On Sept. 6, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that “Zion National Park is considering a reservation system. Utah leaders don’t want it.”
“We strongly urge you to reject this restrictive management tool and instead work with state and local officials to address challenges,” Utah’s congressional delegation wrote in a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in August.
The article went on to describe how Zion generated nearly a billion dollars for gateway communities and how a “timed entry plan” implemented at Arches had led to a loss of millions to local communities.
Why then, did Utah’s congressional delegation, including Sens. Lee and Curtis and my local representative, Blake Moore, unite to support the ridiculously named “Big Beautiful Bill” that gutted funding to all national parks?
Only one of many contradictions in the voting of these three leaders purporting to represent Utah’s best interests while, in fact, toeing the party line.
Melody Graulich, Wellsville
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