INS IDE... WEDNESDAY, AUGUSt 25, 2021 SPECIAL PULLOUT IRON SECTION! COUNTY VOL. 13 NO. 39 IRONCOUNTYTODAY.COM WEDNESDAY, AUGUSt 25, 2021 sports 4 Opinion Rams 11 Showcase grounded 14 Life by Eagles, IRON 23 Sports fall to 0-2 to 27 Classifieds begin season COUNTY 31 Comics/Puzzles BLM proposes local habitat restoration from Christian Venhuizen native vegetation, increased habitat COLOR COUNTRY DISTRICT BLM C oopERATIVE plAN DESIGNED TO HELP for big game and sagebrush-depen- dent wildlife, as well as reductions in CEDAR CITY — In order to PREVENT CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE hazardous fuel. restore key wildlife habitat and “Vegetation management is reduce hazardous wildfire fuels, the Decades of fire suppression flowering shrubs and plants that the needed in this area to help the BLM Bureau of Land Management’s Cedar resulted in increased pinyon and encroaching trees outcompete. return a portion of the valley to City Field Office proposes habitat juniper density in sagebrush grass- This plan is designed in coop- its historic condition and to help restoration for portions of Bear Valley land and mountain brush vegetation. eration with local property owners prevent catastrophic wildfires. We in southwest Utah. The proposal is needed to return the and local governments, along with are encouraging comments from the Specifically, the projects will help habitat to a shrub and grass-domi- partners in Utah’s Watershed public to further inform the analysis improve habitat in the Panguitch nated state, which will help prevent Restoration Initiative that focus on of the proposed action,” said Paul Greater Sage-grouse priority habitat larger, catastrophic fires from dam- improving high-priority watersheds Briggs, Cedar City Field Manager. management area and a stand of aging more habitat and threatening throughout the state. Earlier efforts Ponderosa Pine trees. lives. It also provides habitat for in this area resulted in increases in see RESTORATION » 2 Gettin' Muddy STORY, PHOTOS IN LIFE COREY BAUMGARTNER 2 WEDNESDAY, AUGUSt 25, 2021 news I RON COUNTY ToDAY RESTORATION « CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Written comments will be accepted until Sept. 20, 2021. Please note that the most useful comments are specific and contain new technical or scientific information relevant to the proposed action. Comments which contain only opinions or preferences will not receive a formal response but may be considered in the BLM decision-making process. Please reference “Bear Valley Wildlife Habitat Restoration” when submit- ting comments. Written comments may The Lake at the be mailed or submitted Hills in Cedar City through ePlanning. is a great place for family fishing with » Mail: 176 East D.L. Sargent Rainbow Trout, Bass Drive, Cedar City, UT 8472 and Catfish. » ePlanning: https://eplan- ning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ project/2011475/510 Before including an address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information in any com- ments, be aware that the entire comment—including personal identifying information—may be made FILE PHOTO publicly available at any time. Requests to withhold personal identifying infor- mation from public review Cedar City named one of Labor can be submitted, but the BLM cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so. Day 2021’s top fishing destinations For additional infor- mation, please contact from Katie Higgins platform for booking fishing trips, has at the Hills, an urban fishery boasting Dan Fletcher, Cedar City Field Office assistant field FOR IRON COUNTY TODAY compiled a list of the US’s top Labor Rainbow Trout, Bass varieties, and Day fishing destinations for 2021 and Catfish. manager, at 435-865- Fishing and Labor Day weekend go Cedar City has been featured on the When you’re all fished out, you 3000. Persons who use a hand-in-hand. What could be better list. can catch Cedar City’s very own telecommunications device than using this time to connect with Why did Cedar City make the list? Iron County Fair, attend the Utah for the deaf may call the friends and family, away from the You really couldn’t pick a better time to Shakespeare Festival, visit the Cedar Federal Relay Service (FRS) hustle and bustle of everyday life, visit Cedar City than Labor Day. Fall is City Festival of Homes, and do some at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a among some beautiful natural scen- in full swing and the fishing opportu- taste-testing at the Utah Wine Festival. message or question for the ery? After the stresses and strains nities are truly excellent! Navajo Lake, If you’re more of a nature lover, you’ll above individual. The FRS of the past year, it’s no surprise located just over 30 minutes away by find plenty of outdoor recreational is available 24 hours a day, that we’re all looking forward to car, is bustling with Rainbow Trout, activities taking place at Brian Head seven days a week. Replies spending some time outside this fall. Brook Trout, and the more unusual Resort and throughout Dixie National are provided during normal FishingBooker, the nation’s largest Splake. In Cedar City itself there’s Lake Forest. business hours. IRON COUNTY TODAY news WEDNESDAY, AUGUSt 25, 2021 3 4 WEDNESDAY, AUGUSt 25, 2021 news I RON COUNTY ToDAY opinion T O THE EDITOR T HOUGHT OF THE Noisy but caring, courteous WEEK neighbors "Many of life’s I’m new to Cedar, but not Utah. I have met a few great people here and seen people work failures are their buts off during a crisis. However, I did people who did notice something in my neighborhood I thought I would mention. not realize how In 2021 not all jobs are worked during close they were daylight hours. In fact with COVID I would gamble some jobs are worked more from home to success when since tech does not necessarily mean a 9-5 they gave up." job. So, from a sleep deprived neighbor—when did it become ok or standard to start on major Thomas A. Edison projects (not talking about emergencies) and not inform your neighbors? Don't get me twisted. I’m not talking about asking permission but just simple information such as letting one’s neighbors know that they are going to be doing X and it’s going to be amazingly loud on this day, etc. That kind of simple communication between neighbors would be both caring and courteous. FROM THE EDITOR Or is this not a common courtesy here in Cedar City, Utah? If not, I hope this will be a friendly reminder that maybe it should be. Thank you! A n editor Shane Larson never sleeps his statement is RINO vote on senate truer than I’d like infrastructure bill T it be, but I have no regrets about the time I do not know how many citizens of Utah and effort involved in this noticed that the Junior Senator for the State of literary lifestyle—it’s not Utah along with 18 other Republican Senators considered a “job” if I can voted for the so-called Infrastructure Plan on never clock out, right? The Tuesday, 17 Aug 2021. C OREY timeclock doesn’t care if I’m The "Plan" is a precursor to the 3.5 trillion BAUMGARTNER out taking pictures, writing dollar massive spending plan proposed by the MANAGING EDITOR [email protected] articles, or answering emails Democratic party. I do not know how they plan and phone calls. to pay for this massive spending plan. We are so Nevertheless, each week I try to attend as many far in debt that we will never get out of debt. events as I can and hope to continue to meet new To justify his time as a Senator for the State people and make new friends. I am always grateful of Utah, the Junior Senator for the State of Utah when I can get away from my desk (at work and at has released a radio spot about him voting for this home) and cover events and meet the great people tragedy. Unbeknownst to him he is letting us know in our Iron County communities. I wish I could get to that he has, once again, failed to represent the will everyone and everything, but last time I checked, I’m of the voters who sent him to the U.S. Senate. still just one person. And while we are still looking for The voters of the State need to reexamine reporters to fill certain vacancies, we are striving to who should be sent to Washington, D.C. as improve each week, with each newspaper. one of our senators. I, for one, will seek to find So, with that being said, you can imagine that I a candidate the will support our values and can be pretty worn out some weeks. I know some wishes. We do not need to send the current of you are, too! And I’m not tooting my own horn… Junior Senator back to Washington, D.C. it’s too tired to toot, but rather to reinforce the Sincerely, rhetoric that with all I have and have yet to do as your editor, I want to know if there’s anything I have left undone? If I could do only one more thing Raymond F. Trautwein Jr. more thing for this newspaper—you, the readers Parowan, UT. and community, what would you want it to be? ADMINISTRATION ADVERTISING E DITORIAL LA YOUT/DESIGN CIRL CU ATION, CONT. IRON COUNTY R. Gail Stahle Scott Stahle Corey Baumgartner Devin Christ Stormee Anderson PUBLISHER S ALES REPRESENTATIVE M ANAGING EDITOR C REATIVE DIRECTOR N . CEDAR CITY/ENOCH 389 N 100 W, Suite 12 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 801.755.5999 435.867.1865 Ext.