeks, who would descend on the sanctuary of Delphi to consult the most important oracle in the classical world. We passed the Temple of Apollo.

It was here that they held the Pythian Games. We hiked up to see the stadium were the games were held. On our way to our next stop, we stopped at the statue of Leonidas and his brave Spartans. There were 200 Spartans, who fought against 1.7 million Persians.

When the Persians called for the Spartans to give up their weapons, Leonidas told them to come and try to take them.

Our last day was spent at UNSCO World Heritage mon-

asteries of Meteora. There are six Eastern Orthodox monasteries that cling impressively to immense, rounded rocks overlooking the town.

I always thought that the pyramids of Egypt were the greatest building accomplishment of ancient times, but they were built on flat ground and by thousands of slaves.

These monasteries were built on these high rocks (900 to 1500 feet high). We visited 2 of these wonders, and one was built in the 11 century by Monks. Each stone had to be hauled up by hand, and it took over 10 years just to build the walls. There were 44 of these Monasteries at one time, but only 6 are in operation today; three by the Nuns and three by the Monks. At one time they were all occupied by the Monks.

There is 8,500 years of history in Greece and it is a fascinating place and one of our best tours that we have

been on. Shawn has a step counter, and we averaged over 10,000 steps a day, all up hill. The Monasteries had 133 steps and climbing up to the sights in Delphi we did 8,000 steps and climbed 24 stories. Pat led the way to top on all of our outings, and I lagged behind with my tongue hanging out.

The Bryce Canyon Park attendance is down this year, and I have seen signs that I haven’t seen in seven or eight years, vacancies out at Ruby’s Inn. There has been very few no vacancies signs in town this year, either. Talked to a friend who owns an Air B&B, who said last year she was at 98%. This year it is only running at 38%. But we aren’t alone, Colonial Williamsburg is now drawing half the number of visitors it did in the 1980s, while tourism at Gettysburg is at a 10 year low.

It is good to be home.

Mack O

O bituaries Dorothy Henrie RICHFIELD - Our mother, sister, grandmother, grandma great (great-great, too) and dear friend, Dorothy Riddle Henrie, 90, passed away July 18, 2019 at the Monroe Canyon Assisted Living Center, Monroe, UT with many of her family members at her side. Dorothy was born December 11, 1928 in Antimony, UT. She was the beautiful daughter of LaMawn and Amber Hanford Riddle.

Antimony was the perfect place for Mom to be born and raised by goodly parents.

Along with her siblings, Mom was given responsibilities and expectations with them to help make the farm work for the family. Digging potatoes, taking care of the livestock, helping around the house, including learning to make the best homemade bread, quilting, crochet work and everything else that was needed to do her part. With this she learned the meaning and value of hard work. She would often say, "I love to get my fingers in the dirt". Throughout her life we watched her put her fingers in the dirt and beautify our home with flower and vegetable gardens. She was a meticulous "Riddle" with every project she undertook. It made our home beautiful and inviting.

In 1946, Mom met Usher Jr. Henrie. Over the pursuing months, they became engaged and on January 3, 1947 they were sealed for time and all eternity in the Mesa, Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This sealing was very unique by the words of the temple sealer," If you ever see me I want you to speak to me, for I’ve never sealed anyone at midnight before." This marriage lasted 67 years with Dad’s passing in 2015. Together Mom and Dad raised a beautiful family of three girls (one passing at birth) and five boys. After college completion, they lived most of their lives in Richfield working and raising their family.

Mom was a devoted member of the Church. She served in numerous callings throughout her life. Her most endearing and fulfilling assignments were those where she could minister one by one to the sisters of the ward and in the community. It was in these situations where she learned to love those she served, and they learned to love her through her service. Loaves of fresh homemade bread were enjoyed by many. She was a member of the Daughter’s of Utah Pioneers. She was an avid genealogist and loved learning of her heritage and their lives.

Some of her most fun things to do was bowling on city leagues with girlfriends, making Puffed Rice Balls to pass out to the Trick-or -Treaters on Halloween, opening her house to anyone in need, hosting a Danish exchange student, feeding a college basketball team Sunday dinner as they were passing through town on a road trip, housing a family whose car needed repairs and the best of all for the grandchildren was to have Grandma tell them the story of the three pigs without her dentures in. She was an amazing lady that we will all miss till we meet again.

Expressions of gratitude to the staff and caregivers of Monroe Canyon Assisted Living Center. Our family loves you for taking care of our mom.

She is survived by daughters: Amber (Stephen) Bendt, Blenda Bench; sons: Raymond (Roma) Henrie, Bryant (Lana) Henrie, Robin (DeAnn) Henrie; daughters-in-law: Linda Henrie and Karren Allen; 25 grandchildren, 63 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Usher Jr Henrie; sons: James LaMawn Henrie, Randall Dee Henrie, and an infant baby daughter.

Funeral services were held Monday, July 22, 2019 at 12:00 Noon in the Richfield 5th Ward Chapel, 800 N 500 E. A viewing was held on Sunday evening July 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 at Magleby Mortuary, 50 S 100 W, Richfield; and prior to the funeral service at the chapel from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Richfield City Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com

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Helping Your Children Love Vegetables If you want your child to like and eat vegetables: offer them early and often! Feed your child a variety of fruit and vegetable purees as soon as you introduce solid food (5-7 months). Both children and adults like and eat foods they are familiar with. The best way to get your children to like vegetables is to keep offering them. In one study, children had to taste a new vegetable up to 15 times before it was accepted. It is normal for young children to be wary of new foods. If your child rejects a new vegetable or refuses to try it, don’t give up! Just try again another day.

Try to avoid showing a negative reaction like frustration if your child refuses their vegetables. Never pressure your children to finish food or force them to clean their plate. Pressure to eat may alter your child’s en-

joyment of eating food causing them to eat those foods less often in the future.

Encourage your child to try a bite, but don’t force the issue.

Why Are Vegetables So Good for Us? A diet high in vegetables is associated with a lower risk of obesity and diet-related disease such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease Vegetables are generally low in calories, high in fiber, and increase satiety (fullness) after a meal.

Vegetables also contain vital nutrients that everyone needs to be happy and healthy, including potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, vitamin C, and many more!

How Much is Enough?

Most children in the United States don’t eat enough vegetables, but how much is enough? It depends on how old your children are, whether they are boys or girls, and how active they are.

To get a personalized recommendation for you or your child, check out: www.supertracker.usda.gov On this website you can nutritional facts on products and track diet intake. Super Tracker allows you to create meal plans based off MyPlate recommendations.

10 Ways to Help Your Child Eat More Vegetables 1- Be a good example.

Keep vegetables in the house, serve them at every meal, and let your child see you eating and enjoying them.

2- Offer vegetables first, when children are hungry. Try vegetables as an after-school snack or have a salad or soup at the beginning of dinner.

3- Take your child shopping and let them pick out the vegetables or let your child choose between two different vegetables to have with dinner.

4- Get your child involved in cooking. If children

Types of Laws We are surrounded by rules. We have social, moral, ethical, and government rules, among others. I admit, I have my personal social, moral, and ethical rules, and we can get lunch sometime to discuss those. However, I can try to explain different types of federal laws and rules and where they fit in the conglomerate of “the government.” Here we go, so hold on tight.

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5- Growing a vegetable garden, visiting a farmers market, or a trip to a local farm can be fun ways to help your child explore new foods.

6- Make eating vegetables fun by playing with your food. Try ants on a log, rainbow salad, or pizza faces.

7- Try preparing vegetables in different ways: raw, steamed, roasted, etc.

8- Try a small reward, like a sticker or praise to help convince your child to taste vegetables. Don’t use food as a reward or punishment.

9- Use marketing in your favor! Put stickers of your child’s favorite book or TV characters on containers of vegetables to encourage intake.

10- Offer vegetables with a low-calorie dip or use a small amount of sugar when cooking to help your child be more willing to taste and eat vegetables. This will help your children become more familiar with the taste of vegetables, and they will learn to like the flavor more, even without the dip or sugar.

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LegaL Notices THE STATE OF UTAH SCHOOL AND INSTITUTIONAL TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC NOTICE The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration has received an application to lease the surface of the following described acreage: WAYNE COUNTY Township 30 South, Range 12 East Section 16: ALL Containing 640.00 acres, more or less Any individual wishing to submit a competing application to purchase, lease, and/or exchange for this property, a portion thereof, or a parcel including any of the above-described acreage, should also file an application and the appropriate application fee(s).

The Trust Lands Administration will accept competing applications during the following period of time: From 8:00 A.M. FRIDAY, July 12, 2019 Until 5:00 P.M. MONDAY, July 29, 2019 TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION 2031 South Industrial Park Road Richfield, UT 84701 (435) 896-2559 Reference No.: SULA 1910 The Trust Lands Administration reserves the right to reject any application or subsequent bids.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JULY 11, 18 & 25, 2019 PUBLIC HEARING ESCALANTE CITY Notice is hereby given that the Escalante City Planning and Zoning will hold a Public Hearing on August 13, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. and Escalante City Council on August 20, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Escalante City Council Chambers – 56 N. 100 W. Escalante, Utah. This Public Hearing is to amend four Ordinances and adopt two new Ordinances. The First Ordinance 2019-06 will only be discussed during the City Council Public Hearing all other Ordinances will be discussed during both Public Hearings. The first Ordinance 2019-06 compensation of the Mayor and Council members City Code 1.60.020. The Second, Ordinance 2019-07 adopting Planning and Zoning Ordinances Chapter 10.95. Accessory Dwelling Units. The Third, Ordinance 2019-08 amending the Planning and Zoning Ordinance Chapter 10.75.075 and 10.75.010 definitions and license requirements in the Vacation Rental Ordinance. The fourth, Ordinance 2019-09 amending the Planning and Zoning Ordinance Chapter 10.160.020, 10.170.020, 10.180.020, 10.190.020, 10.200.020, 10.220.020 and 10.220.030 Permitted Uses and Conditional Uses. The fifth, Ordinance 2019-10 amending the Planning and Zoning Ordinance Chapter 10.260.310 Single Parcel Split water meter requirement. The Sixth, Ordinance 2019-11 adopting Planning and Zoning Ordinance Chapter 10.145 Shipping Containers, Yurts and Tepees used as dwellings prohibited. All purposed Ordinances are posted on the City Website escalantecity-utah.com.

The public is invited to attend the hearing and provide comments. If special accommodations are needed to participate in the above meeting, please notify, Stephanie Steed at 435826-4644 at least 3 working days prior to the meeting.

Notice of date, time and agenda for the public hearing was posted in three public places on July 25, 2019 and on the State of Utah’s Public Meeting Notice Website – www.utah.gov/pmn Stephanie Steed, CMC / City Recorder Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JULY 25, 2019 PUBLIC HEARING BICKNELL TOWN Bicknell Town Council will be holding a public hearing to discuss the adoption of an updated Annexation Ordinance for Bicknell. This hearing will be held in conjunction with the regularly scheduled town council meeting on 8 August 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the town hall building, 64 W 100 North.

Connie Durfey, Town Clerk Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JULY 25 and AUGUST 1, 2019 INVITATION TO BID TORREY TOWN SAND CREEK NRCS Torrey Town is requesting bids for the Torrey Town Sand Creek NRCS project. Electronic copies of the bid documents will be made available on Ensign Engineering’s website at www.ensigneng.com/index.php/bid-access on Thursday July 25, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Questions regarding bid document access should be directed toward Kelly Chappell kchappell@ ensigneng.com. Sealed bids are due on Tuesday August 6, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. sharp. Late bids may not be accepted at the Town’s discretion. Sealed bids must be addressed to Torrey Town, Attn: Mayor Scott Chesnut, 100 North 75 East P.O. Box 750027, Torrey Utah 84775. Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond equivalent to 5% of the total bid amount. The bid must be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope “Torrey Town Sand Creek NRCS”. The Town reserves the right to waive any formalities and accept or reject any bid it deems in its best interest.

Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JULY 25 and AUGUST 1, 2019 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOULDER PLANNING COMMISSION The Boulder Town Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 8, at 7 p.m. in the Boulder Community Center Meeting Room, 351 No 100 East, Boulder, UT, to hear comments on an application for a Conditional Use Permit for a guestranch at Sugarloaf Valley Farm in Lower Boulder.

The public is welcome to attend the hearings or submit comments in writing to Peg Smith, at femmith@scinternet.net.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TROPIC TOWN PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 10, 2019, the Mayor and Town Council of Tropic Town (the "Issuer"), adopted a resolution (the "Resolution") declaring its intention to issue its Parity Wastewater Revenue Bonds (the "Bonds") pursuant to the Utah Government Bonding Act, Title 11, Chapter 14, Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended and to call a public hearing to receive input from the public with respect to the issuance of the Bonds.

The Issuer shall hold a public hearing on August 8, 2019, at the hour of 6:00 p.m. The location of the public hearing is at 20 North Main Street, Tropic, Utah. The purpose of the meeting is to receive input from the public with respect to the issuance of the Bonds and any potential economic impact to the private sector from the completion of the Project to be funded by the Bonds. All members of the public are invited to attend and participate.

Marie Niemann Town Clerk Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JULY 18 & 25, 2019 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 Aug. 21, 2019 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)5387240 for additional information.

CHANGE APPLICATIONS(S) 61-3187 (a44908): Bench Irrigation Company, KB Cedar LLC propose(s) using 78.525 ac-ft. from groundwater (Bryce Canyon area) for MUNICIPAL: In Bristlecone Water Improvement District.

61-3190 (a44914): Paul Dixon and Barbara Dixon propose(s) using 0.0011 cfs OR 0.25 ac-ft. from groundwater (Widstoe) for IRRIGATION. 61-3185 (a44923): Michael S. Frazier, State of Utah Board of Water Resources, West Panguitch Irrigation and Reservoir Company propose(s) using 0.8 ac-ft. from groundwater (Panguitch Lake) for DOMESTIC; IRRIGATION; COMMERCIAL: 300 gpd for a washing station for snowmobiles and a dog grooming facility..

Kent L. Jones, P.E. STATE ENGINEER Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JULY 25 and AUGUST 1, 2019 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE The following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, without warranty, payable in lawful money of the United States, at the Main entrance, Wayne County State Court Building, 18 S Main, Loa, Utah 84747, on Wednesday August 28, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. of said day, for the purpose of foreclosing a Deed of Trust for Utah (Deed of Trust), originally dated May 1, 2009, executed by BRANDON C. WHIPPLE and ERICA L. WHIPPLE, as Trustor, in favor of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, as Beneficiary, recorded May 1, 2009 as Entry No. 148108 in Book 214 at Page 47, covering the following real property purported to be located in Wayne County at 40 West Rookie Lane, Hanksville, Utah 84734 (the undersigned disclaims liability for any error in the address), and more particularly described as: Lot 4, WHIPPLE SUBDIVISION PLAT 'A', according to the Official Plat thereof, recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Wayne County.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM all oil, gas and other minerals, together with the right of ingress and egress for the purpose of exploring and/or removing the same.

TOGETHER WITH all the improvements now or hereafter erected on the property, and all easements, Appurtenances, and fixtures which now or hereafter are a part of the property. All replacements and Additions shall also be covered by this Security Instrument. All of the foregoing is referred to in this Security Instrument as the "Property."

The current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE and the record owner of the property as of recorded of the Notice of Default is BRANDON C. WHIPPLE and ERICA L. WHIPPLE. The Sale is subject to a bankruptcy filing, a payoff, a reinstatement or any other condition of which the Trustee is not aware that would cause the cancellation of the sale. If any such condition exists, the sale shall be void, the successful bidder's funds returned and the trustee and current beneficiary shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damage. The opening bid will be the net recovery value of approximitley $76,560.00, which is not a representation of the exact amount owed.

Bidders must tender to the Trustee a $5,000.00 deposit at the sale and the balance of the purchase price by 12:00 noon the day following the sale. Both the deposit and the balance must in the form of a wire transfer, cashier's check, Bank Official Check, U.S. Postal Money Order or certified funds payable to PROFESSIONAL TITLE SERVICES, as Trustee. Cash payments are not accepted. A successful bidder who fails to tender the full purchase price will forefeit the entire deposit. A Trustee's Deed will be delivered to the successful bidder within five business days after receipt of the amount bid.

PROFESSIONAL TITLE SERVICES AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE 41 South 100 East RICHFIELD, UTAH 84701 (435)896-6426 Office Hours: 8:00 A.m. - 5:00 P.M. 18-W-224 USA By: T. Daine Behling, Member THIS COMMUNICATION IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JULY 25 and AUGUST 1 & 8, 2019

INVITATION FOR BIDS PANGUITCH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PANGUITCH, UTAH AIP PROJECT NO. 3-49-0025-013-2019 Sealed bids, subject to the conditions contained herein, for improvements to the Panguitch Municipal Airport, Panguitch, Utah, AIP Project No. 3-49-0025-013-2019 will be received by Panguitch City at the Garfield County Courthouse, 55 South Main, Panguitch, Utah, 84759, until Friday, August 9, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., and then publicly opened and read aloud.

The work involved will include the following: Schedule I - Install Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS), Level III Equipment Construction for this project is expected to take 5 working day(s).

Contract Documents. The complete set of Specifications and Contract Documents can be downloaded from Jviation, Inc.’s bid site (http://bid.jviation.com), beginning on July 18, 2019. In order to submit a responsive bid as a Prime Contractor and to receive all necessary addendum(s) for this project, you must be on the Planholder’s List. To view all planholder documents (contract documents, plans and addendums) you must fill out the online form located at (http://www.jviation. com/bidrequest). By filling out and submitting this form, you agree to be publicly listed on the bid site with your contact information as a planholder for all projects requested. It is the planholder’s responsibility to review the site for addendums and changes before submitting their proposal. For additional information, please contact us via email at bidinfo@ jviation.com. *Note that contractors will NOT be automatically added to new projects. You will need to re-submit the online form for access to new projects. Once granted access, additional projects will use your same login credentials. Note: Plan ahead when submitting the online request form and allow up to 2 business days for approval and access to projects.

Pre-Bid Conference. There will be no Pre-Bid Conference for this project.

Bid Conditions. The bidder is required to provide all information as required within the Contract Documents. The bidder is required to bid on all items of every schedule or as otherwise detailed in the Instructions to Bidders.

Bids may be held by Panguitch City for a period not to exceed 120 calendar days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of evaluating bids prior to award of contract.

The right is reserved, as Panguitch City may require, to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in the bids received.

All questions regarding the bid are to be directed to Kirt McDaniel with Jviation, Inc., 35 South 400 West, Suite 200, St. George, Utah 84770, (435) 574-5308, Fax: (435) 673-8484, or email kirt.mcdaniel@jviation.com.

Bid Bond. Guarantee will be required with each bid as a certified check on a solvent bank or a Bid Bond in the amount of five (5) % of the total amount of the bid, made payable to the Panguitch City.

Performance & Payment Bond. The successful bidder will be required to furnish separate performance and payment bonds each in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price.

Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 as Amended. In accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, the Contractor will be required to comply with the wage and labor requirements and to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedule of wage rates established by the United States Department of Labor.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Requirement. The proposed contract is under and subject to 41 CFR Part 60-4 and Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended, and to the equal opportunity clause and the Standard Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract specifications including the goals and timetables for minority and female participation.

Title VI Solicitation Notice: Panguitch City, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders or offerors that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

DBE Requirement. The requirements of 49 CFR part 26 apply to this contract. It is the policy of Panguitch City to practice nondiscrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin in the award or performance of this contract. The Owner encourages participation by all firms qualifying under this solicitation regardless of business size or ownership.

Contractor shall provide a certified statement signed by the subcontractors, indicating actual amounts paid to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) subcontractors and/or suppliers that were used on the project through race neutral means.

Buy American Preference. The Contractor agrees to comply with 49 USC § 50101, which provides that Federal funds may not be obligated unless all steel and manufactured goods used in AIP funded projects are produced in the United States, unless the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a waiver for the product; the product is listed as an Excepted Article, Material Or Supply in Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 25.108; or is included in the FAA Nationwide Buy American Waivers Issued list.

A bidder or offeror must complete and submit the Buy America certification included herein with their bid or offer.

The Owner will reject as nonresponsive any bid or offer that does not include a completed Certificate of Buy American Compliance.

Certification of Offeror/Bidder Regarding Debarment.

By submitting a bid/proposal under this solicitation, the bidder or offeror certifies that neither it nor its principals are presently debarred or suspended by any Federal department or agency from participation in this transaction.

Other Federal Provisions Award of contract is also subject to the following Federal Provisions: • Trade Restriction Certification • Lobbying Federal Employees • Recovered Materials • Government-wide Requirements for Drug-free Workplace • Other Federal Provisions included in Part A of the Special Provisions Panguitch City Panguitch, Utah Published in the Wayne & Garfield County Insider on JULY 18 & 25 and AUGUST 1, 2019

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right behind at 23:01. Congratulations to all!

The Color-Me-Fun-Run again delighted participants who were showered with color throughout the streets of Cannonville on Friday night to benefit the Bryce Valley Music Camp. Very colorful!

Lots of volunteers from all over the region participated in this year’s event collecting sponsorships, registering runners, handing out water, feeding people and providing emergency services. Our sincere thanks to all the businesses and families who continue to support this event each year. Runners voted for their favorite Water Station with that honor and prize money going to “The Taco Station” created by Whitni Syrett and friends.

Public safety was coordiFCCLA

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employment relationships, family, peer groups, or school groups. Participants must prepare a file folder, an oral presentation, and a response to a related case study. Kyler, Paxton, and Jaron competed as a team and received a gold medal at nationals. These 3 boys represented Panguitch, Garfield County, and the state of Utah in an exceptional way by excelling academically, giving service, and displaying high standards in all they do.

Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a national Career and Technical Consumer Student Leadership Organization that provides personal growth, leadership development, and career preparation opportunities for students in Family and Consumer Sciences education. Students take responsibility for planning, implementing, and evaluating chapter projects and activities; they develop the skills needed to take the lead in their families, careers, and communities. STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition) recognizes members for proficiency and achievement in chapter and individual projects, leadership skills, and career preparation. STAR events offer individual skill development and application of learning through the following activities: Cooperative-teams work to accomplish specific goals, individualized-members work alone to accomplish specific goals, and competitive individual or team performance are measured by an established set of criteria.

The mission of FCCLA is, “to promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family members, wage earners and community leaders, members develop skills for life through: character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge, and career preparation.”

The students along with their advisor, Tammi Bennett would like to thank all those who made this great educational experience possible: Garfield County School Board, Superintendent Davis, CTE Director-Rod Quarnberg, Utah State FCCLA Advisor-Nikki Sue Larkin, Garfield County Commissioners, Panguitch City Council, Panguitch Lions Club, and the parents and community members who support PHS FCCLA. THANK YOU!!

—Panguitch High School

nated through Garfield County Sheriff’s Office and included personnel from Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah Highway Patrol, Garfield County Emergency Medical Services, Tropic Fire, Search and Rescue, and Garfield Memorial Hospital. Finish line facilities were provided by the BLM/ Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Cannonville Visitor Center. Many thanks to Scott and his crew from RunSum, who provided excellent chip timing services again this year.

The proceeds from the

Half Marathon and 5K support local projects through The Bryce Community Foundation, a non-profit, 501c4 organization established to aid in the organization, promotion, and management of activities, events, and projects that promote health, safety and improve the quality of life in the Bryce area. The race committee wishes to thank all the great volunteers and staff who helped make the 16th Annual Half Marathon & 5K successful.

—Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

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Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative Announces 2020 Projects Wildland Restoration and Rehabilitation Projects Designed to Improve Wildlife Habitat, Water Quality and Yield and Reduce Risk of Catastrophic Wildfire

SALT LAKE CITY Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI), coordinated by the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), announced $36 million in funding for 121 wildland restoration and rehabilitation projects statewide, with a goal of improving over 173,000 acres of land. In addition, 24 livestock and wildlife water development projects were also funded. The projects are scheduled for the 2020 fiscal year.

WRI projects restore damaged watersheds, improve water quality and yield, reduce catastrophic wildfires, restore watershed functions following wildfire, and increase habitat for wildlife populations and forage for sustainable agriculture.

“The success of WRI is made possible because of our many partners and our collective commitment to improving high priority watersheds throughout Utah,” said Tyler Thompson, DNR watershed program director. “Healthy watersheds are vital to Utah’s effort to proactively manage the state’s natural resources, including prevention of catastrophic wildfire, improved habitat for wildlife and the increased yield and quality of water.”

The $36 million in funding comes from a variety of state, federal and private sources, including the Utah Legislature, Bureau of Land Management, Natural Resources Conservation Services, U.S. Forest Service, sportsmen groups, private landowners, oil and gas companies, private foundations and public land grazers.

WRI is in its 14th year and is coordinated by DNR. Since its inception in 2005, nearly 2,000 projects have been completed and over 1.6 million acres of upland, stream and riparian areas restored or rehabilitated statewide. A collective investment of over $240 million has been made by all WRI partners.

Last year WRI funded over 140 projects, with a goal of restoring 150,000 acres.

2020 Project Highlights by Region While there are 138 watershed restoration projects scheduled statewide, below is a brief summary of three projects from each region.

North • Bear River Bottoms Riparian Restoration and Enhancement, Cache County: Sculpt approximately 600 feet of riverbank on the Bear River with equipment and hand tools to establish native riparian vegetation that can endure flood flows and seasonal desiccation. Restore the native plant communities by incorporating manual and mechanical removal of noxious, invasive trees and shrubs.

• Three Canyons Deer Winter Range Habitat Treatment, Cache County: Restore Mule Deer crucial winter habitat by shrub planting and seeding in a total of 381 acres that covers Green Canyon, Providence Canyon, and Logan Dry Canyon.

• Red Ryder Pre-commercial Thinning, Rich and Cache Valley: Utilize mechanical methods to reduce tree density and improve stand structure in order to promote larger tree growth while improving vegetation structure, species composition and age classes, which will help provide a

healthy and diverse habitat for a variety of wildlife species, and also a resiliency to future insect and disease infestation.

Northeast • Alma Taylor Timber Stand Improvement and Meadow Restoration, Uintah County: Treatment of a variety of vegetation, which includes commercial thinning and clearcutting of lodgepole pine and restoration of an alpine wet meadow.

• Cutthroat Trout and Riparian Habitat Improvement, Uintah County: Build woody in-stream structures on tributaries of Bitter Creek to enhance instream complexity (pools, riffles, cover, meanders), improve habitat for fish and raise the water table to help riparian plants establish.

• Rabbit Gulch Winter Range Improvement Phase II, Duchesne County: Apply seeds of grass, forbs, and browse species on 224 acres of crucial deer, elk, and sage grouse winter range that was previously treated with Plateau herbicide in October 2018 as part of Phase I on the Rabbit Gulch Wildlife Management Area. Apply Plateau herbicide to an additional 378 acres of rangeland with cheatgrass issues.

Central • Utah Lake Shoreline Restoration, Utah County: Continuation of a multiyear project of the removal of phragmites in the Utah Lake Shoreline that greatly benefits the watershed and habitat for wildlife. The repetitive aggressive treatment of phragmites over three years is proving to be more successful. The Utah Lake Commission and Utah County’s Weed Supervisor have identified 4,305 acres of the most populated and critical habitat of the Utah Lake Shoreline to receive this treatment. The acres covered will include Saratoga Springs, Lehi, American Fork, Lindon, Vineyard, Orem, Provo and the Provo Bay portion of Springville.

• Western Sheeprock Sage Grouse Habitat Improvement, Tooele County: Treatment of pinyon and juniper in many areas of the southwestern slopes of the Sheeprock Mountains to open more habitat that is suitable for sage grouse and increased forage for livestock.

• Nebo Creek Watershed Post Fire Stream Rehabilitation Phase I, Wasatch County: Implement directional felling of fire-damaged trees in the stream channel of the Nebo Creek Watershed impacted by the Bald Mountain and Pole Creek fire in 2018 to dissipate stream energy and capture post-fire sediment movement. Tree felling will utilize both heavy equipment and hand crews depending upon terrain and access.

Install rock grade control structures in key locations to prevent channel downcutting and promote sediment aggradation in previously cut down reaches.

Southeast • Miller Creek Watershed Restoration, Carbon County: Restoration of instream, riparian, and upland habitats in the Miller Creek Watershed, which will encompass beaver dam analogs and pinyon-juniper removal.

• La Sal/Abajo Prescribed Fire FY20: Fire projects on the Moab/Monticello District of the Manti-La Sal National Forest have been designed to promote aspen regeneration and restore ponderosa pine forests to improve forest health, diversity and wildlife habitat.

• Shingle Mill Phase I, San Juan County: Improve vegetation and watershed conditions across a 10,676-acre USFS tract of land in the Vega Creek and Montezuma Creek and adjacent surrounding private properties. The project will entail archeological clearance of 676 acres of private land, as well as mechanical mastication (and possibly hand thinning) on 988 acres of both federal and private lands.

South • Monroe Mountain Aspen Ecosystems Restoration Project Phase IV, Sevier County: Improving aspen ecosystems on Monroe Mountain by mechanically removing conifer from ~1,100 acres, mechanically thinning and fencing on private land on ~223 acres, conifer thinning through a traditional timber sale on ~282 acres, prescribed burning on ~4,000 acres, pile burning on ~300 acres, seeding on ~500 acres, and continuing monitoring efforts and gathering data from ~485 acres in preparation for future mechanical thinning.

• Escalante River Watershed Riparian Invasive Species Restoration, Garfield County: Increase healthy riparian communities in the Escalante Watershed by removing and maintaining woody invasives, grazing rest and fencing. Support the study of wild turkeys to determine their use of riparian areas where Russian olive and tamarisk have been removed.

• Pine Canyon to Koosharem Creek/ Bell Rock Wildlife Habitat Improvement Project Phase III, Pine Canyon: Improve wildlife habitat that will include big game transition and winter range by seeding and mechanically thinning pinyon-juniper from approximately 3, 678 acres of sagebrush, grass, and forb areas and chain harrowing approximately 766 acres to enhance a previously chained area.

The full funded project list, as well as an interactive, statewide map of all FY20 WRI projects can be found at https://watershed.utah. gov/news/wri-announcesfunded-proposals-for-fiscalyear-2020/.

—Utah Department of Natural Resources

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Calassified ds HELP WANTED

Can Protecting Land Promote Employment?

In New England, the Answer is Yes

by KaTharine sims, associaTe Professor of economics, amhersT college, JonaThan ThomPson, senior ecologisT, harVard foresT, harVard uniVersiTy, sPencer meyer, senior conserVaTionisT, harVard foresT, harVard uniVersiTy, The conVersaTion NEW ENGLAND - Pro- of all new land protected, and ample, if a town with 20,000 tecting land from develop- private owners and land trusts employed people increased ment provides numerous eco- have protected 29% through land protection from 10% to logical and social benefits, but more than 17,000 private 15% of its area – a 50% jump many people debate whether deals. The remaining 51% are – its working population init hurts or helps local econo- private timberlands with ease- creased by 300 people on avmies. Some worry that land ments on them that require erage over the next five years. protection will inhibit eco- these tracts to continue as This positive effect held nomic growth by restricting working forests. true whether the lands were local resource use or building Land protection in New public, private or large proopportunities. Others counter England is a community effort tected timberlands. And new that land protection can sup- that has involved thousands housing permits did not deport local economies because of committed individuals, crease with additional land it promotes sustainable re- hundreds of towns and cities, protection, which indicates source use, tourism and rec- dozens of state and federal that land protection did not reation and attracts new resi- agencies and more than 350 reduce housing development dents and businesses. land trusts. Examples include overall. People still built new To assess these compet- the Mount Agamenticus to houses, although possibly in ing views, we looked at New the Sea Conservation Initia- different locations than they England. Since 1990, these tive, the East Quabbin Land would have otherwise. six states from Connecticut Trust, the New England ForUsing resources susto Maine have protected more estry Foundation, the Trustees tainably creates jobs than 5 million acres of land, of Reservations, the Mount Our unique study anacreating a unique natural ex- Grace Trust and the Litchfield lyzed the entire New England periment in conservation.

Hills Greenprint Collabora- region using consistently Our interdisciplinary tive. available economic indicateam has developed quasi-exThe diverse and decen- tors. We believe this research perimental methods to evalu- tralized nature of these efforts complements more detailed ate conservation initiatives creates many different lev- case studies in New England across the globe, and has stud- els of land protection across and forward-looking work ied the New England region in towns and cities, much like the like the Wildlands and Wooddepth. Recently, we worked approach that an experimental lands initiative, which is a together to examine how land scientist would take in a lab. science-based vision for the protection in New England af- Some towns and cities gained future of land protection and fected key economic indica- more protected land than oth- stewardship in New England. tors for the 1,500 towns and ers, often because property Other local research cities in the region from 1990 became available and a few shows that land protection through 2015. committed individuals acted provides jobs where it enOur results show that sav- at the right time. We used this courages sustainable resource ing land can also help econo- variation to compare the eco- uses, such as annual timber mies. Over those 25 years, nomic health of communities harvests, fishing and maple land conservation moderately that protected more land to syrup production. In general, increased local employment those that didn’t. land protection creates jobs numbers and the labor force, Protecting land increas- through recreational visitor without reducing new housing es local employment spending on locally produced permits.

We knew that many goods and services. RecreThe future of conserva- trends can influence economic ation in New England genertion: More local actions by growth, and that these factors ates about 432,000 jobs and private owners might correlate with areas US$52 billion annually in Prior research on the eco- where land was conserved. direct spending. nomic impacts of protected To isolate the local impacts Land protection also areas has generally focused on of land protection, we broke increases amenity values, large, publicly owned parks our data into five sets of five- which can make towns and both globally and nationally. year intervals. For each town cities desirable places to live, In the western United States, or city, we studied how land attracting in-migration that for example, the federal gov- protection related to economic creates growth. New England ernment manages almost half indicators in the subsequent already has a thriving tourist of all land, and population five-year period, so that past industry, and it is not surprisdensities are low. protection was related to ing that protecting our natural But the future of land growth, not the reverse. resources strengthened that conservation is likely to be We controlled for poten- source of economic producmore local and more private. tially confounding factors in- tivity.

New protected areas will be cluding metro-region growth New England’s experismaller and in areas that are trends, fluctuations in employ- ence shows that conservation already densely settled. More ment by time period and land can complement and support of this protection will occur protection actions by neigh- economic development. We through purchasing conser- boring towns. We also con- hope that future work will vation rights and creation of trolled for constant features of evaluate more deeply the private land trusts, rather than each town, including wealth specific mechanisms that can through direct acquisition by levels and proximity to the lead to local net gains from government agencies. coast or to population centers. land conservation. There also In other words, the fuWe found that higher is a need for better underture of land conservation will levels of land protection led standing of local tax impacts, resemble ownership patterns to greater numbers of people other factors that are neces-

in New England, where hundreds of thousands of private owners hold more than 80% of the land. Since 1990, public agencies have acquired 20%

employed, especially in rural areas. Specifically, we found that a 1% increase in land protection led to a 0.03% increase in local employment. For ex-

sary for economic success, and ways in which all people can benefit from open space near where they live.

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