PARIA ROAD CLOSURE RALLY - SAT,May 9th

[Corey Shuman]

From: Gold Rush Expeditions, Inc. (GRE, Inc.)
[mailto:csh...@goldrushexpeditions.com]
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:59 PM
Subject: Paria Canyon Closure Protest - TRAIL RIDE THIS SATURDAY - MAY
9th!!

Dear GRE Members:

So I was just contacted by the Kane County Commission regarding a
closure that the BLM is planning.
I’ve attached the pertinent documentation which tells most of the
story, but if you don’t want to read it, here’s the skinny.

The GSENM BLM would like to close the road to the Paria town site.
This is a 6.8 mile stretch of road that runs from the highway to the
Paria town site, past the graveyard and out to the old mine diggings
and houses.
The road is well used, and last time we were down there we saw quite a
few Ford Focus, Honda Accords and the like, driving the road, mostly
to photo, picnic and explore the area.

Paria has been around since before 1900, and so has the road. So it’s
quite a slap in the face to try and close it.
Also at stake are the cemetery, and the buildings out in the mine
camp. All of Paria has washed away, but on the eastern side of the
river are 2 impressive structures, the stonework alone is amazing. So
if these roads are closed, so is access to the cemetery and the
buildings. We all know what happens at that point.
Vandals have already burned the reconstructed movie site, what do you
think they will do when they find a cemetery out in the middle of
nowhere. No rangers are going to hike in. And the buildings?? If the
BLM closes this road they might as well bulldoze the cemetery and the
buildings. This closure is not just about a road, it’s about your
access to a historical area!!

Anyway, I digress, Kane County is disputing this road closure in court
and the BLM has been ordered not to take any action. However, they
have decided they will bow to the environmentalist groups and try to
close this road anyway.

County Commissioner Mark Habbeshaw will be out on Saturday to ride the
road, shoulder to shoulder with his constituents. You need to be
there!!
We all have chores and other duties, but if this gets closed we lose
it forever, your chores and birthday parties can wait. YOU NEED TO
SHOW UP AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT.
We will be driving the road and showing the BLM that the off road and
historical preservation community is just as aggressive as the
Environmentalist movement and we deserve to be heard.

GRE has worked with the GSENM BLM recently and found them to all be
very rational and fair individuals. I firmly believe that they just
need to see a show of support and they will abandon this cause. That
means YOU NEED TO SHOW UP!!

DETAILS:
SATURDAY, May 9th, 2009
9:00 AM Sharp at the Stampin Up Facility (looks like an old wild west
town with false fronts) 5 miles East of Kanab near the mouth of
Johnson’s Canyon. EMAIL IF YOU NEED MORE DIRECTIONS!!

Every Man, Woman and Child is Needed.
Saturday May 9th at 9:00 A.M. at the old “Stampin Up” Building
East of Kanab
Bring your 4x4’s, Jeeps, 4-wheelers & Rhino’s ready to ride the
Paria Canyon road.
Please bring lots of signs, water, your lunch and Video Cameras
The Media will be there and so will your Friends and Neighbors
“We the People” must stop the Federal Government from closing
down all our roads and doubling the size of the Monument!
WE MUST STAND UNITED!


GRE will be in town Friday evening, we are staying at the Holiday Inn
Express. Cheap, clean rooms!! If anyone wants to ride down with us, I
should have room for 2. As an FYI, the GRE Rover is undergoing some
body modifications in preparation for this year’s Safari, so we will
be in a well marked Acura, and we will run the trail in the Acura just
to show how well maintained the road is.


Corey T. Shuman
csh...@goldrushexpeditions.com
Gold Rush Expeditions, Inc.
http://www.goldrushexpeditions.com/

[ED GOSLING]

Corey,
 
Good luck on the ride, I see it made todays front page in the Trib.
I'd like to make the ride but we are heading out today for the car show at Waweap Resort this weekend, anyway my thoughts will be with you. Have a safe trip.
 
Ed
 
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