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I 6B The Independent Record, Helena, Thursday, September 29, 1988 1 Park gets some non-native plants MONTANA Winteiwvtyeat planted to erase bulldozer tracks lowed to live in the nations national parks. Anzelmo says Yellowstone administrators and scientists are considering unprecedented steps after unprecedented events, referring to the fires that swept through more than half of the 2.2 million-acre park. Coleman and Anzelmo both say while the jscope of revegetation under consideration is, unprecedented, managing vegetation in small areas around developed areas is nothing new. We often plant a few good-sized pines to screen large propane tank, Coleman says. Meanwhile, nature is already proceeding with revegetation in the park.

In many lodgepole stands, seed counts on tne ground have been 1.5 to 25 seeds per square foot. But lodgepoles are slow growers and this year's concern with soil erosion and aesthetics. "There probably wont be anything in the ground this fall unless the panel recommends immediate action, Coleman says. Coleman says the seed can even be spread on top of the snow and it will sprout as soon as it reaches the ground during the spring meltoff Yellowstone national PARK, Wyo. (AP) Winter wheat is being planted in Yellowstone Natiional Park to revegetate ragged bulldozer lines built to fight the summers wildfires, park officials say.

The wheat has already been planted in bulldozer lines built to protect the gateway communities of West Yellowstone, Silver Gate and Cooke City, says Stu Coleman, the parks chief resource management specialist. Winter wheat grows quickly enough to help retard soil erosion in the spring and will hold the soil until native plants have a chance to regenerate, he says. And even if the non-native wheat does reproduce, it wont make it more than a year at Yellowstones high elevations, he says. Replanting damaged vegetation is a new, controversial practice in Yellowstone Park and park managers have little experience with it, he says. Coleman says the Forest Service; which frequently replants burned areas within a few days after fires pass through, suggested re- planting for Yellowstone Park.

The Forest Service normally uses a mixture of yellow clover, grasses and wheat in its reseeding efforts. However, Yellowstone officials were dissatisfied with this mixture because yellow clover is not native to the park and could spread rapidly over wide areas once seeded. While the decision has been made to replant the bulldozer lines and other areas damaged by vehicles, no decision has yet been made on planting trees or grasses in areas that were only burned, park spokeswoman Joan Anzel-mo says. That decision will be made by an independent, non-agency panel of respected academicians from different backgrounds, Coleman says, and a list of names for that panel should be ready by the end of this week. Park Service policy says only native species of plants and animals should be al UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE NEEDS LAND FOR PURCHASE OR A BUILDING FOR LEASE IN MARYSVILLE, MONTANA SIZE OF SITE DESIRED FOR PURCHASE IS APPROXI-MATELY 110 115 or 12,500 sq.

ft. An existing building of 1,000 net sq. ft. will be considered for lease. PREFERRED AREA: Within the community limits of Marysville, Montana with those sites within mile of the present facility receiving priority consideration.

FOR ADDITIONAL, DETAILS, CALL OR WRITE; Marcus K. Nielsen, Real Estate Specialist Support Services Office, USPS PO. Box 27117 Salt Lake City, UT 84127-0117 Telephone: (801) 530-5951 Information packages may also be obtained at the Marysville, Montana Main Post Office. OFFERS TO SELL LAND OR OFFERS TO LEASE BUILDINGS will be considered during the period September 12 through October 12, 1988. Two charged with robbery MISSOULA (AP) Two men accused of robbing a Kalispell motel were charged Wednesday with robbing a Missoula convenience store Sept.

20. 1 Patrick Allen Choate 19, was charged'with robbery and James Ray Vickers, 27 was charged with driving the vehicle used in the robbery. The two men were arrested at the Roosville border crossing in northwest Montana last week when they tried to cross into Canada in a pickup truck that authorities said was stolen in Texas. Bear cub visits neighborhood BUTTE (AP) A 100-pound black bear cub fell 15 feet from a tree in a Butte neighborhood Wednesday after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, but was successfully relocated south of Bozeman, state wildlife officials said. He hit the ground pretty hard, said Jim Kropp of the state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

The bear was roaming the area Wednesday morning for a couple of hours before wildlife officials arrived from Bozeman, Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Bob Butorovich said. A firetruck boom was used to lift the dart-shooters within range of the animal, which wasnt hit until the fourth shot. It became drowsy and fell to the ground, Kropp said. ft Nevadans charged in check scheme MISSOULA (AP) A Nevada couple was charged Wednesday with felony theft for allegedly writing $30,000 in bad checks to Missoula businesses during Labor Day weekend. Stephen Artuso and Sheryl Lee Barney were arrested in ISparks, on Sept.

16 after Artuso, 34, took four tires he al- legedly bought in Missoula with a $532.55 bad check into a Neva-; da tire dealer with complaints about their quality. The Nevada dealer called the Missoula business to confirm the I purchase, and the Missoula dealer then informed police. Union, Stone reopen talks MISSOULA (AP) Union leaders and officials of the Stone Container Corp. agreed Wednesday to resume contract talks on Thursday. The company on Nov.

5 imposed its last contract offer after negotiations with the United Paperworkers Union International 885 came to an impasse. The contract expired 13 months to be on national TV Sen. John Melcher, will join a panel discussion this weekend on the nationally televised show Its Your Business. Melcher, who is running for re-election to a third term, will participate in a discussion about consumer spending. The program will be broadcast on CBS stations at 6:30 a.m.

in Billings, Great Falls and Missoula, and at 10 a.m. in Butte. Missoula gets housing grant The Missoula Housing Authority has been awarded a $2 million grant to buy 30 single-family dwellings for low-income families, Sen. John Melcher, said Wednesday. He said the grant from -the federal Department of Housing and "Urban Development will allow the city to buy existing three-bedroom homes within a 10-mile radius of Missoula.

The units will be filled from the existing waiting list of people heeding housing. About 480 eligible families are on the list, which represents households seeking one-, two-and three-bedroom units. Rehabilitation work begins KALISPELL (AP) About 520 acres of private land burned by the Red Bench fire in and around Glacier National Park will be reseeded by helicopter beginning Thursday, a federal official said. 1 Log barriers will be placed on steep slopes to prevent erosion nd sediment traps will be placed along streams as part of the rehabilitation work planned for the area, said Tim Wiersum of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service in Kalispell.

Fire containment continues YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) Yellowstone National Park officials are expecting warm, dry condition for the next week, but recent snow and rain should keep the flames down. More than 1,800 firefighters in the park are concentrating their efforts on hot spots, and rehabilitation crews are filling in the fire lines made earlier this summer in the battle against fires on nearly half the 2.2 million acre park. Park spokeswoman Amy Vanderbilt said high temperatures in the 70s and low 80s are expected by Friday, but high winds probably wont accompany the warmer weather. Gusts of up to 50 mph blew fall leaves off the trees but did not cause fire growth on Tuesday, Vanderbilt said.

The Wolf Lake fire re-mained at The perimeter of the North Fork fire was holding at 400,100 acres and the Clover Mist fire remained at 413,620 acres. The firefighting plan this week calls for continued attack on hot spots, as firefighters work toward 100 percent mop-up of the fires. Although flames continue to burn in some parts of the 2.2 million acre park, Vanderbilt said clean-up and rehabilitation activities are under way. FINANCING AVAILABLE! 90days same as cash on approved credit Licenses and Regulations HERE! Businesswomen Jane Shelhamer is dead at 67 BILLINGS (AP) Billings-area businesswoman Jane R. Shelhamer, who helped found a firm that supplies racetracks nationwide with tote boards, died Wednesday.

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