The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 254, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 2, 1978 Page: 24 of 29
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ARK, Alaska (AP) - Tourist
Implets picture America’s
prthernmost national park as
[vast and spectacular wilder-
;ss dominated by towering
fountains and abundant wild-
le
[After watching the midnight
'in shimmer across the ice-
lanketed summit of Mt.
pKinley and herds of caribou
ance over the tundra, few
buld argue that the park is in-
leed vast and spectacular.
I But during the beginning sum-
mer months, few would de-
pibe their visit to the sub-Ar-
lic sanctuary as a wilderness ex-
lerience,
I For all but the hardened
ackpacker, McKinley National
lark is booked up for the Sum-
Tier.
“With almost two million
out there, it seems
jtrange to say we’re full, but
at's about the size of it,” says
Kuehn, park superinten-
dent. “All the spaces in the
(ampgrounds and all the rooms
the hotel are reserved
trough Aug. 15.
“We haven’t had to turn
way any people who want
ackcountry permits yet, but
te've had to impose restric-
Sons on where they can go.”
1 Even Mt. McKinley, the high-
20,320 feet, is boing assaulted
by so many climbers that vol-
unteers have begun sponsoring
annual expeditions to cleanse
its lofty flanks of garbage
"I think we’re up to four
clean-up patrols a year now,”
says Kuehn. “It gets pretty
heavy up there sometimes.”
Pressure on the mountain has
become so intense that the
Park Service is considering in-
jumping," Kuehn says
So far this year, two clim-
bers, part of a Japanese ex-
pedition, have been killed
falls, and the Park Service has
rescued 11 others who were
stranded or injured on the twin
peaks.
PARK SERVICE
Each rescue or evacuation of
body costs taxpayers about
$3,000, prompting suggestions
stalling portable toilets at the that the Park Service charge
7,000-foot level of the Kahiltna for the service like the govern
Glacier, one of the favorite ment of Switzerland,
landing spots for “bush pilots “The Coast Guard doesn’t
and their cargoes of climbers. . charge for search and rescue
"Over the years, people have
ju2t dug latrines in the snow,
but it’s to the point now where
it’s becoming badly polluted,”
Kuehn says. “You can’t even
melt the snow up there for
drinking any more.”
Park officials estimate that
between 400 and 450 climbers
will attempt to reach the sum-
mit of McKinley or nearby 17,-
395-foot Mt. Foraker this sum-
mer. About two dozen climbers
were on McKinley during* the
crowded Fourth of July holi-
day.
“It’s not as bad as the Bicen-
tennial Fourth of July when we
had between 75 and 80 climbers
oh the summit at the same
as he and his wife jostled into
line for one of the buses, "Are
you sure this is all real?”
What the tourists see from
the road — and that’s all the
great majority ever sees of the
1,9 million acres of park - is
stunning landscape and, with a
little luck, some choice wild-
life: moose, caribou, grizzly
bear, perhaps even a wolf. The
full zus run around McKinley
operations, and it’s not likely to takes eight hours and includes
happen here,” Kuehn says. vistas £t the great mountain —
happen here,” Kuehn says
In.addition to riding herd
over climbers, park offi9ials
also are being hard-pressed
accommodate summer tourists
from the lower 48 states who
are pouring into the more eas-
ily traveled areas of the pre-
serve in growing numbers
Many tourists arrive by char-
tered bus from Anchorage and
Fairbanks as part of package
tours to Alaska and keep the
park’s 489-roomhotel full.
Resplendent in doube-knit
leisure suits, the hotel-bound
tourists witness the mountains
and wildlife from the wixdows
of buses which chug up and
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1 FIVE-YEAR-OLD SPENCER GIBB (left) and his 4-year-old sister, Melissa, have.
‘ probably grown pretty blase about meeting rock stars. After all, their father istinger
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. But both youngsters got a real thrill recently when they
met Oscar the Grouch and the other Muppets at a New York City recording studio. The
elder Gibb and the Muppets are joining forces on a new album, “Sesame Street
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Man : Best Friend Or
Worst Enemy Of Wildlife?
down the park’s single 87-mile-
long road in a non-stop earavan
throughout the long summer
days.
"We haven’t seen such
crowd since we were at Dis-
vistas ci the great mountain
fog and clouds permitting
tents and 600 recreational ve-
hicles, but they, too, are booked
for the rest of the season.
“It’s to the point where the
state is allowing the RV’s to
park alongside the road outside
(ha norlr ” Ifimhn ooim “Thof’c
neyland,” quipped one tourist the park,” Kuehn says. “That’s
how I can tell what it’s like in
the park. I call it the wayside
bellweather. If they’re lined up
out there, we know we're.going
to have a busy day.”
For the more rugged visitors,
there are
but the fragile nature of the
sub-Arctic region has forced
the Park Service to impose
sharp restrictions on even the
most remote areas of the park.
The park has been divided
into 31 backpacking units, and
no more than six hikers are
u I O’ UV 1IIU1V. Ilian HA IIIIWIO Ml V
For campers, there are seven allowed into any one unit at a
campgrounds with sites for 2001 time.
I think we’re approaching
maximum capacity on the
north side of the Alaska
Range,” says Kuehn. “That’s
why we are so interested in ex-
panding the southern boundary
where the land is less fragile
and. can handle more people.1
Legislation which would add
4.2 million acres to the park as
part of a 120-million-acre
Alaska National Interests
Lands Bill recently passed the
poking treks, u.s. House of Representatives.
But the proposal has come un-
der fire in the Senate as too
sweeping.
THE BAYTOWN SUN WdlWld»V, Aufluif
ALMANAC’S
Q&A
Can you match these inven-
tors with their inventions?
1. Zeppelin
2. Franklin
3. Bissell
4. Nobel
d (a) tarpet sweeper
(b) bifocal lens
(c) revolver
(d) rigid durable airship
(e) dynamite
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“I know it’s a complex issue,
but I can’t see how anybody
can look at our experience and
say McKinley National Park is
big enough as it is,” Kuehn
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By CLIFF SMITH
Copley News Service
“A number of well-known
species are now extinct in the
wild and exisFonly in zoos or
A girl, about 5, making her game parks,” noted Dr. Kurt
first visit to a zoo, was Benirsehke. director of
impervious to the calls of her
mother, spellbound by the
great animal before her,
“Hurry up, Cynthia; we
have to go now,” her mother
complained, “You see
elephants like that almost
every day on television.”
“But, not so BIG,” the girl
replied.
William Conway, general
director of the New York
Zoological Society, tells this
story to emphasize that there
is no substitute for seeing the
real, living animal.
Yet, today there is a'
growing- fear among
zoologists that many
creatures may soon
disappear forever unless
extraordinary measures are
taken immediately to prevent
it. —f——--——-
The. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service at last count
numbered 617. animals on its
endangered species list. They
range from such well-known
animals as the tiger and the
blue whale to the Brazilian
sloth and the toy yak.
^ The list is growing.
Occasionally there has
been a dramatic comeback,
such as has been made by the
American alligator, but the
number of endangered
animals has increased by
nearly 200 in four years.
Until this century, man’s
principal threat to wildlife
came from hunting animals
for their * skins, ivory,
feathers and for food. Today,
however,, the encroachment
*>■ is manifold.
Impinging on the wild
1 kingdom are man’s
population boom, the
construction of highways and
dams, pesticides, the quest
for outdoor recreation. But
more than anything, it is land
development.
;No land is too hostile to
escape the human invasion.
Even the tropical rain
fOrests, relatively untouched
for more than 50 million
years, are vanishing at the
rate of nearly one acre per
second.
Not suprisingly, some of
the scientists in touch with
Benirsehke, director of Arabi contributed two pair,
research at the San Diego, Two females came from the
■ “ _ ...... London zoo and a zoo in'
the problem are alarmed. nucleus of a breeding colony.
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Calif., Zoo. “Realistically,
one needs to anticipate the
probability that many
additional vanishing species
will survive only in zoos. We
are at a juncture when most
of die species now in zoos are
likely soon to appear on the
endangered list.”
Thus, zoos are becoming
biological arks - a noble
mission that eventually may
render secondary their
traditional role of exhibiting
animals for entertainment.
The universal hope of all
reputable zoos today is to also
serve as repositories for
many animals that probably
can be saved from extinction
only by suqcessul captive
breeding programs.
RARE ANIMALS
In the past, zoos have been
consumers of animals taken
from the wild. Now, with the
wilderness declining rapidly,
they are called upon to
become the main producers
of rare animals.
Good zoos are devoting an
increasing share of their
resources to breeding rare
and endangered animals.
Already, many animal,
have been rescued by such
programs. One of the most
spectacular saves was the
Arabian oryx, 8 large
antelope with spearlike horns
that some authorities believe
to be the source of the legend
of the unicorn.
The oryx is now extinct in
the wild. But because of a
remarkable program of
cooperation between
conservationists and zoos,
fast-growing herds now are
thriving at three zoos. —
By 1960, hunters had
reduced the animal’s
numberss on its native
Arabian peninsula to a
handful. Then, in 1962, a
rescue mission was organized,
by the World Wildlife Fund
and the Fauna Preservation
Society.
The aim was to capture as
many of the antelope as
possible from the wild anil,
together with a few zoo
specimens, formulate the
A prodigious hunt in the
oryx’s desert homeland
netted three animals, two
males and a female. Saudi
Kuwait.'
All nine animals were
placed in an optimum
environment at the Phoenix,
Ariz., Zoo and so far more
than 70 offspring have been
born there, enough to start
herds at the Wild Animal
Park in San Diego and the
Gladys Porter Zoo of
Brownsville, Texas. The herd
in San Diego now numbers
more than 40.
Scores of other creatures
have similarly befen snatched
from the brink of extinction
because of the efforts of zoos.
Examples include several
species of rhinoceros,
Przewalski’s horse of
Mongolia, Hie Siberian tiger,
European bison or wisent,
golden lion marmoset, Pere
David’s deer, cheetahs, |
sacred cranes and
orangutans.
Despite these victories, zoo
scientists are quick to
acknowledge that they have
only scratched the surface
and still face many difficult
obstacles in their quest to
assure a future for all fauna.
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INTAKE OF IRON
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -
Your choice of cooking utensils
could save you from an irofl de-
ficiency, .says Syracuse Univer-
sity nutritionist Sarah Short. •
A lack, of iron is the most com-
mon deficiency disease in the
United States, primarily affect-
ipg women- of chlidbearing age
- who lose iron monthly - and
infants, whodon't get iron from
bottled milk, Dr.'Short points
out, However, she adds, there
are a nifmber «5f wsyslomer-
come the problem: --•
“ “For infants, you ign either
breast feed, because there’s iron
in breast milk, or you can use in-
fant formula - but make sure it
says iron fortified on the label
Adults can cook with iron frying
pans - we should go back t
tog* great "grandmother’s
grandmother’s iron cooking pots
to absorb,the iron into the food.”
Ifr. Short says iron deficiency
makes women and children irri-
table, prone to depression and
easily fatigued.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 254, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 2, 1978, newspaper, August 2, 1978; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1075019/m1/24/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.