A grocery store in Park City will soon be selling beef from heifers raised in Summit County.
“I am pleased to announce that soon you will be hearing this phrase, ‘Where’s the Summit County beef?'” Assistant Summit County Manager Anita Lewis said.
A rancher on the East Side of Summit County will sell two cows to the Park City Market, which will begin marketing the grass-fed beef in May.
“He is offering up two of his heifers and the market will buy the entire cow,” Lewis said. “It’s going to be a test project.”
Summit County is partnering in its “local food initiative” with Park City and the Park City Chamber/Bureau. The goal is to test “a pilot program that will get Summit County beef to be purchased and consumed by people in Summit County,” according to a report City Hall officials submitted to Park City Mayor Dana Williams and the City Council.
“Before we do our pilot program in the fall, we need to do a pre-pilot program so we know what we’re talking about,” Lewis said about beef sales that could begin this spring.
Summit County Councilwoman Sally Elliott said she was raised on grass-fed beef.
“I think it’s great,” Elliott said.
Spring conditions in the forest
Recent storms, which have dropped several feet of snow in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, have affected recreation opportunities in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas, according to U.S. Forest Service officials.
“In the spring, road and trail surfaces become saturated with moisture and most often they will not sustain the weight of motorized vehicles, bicycles and livestock,” Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Supervisor Brian Ferebee said in a prepared statement. “Recreating on wet muddy roads and trails causes resource damage and it is essential that enthusiasts minimize their impact on the land.”
Forest users are responsible for knowing which roads and trails are open to motorized use. Travel plans and motor vehicle use maps, which show the roads and trails open to motorized vehicles, are available at all Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest offices. More information is available by visiting the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache website at www.fs.usda.gov/uwcnf. The phone number in Kamas for the Heber-Kamas Ranger District is (435) 783-4338.