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County official urges mitigation over visitor caps in proposed Zion system; asks for longer Lake Powell concession terms
Summary
County representatives told the Resource Development Committee they favor managing visitor conflicts and investing in infrastructure rather than time-entry reservation systems at Zion National Park and asked that Lake Powell concession contracts be extended to at least 10 years to encourage private investment.
Celeste Malloy, speaking to the Kane County Resource Development Committee, urged federal and state partners to prioritize on-the-ground fixes and user-conflict mitigation rather than relying on time-entry reservation systems at Zion National Park. "If you ask a 100 people if they would rather have a crowded park experience or no park experience, 100 people will say that they'd rather have a crowded park experience," Malloy said, arguing that reduced visitation is not the only path to lower impacts.
Malloy outlined a two-pronged county approach: coordinated visitor-use management for Zion and policy changes at Lake Powell. For Lake Powell, she asked…
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