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<br />_UUU,25 <br /> <br />18. <br /> <br />TilE DE:'\\'ER POST <br /> <br />House <br /> <br />approves <br />new park <br /> <br /> <br />PARK from Page lA <br />yon knows that the timt' bas come <br />to recognize aooJ preserve Lhis area <br />as a nati.?llal park for ge[K>faLiolls <br />to rome. <br />Campbell's bill was arrlt'ndl"d by <br />the House, but Chris Changrey. a <br />spokesman for lhe senator,saill the <br />amendllll'nl was relatively millar. <br />Campbell said be will urge the Sen- <br />ate to 8Cct'pt the measurl' as <br />amended, probably next Wl'l'k. <br />That would semllhe measure to <br />the White lIolLw, where J'residt'nt <br />Clinton is expeclf'd to sign it. <br />McInnis, who represf'nts lhe <br />sprawling 3rd Congressional dis- <br />trict where the llf'W park is local- <br />ed, bailed the legislation as a (;om- <br />promise tbat "dot's not lock out <br />humans" and iororporates mauy of <br />the provisions its neighbors had lit'- <br />mandf'd. The billll.llows grazing to <br />continue un lands ('urreut!y leased <br />by lhe Bureau of Land Manage- <br />ment, and hunting to continue on <br />privately OWllt'd lands within lhe <br />park boundaries. <br />The mt"asurt' calls for a signifi- <br />cantly smaller park, about half the <br />size of what ooct' was ('nvisioned as <br />a 60,OOO-acre park in southwest('m <br />Colorado near Montrost'. Steele, <br />who became supt'rintentlent of tht" <br />monument three years ago, said <br />that aftl'r years uf fighting, the two <br />Interior Department agencies - <br />thE' National Park Service and Bu. <br />reau of Land Managemt"nt - had <br />reacht-'lI an agreement un the shape <br />of the new park. <br />Tbey compromised their differ. <br />I"IX'eS over the park by creating tile <br />GunniSl:ln Gorge National Conser. <br />vation Area, an approximatt'ly <br />~8.00I)-acre area to be managffi by <br />tht' BLM. The bill also creates a <br />new wild('rnt'ss area of about <br />17,700 acres within that ron.wrva- <br />tionarea. <br />E\'en as the measure was clear- <br />ing the 1I0u.~, Rep. Mark Udall, 1). <br />Boultl",r, was trying to cll-ar one is- <br />sue be feare-d might threaten the <br />nE"W park Udall said tIE' bad. reo <br />ct'ivt'lJ assurarK'es hum the NatIOn. <br />al Park St>rvke !.hat it W<lS work. <br />ing to prevent dl"veloper Turn <br />t'bapman from selling borne sites <br />within !.he park. <br />t'bapman. who 15 years ~go a~' <br />f!l"red c(\nseT\'"tinnls1s With bl' <br /> <br />F.l <br /> <br />r'Jj <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />"''n.I1' <br /> <br />1011 <br /> <br />':,r.; <br /> <br /><' <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />....; <br /> <br />~\ <br />,~. , <br />. <' <br />"'i':. <br />, ;" ~ <br />.~.... <br />. .-~ <br />"",~ ...,~. - . <br />, , <br /> <br />TheDenvllI l-'usl I SheunSu.nle\ <br />The Black Canyon of the Gunnison a'l seell from Gunnison Point shortly after sunrise. <br /> <br />monuml'n!s and parb; parks an <br />estaulishl'd by an <let of Congress <br />monumf'nts "by thl' struke of (< <br />(prt'sidentiall pen" <br /> <br />Steele predicll'ti that as a nation <br />al park the canyun might ba\'! <br />greatt"r dout in Sl'('uring some 01 <br />tbe ](\ng.want('d iml1rovt'menls tht <br />park service has urged for tUt <br />1Il0nllmt'nl. That increased swtm <br />within the park Sot'rvice was on tbt <br />minds of some Colorado lawmak <br />ers Monday. <br /> <br />"The Block Canyon is an awe-ill <br />spiring natural \~"ondt'T that i~ <br />more dl'S(>rving of the prestigimc <br />status that comes from being des. <br />ignated a national park," Mclnnu <br />said_ ,,' count my participation ir <br />the process of designating tilt <br />Black Canyon to be a national par. <br />lo be one of the great highlights OJ <br />my caret'r in public service," <br /> <br />Studies indicate that the C(lst OJ <br />ronverting the monument to par~ <br />status art' relathely small ahou' <br />$5.S million over the ne~t fin <br />years. That is IJeCall'i{' most uf tilt <br />park land curr('ntly is owned U} <br />the federal gO\'ernmt'nt. <br /> <br />SI('('I(' s~id the law allows thl <br />park service to add about 300( <br />acres of privately owned land. 'Thl <br />prOCt'ss of adding lhat land will bt <br />S1';#, taking a number of years II <br />co la-tt'. _ <br /> <br /> <br />Th8Denvl'fPo$lSh&tonSU.....' <br />A tourists walks to if viewing area on Gunnison Point. <br /> <br />plans for roads !War tht' ('anyon. <br />had UPSl.'t members uf the Coloradu <br />delt'gation earlit'r Ihis )'ear by of- <br />fl'ring three, 40-acrl' buil.ling ~ite:; <br />with ".....urld-class sun$t'b;" ...dthin <br />the park's propoSf'd oonndi.lri('S for <br />$190,000 each. <br />Park officials saitlthey wanl III <br />acquirt' the tlm..' sill's, but hav(' <br />apprai~thelandff)rfarlc...."thall <br />Chapman is st't'king. The 11l1l;'lior <br />Ot>l'artn\l'nt agt'ocy said it dillu't <br />ba\'e enough money to buy tht' \l!.lld <br />hut urgl"tJ Udall not to stall pas <br />, <br /> <br />l\age of Camptlf'll's It'gisllltion over <br />thl'issue. <br />"You can lK' sure that I will do <br />alii can to as.sistlhe parkSE"Mlice. <br />illduding ~lt.ing <lppropriation of <br />the IlI'<"t'S.'\.ar)' funds:' hI' said. <br />Tbt, exb!in!il lilUlIliwn National <br />MOlllllllt'lll, .....here the roaring Gun. <br />niSllf1 HiVl'r slkt'_~ through the dark <br />nH:'ks that gi-.-e the canyon ilS <br />:l.'Ull", \Vas I''llablished in 1933 b\' <br />Presideut Franklin D. Rooseveli. <br />11tH!, Sledt' S<lid, is one of tile key <br />dtfftrelll'l,.'S between most national <br /> <br />