Word: desertic
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...Golf spring trip to Palm Desert...
Golf at Palm Desert...
...environmental consequences, the Hatch-Hansen bill threatens to damage Utah's economy. On one hand, the mining sector employs only about one percent of Utah's work force, a number which is expected to decline even if this legislation is passed. The economic viability of mineral reserves in the desert wilderness is dubious due to huge extraction costs. On the other hand, the tourism industry has increased 42 percent in the past 15 years, with earnings rising 62 percent. Furthermore, current mining plans will result in 92-foot long double trailer trucks rumbling through Southern Utah every five minutes...
...wilderness of Southern Utah is one of America's most spectacular national treasures. But is is also one of our most threatened. If Congress passes pending legislation, much of this land will be opened to development, stripped for coal and bulldozed for mining. This pristine wilderness will become a desert wasteland...
...desert is silent, but we have a voice...