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...addition to the irreversible 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...
...mystery, therefore, that more than 70 percent of Utah citizens oppose the current legislation...
Anyone who has been to southern Utah knows the unique beauty of the land. Millions of years of wind and running water have carved deep canyons in the soft sandstone--from thin "slot" canyons 10 feet wide but more than 1,000 feet high, to the magnificent Grand Canyon. Anasazi Indian ruins hide in the sandstone depths. Many species of endangered wildlife live in this wilderness. When the sun sets, the mesas glow fuchsia, gold, violet...
...then, has the Utah delegation proposed such a bill? A glance at the Federal Elections Commission's records on campaign contributions is insightful. Over 30 oil and mining organizations are key political action committee donors to the campaigns of the Utah delegation...
Here, at Harvard, we are over 2,000 miles from the Utah wilderness. But this doesn't mean we are powerless. Last Monday, at a talk co-sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee and the Harvard Wilderness Alliance, a packed room of over 60 students and community members attended a slide-show on the endangered redrock canyon country of Southern Utah given by Mr. Harvey Halpern of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Letter writing campaigns have generated more than 450 letters and will continue until we defeat this bill. Students can make their voices heard by writing or calling their...