Give Solitude land permit

I read in the Deseret News regarding Solitude Mountain Resort's request to open Solitude Canyon (Jan. 21). I had to laugh when "Save the Canyons" executive director, Carl Fisher, cited watershed issues as the most important reason to keep the canyon closed. As a more than 15-year resident of the canyon, I felt amused because a few skiers are unlikely to have an impact on the already most-polluted area of the canyon. Silver Fork, at the bottom of the Silver Fork Canyon drainage, has been polluted for decades. I personally know of two septic tanks that haven't been pumped for at least a decade. There are dozens of cabins with no indoor plumbing and outhouses with no concrete liners. No wonder there is a fly epidemic every summer.

Let's give Solitude a land-use permit and let them help clean up the environment. Someone with deeper pockets than mine needs to get the ball rolling.Brighton

Brighton