Thanks for the heads up.

Mike

On 9/12/07 8:46 PM, "Maggie Dew" <wildebus@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Larry Chase and I are tentatively planning an archaeologically based vanagon
> campout in the Four Corners area next Spring and we have had a lot
> of response from those interested in going.  Therein lies the vanagon
> content.  For those of you who know and love these Canyonlands of southeast
> Utah, I invite you to read, and perhaps respond to, the report in the link
> below from the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.
>
> The BLM proposal will result in 84 percent of public lands near Moab (those
> south of I-70 which attract most of the area's visitors) being within 1/2
> mile of a designated ORV route.The wilderness which would be impacted is
> rife with archaeological ruins and also contains irreplaceable natural
> resources.  I don't advocate no access to wilderness - but there are already
> numerous jeep trails and back roads in the canyon country, as well as mining
> and oil and gas facilities.
>
> *http://tinyurl.com/2rep4m *
> **
> Maggie