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SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: Kaiparowits Power Project
CAROLL, Henry (n.d.)
A longtime resident of Orderville, Utah, and
opponent to tourism and coal mining in southern Utah, explains his
opposition toward the attempt to turn southern Utah into a national
wilderness area, the Kaiparowits Power Project, tourism in southern Utah,
the type of people the project would attract, employment, and benefits from
the project. Caroll describes his livestock, the effects of overgrazing, the
lack of interest in ranching by young people of the area, and his ranching
history.
A clinical psychologist with a Ph.D. in
mineralogy and geology describes her work with Salt Lake Mental Health, her
opposition to and concerns with the Kaiparowits Power Project and its
environmental impact on Utah, the Power Plant Siting Task Force, the
environmental impact statement (ESIS), the disaster of urbanization to the
state, and reasons why the youth of Utah are leaving the state.
FAGAN, Richard (n.d.)
A native of Utah and area manager for the
Bureau of Land Management in Kanab, Utah, comments on the environmental
impact for the Kaiparowits Project, how the project became so impacted with
environmentalists and proponents, coal and coal mining in the area, and the
pullout of Southern California Edison in the Kaiparowits Project.
FREAR, Ruth (n.d.)
Born in upstate New York and a resident of
Salt Lake City, Utah, since 1964, discusses her membership in the Sierra
Club, Toiyabi chapter, and her opposition to the Kaiparowits Power Project.
Comments on the environment, pollution, and her actions in opposition to the
project.
JONES, S. Garth (1940- )
A native of Cedar City, Utah, recalls his
experiences of growing up on a farm, graduation from Southern Utah State
College, his six years as representative for Iron and Kane counties,
participation in and proponent for the Kaiparowits Power Project. Comments
on the economic benefits of the project for Kane County, employment,
establishment of a new town, the Energy Resources Act, Southern California
Edison’s withdrawal from the project, environmentalists, pollution,
political collusion in the Navajo Power Plant, the Four Corners Plant, and
the possibilities of a power plant being built in Delta, Utah.
KAPALOSKJ, Lee (n.d.)
An attorney and a native of Utah recalls his
involvement with the Kaiparowits Power Project which began in the late
sixties when the project was being discussed, but not openly; his work for
the Bureau of Land Management, and on the Environmental Impact Statement in
regards to the Kaiparowits Power Project. Discusses his work for the
Environmental Defense Fund for two years until it was abandoned by
California Edison; environmental overreaction to the Kaiparowits Project,
Robert Redford’s appearance on “60 Minutes,” and his own appearance on that
show. Relates factors that ended the Kaiparowits Project, and the political
and economic ramifications of the project, the Lynndyl site, and the
development of Utah’s natural resources.
LEAVITT, Dixie (n.d.)
A resident of Cedar City, Utah, elected in
1962 to the Utah House of Representatives, and later to the Utah State
Senate, Leavitt served for fourteen years representing the five southeastern
counties of Utah: Washington, Kane, Iron, Garfield, and Beaver. Also served
as a member of the Kaiparowits Planning and Development Council which
studied the sociological, economic, and environmental problems relating to
the Kaiparowits Project. Discusses the benefit and the resistance to the
project.
MC ARTHUR, Rudger M. (ca. 1922- )
A native resident of Saint George, Utah for
over fifty-six years, employed by the city of Saint George, explains his
involvement as a board member of the Washington County Water Conservancy
District, of Lower Gunlock Corporation, and the Santa Clara River Water
Users Association. He discusses the power development in Utah and the
positive aspects of the Kaiparowits Project, its pollution, and its effects
on the environment. Comments on the Lake Powell Recreation Area and its
failure to move its coal from that area because of the ban on building
special road for moving the coal, and the plan to put move of southern
Utah’s land into a national park and wilderness area.
SLEIGHT, Ken (1929- )
A resident of Green River, Utah, and owner of
a river excursion business, discusses the Kaiparowits Power Project,
development of the Kaiparowits Plateau coal field and his opposition to it,
the effects of the rivers and canyons, pollution, and steps taken to halt
the project. Comments on the power plant at Delta, Utah, Secretary of the
Interior Stuart Udall and his help in saving the Kaiparowits Plateau and
Indian ruins there, population expansion in southern Utah, environmental
groups, and nuclear power plants.
STOUT, Carlyle (n.d.)
A practicing physician and resident of Saint
George, Utah, discusses his opposition to the Kaiparowits Power Project; the
apathy of the people of Utah and the lack of understanding of the workings
of a power plant, coal mining, nuclear power, Southern California Edison’s
involvement in the Kaiparowits Project, and the Intermountain Power Plant (IPP)
planned for Delta or Lynndyl, Utah; the effect Robert Redford had on the
Kaiparowits Project, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Three women, supporters of the Kaiparowits
Power Project, consider themselves environmentalists, and believe the
project to be good for the economy of southern Utah and the country’s
resources. They comment on coal mining in Utah, the Navajo Power Plant,
pollution, population increase in Kanab, Utah, the Sierra Club, Robert
Redford and his appearance on “60 Minutes” and his ski resort which
straddles the north fork of the Provo River. Related material:Mellis, Jana Elaine. “White Canyon, Utah: A Place and Its People.” Master’s thesis, California State University, Fullerton, 1989. |
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