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The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Montana, Sunday, August 11, 1985 PAGEforciBy The Daily inter lake and the Associated Pressnorthern portion of Hunting District 130 along the Swan MountainsMAThe Montana Fish and Game Com-reed Wednesday to extended deer hunting in le Flathead Valley plagued by game dam-it turned down a proposal to allow iers in a shotgun and archery huntingIrandewie, state legislator and Bigfork tree grower, presented to the commission aposals for reducing the number of deer inBlaine, Creston and Echo Lake area. Hed that does and their fawns are ravaging tree farms in the area, causing damage at $320,000 so far this year.“Not every deer out there is grazing on the trees, but you don’t find out which ones are until late November,” he said. “You could save yourself a lot of grief if you could kill that one doe.”The commission rejected, for this year, Bran-dewie’s proposal for a muzzleloading season in Hunting District 170, because it would require aidden elimination of the archery’season there. The district is the populated area ringed by’ U.S. 93 on the west, Montana 206 and 35 on the east, and Montana 40 on the northmrriission granted Brandewie’s request to either-sex season to all five weeks for thenission agreed with a Department d Parks proposal to extend hunting Dec. 31. and granted extra “Deer Iattendiring onispellIgetlght people, including employees, attended the ity Council’s public hear-city's $2,235,033, 1985-86 budget.jnmal peruser of the pub-Colin Wills, dominated of the budget. Wills was the city's $19,000 con-o the county planning the growth of the city partment.criticized the city's plan the old fire hall for officee more room you get int, the more room you s said.levy that city tax payers s year is 5 mills less than 108 9 mills. The first4.58 mills on the generalbond for the repair of jr Pool brings the gener-y to 103.9 mills.1 is anticipating ask-ipprove a 5-mill, two-a new fire truck.^Roy McDowell said one s top priorities for next Id be the payment on mts to the city airport, he runway cost $165,000, be paid with the sale of 2 ity-owned property nearperty has never sold, and paying 6 percent annual the registered warrants f for the improvements.nan Patrick M. Springer y should create a munici-t board to replace the relation. He said he be-board, with authority for. ., would be more respon-linar setworld'slt;officialsR NATIONAL PARK -ark officials from 37 dif-untnes will gather in tional Park Aug. 17-19 for tional seminar on parks int.those attending will be ctors of national park or gencies in Western and rid nations, said Alan isistant Glacier Park suntants will just miss U.S.ecretary Donald Hodel,dng Aug 16 after a three-e Mintzmyer, regional di-le National Park Service, sent the United States atir•ee-day seminar will in-} of park and c on cession-acilities as well as work-ow Glacier officials dealtags for the area.At the same meetingnumber of permits for drawings by deer hunters in Montana to about half of last years total, and increased elk permits by 20 percent.About 55,000 deer “B tags will be available this year, compared with 107,000 last year. Drawings for 133,000 elk permits are planned, while the 1984 total was 111,000.Arnie Olsen, administrator of the Deparment of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Wildlife Division, said the decline in deer permits reflects a declining population of whitetail and mule deer caused by hot, dry weather.“The deer range is in bad shape. A lot of deer are not in excellent condition, and reproduction levels are down,” Olsen explained.The lack of spring moisture and continuing drought sapped much vegetation of its nutrition, especially critical for pregnant does and their new fawns, heThat has created?deer to resort to cropsaid.Elk have fared bet Montana, which has portions, he said, a practices have bolste levels.The number of antthe same as last year! the antelope populatic the harvest last year ’said.In other businesssaidarchery season for th overpopulation of delt; motorists and damag!trailBy KAREN FORDTh« Daily Intar LakeThough outdoor recreational possibilities for the handicapped are limited, there are a few places in the Flathead Valley that are accessible.One of the most popular is Glacier National Park s Trail ofthe Cedars, a paved corridorthrough the forested area near Avalanche Creek The trail, which was completed last month, will be officially dedicated by Secretary of the Interior Donald Hodel on Wednesday during his visit to the park.Glacier Park planner Bob Dunkley said more people than just those traditionally thought of as handicapped will benefit from the trail, including the elderly and families with small children.The cedars trail has been inthe works for the past five years, he said, explaining that part of it was an old campground loop that was too close to the creek.The last asphalt section of the 3/4 mile trail was added two orthree weeks ago, he said.Elsewhere in Glacier Park, Dunkley said the visitor s center at Apgar was remodeled this spring to provide handicapped access.One of the park s greatest shortcomings on access is overnight accomodations, he said. There are none available now. but the park service has proposed that a total of 26 rooms at the lodges and motor inns be made accessible.The closest accessible roomsto the park are at the 01’ River Bridge Inn in Columbia Heights, he said.At Swan Lake, the picnicarea, campground and fishing access were renovated with thehandicapped in mind, according to Beth Burren of the ForestService.Improvements such as paved paths and extended picnic tables that wheelchair users can slip under are plentiful, she said. Any new toilet facilities in ForestService areas that the handicapped might visit are equipped for their use, she said.Kalispell’s re-modeled Bruckhauser Swimming Pool at Woodland Park will be accessible to the handicapped, as will new public restrooms there, according to Pieter Drent, city parks director.Dunkley said the park would also like to make the area just above the visitor center at Logan Pass accessible to the handicapped so that they can enjoy an alpine environment.Since the area already gets heavy traffic, some extra development of specials trails for the disabled would have a relatively small environmental impact, he said.While there are ramps to the visitor center now, they have grades of 16-25 percent, he said The maximum grade allowed on a wheelchair ramp is 5 percent.inviting to disabledmlm4yII r• 4mmaiAV*•frr.V-VV.~ It• i*-lit■M• -WKAm*13' •b*(KteAT t1* ■ * •. V S-/A-'!. .-'A'’mmWfy**.AAAPhoto By Rick HullLARRY McMILLAN, vice president of the Disabled Recreation and Environmental Access Movement, tests hotels and restaurants for accessibility to the handicapped. At a local motel, he tests to see if there is room for a person's leg s to go underneath the bathroom sink.DREAMContinued from Page A1Their common dream is to make Montana as “Naturally Inviting ' to the disabled as it is to others, and make this a popular vacation destination for theengineers have good intentions about accessibility, they often fall short in actual use.handicapped.DREAM s first project is a handicapped access guide to the Flathead Valley, which is expected to be available this December.“In a lot of cases they don't get what I call the expert opinion,’ ” he said. “They just say it looks like it’s accessibleWhile all new public buildings are required to provide access, the groups will encourageto in-* *Maitland said she hopes an access guide to the entire state can be published sometime soon. DREAM will also have agroups private business people corporate ramps and handrails into their construction plans. The cost of such changes are usually small, but mean a lot to handi-McMillancustomers.Larry McMillan, vice president of DREAM and a Kalispell businessman who has been aparaplegic since a motorcycle accident 21 years ago, will test the accessibility of many of the hotels, restaurants and attrac-booth at the Northwest Montana Fair that will feature a wheelchair obstacle course, with aofRenovations to existing buildings are also hoped for, but are much more expensive, he said.tions in the area for the guide. Bob Liston, a paraplegic whois coordinator of the state s hand-series oi common stumbling blocks including curbs, doorways and gravel. The group hopes the course will make people who try it more aware of how frustrating life in a wheelchair can be InThough a stairway can usually be converted into a ramp at minimal costs, an elevator can cost between $60,000 and $80,000,according to Liston.lcapped employment program, said that white architects andaddition, a charity golf tournament is planned for next spring. Maitland said.Inaccessible restrooms are probably the most frustrating feature of older buildings, McMillan said.no
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