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Show Forest Notes G:m? No' s K.mcrr Ccx rep:rti- that cn Jun-- 13, 193 K Iran L. P:tr:C!i cf Manti captur d two fauns in HCiJScard Fo:k. In :hz car of t'i3 mal i fawn h pl.-.o d a caxV.i t. ,-j mark d "Alrni Jchnron. M",n i, Utah. Ms a'so earmarked both fawns. On F'bniaiT 13. 193G cm of th' CCC enrlle-s at Mayfield c.-m-ht ?. doe d: r near th- mouth of Twelv.i Mib Camcnj. The de'i wa-3 tagged wlih one of our cattl-' ta,s? marked "Marti 275." If a,r;y cn' Kucceds in finding thli buck cr th- does we vi'l be glad to havj It reported to ihi1 ofBce. On February 28, Supervisor Humphr y, Rangers Anderson and Jorgrj;scn mada a trip up in'o tho Black Dragon in F'ron Can-yu. Can-yu. The ;now wis heav'ly crnst-rd crnst-rd which made it difflcult to ride harres. No drr or elk wre. ob-strv'd ob-strv'd in, th" seoticn, and ar?. apparently ap-parently wirr'erlnK in rom; other part of th? Foreft. On February 29 R?,ng r Jorgn-ron Jorgn-ron and Suprrvisor Humpln-ey made a trip up th- Muddy north of Emry. D er and e'k were wintering tom di tanc back from the canyon. It is surprl ing how much mew i.-; found 'n Perron Canyon rnd in th- Muddy. However, How-ever, in the vai'y th-re ip lini" row, sine- farmrrs w?re plowing all through Emery County on that date'. Snow Measurements Ranger Thursby, Paul Hansen and Frod Chri lenaem mea.uivd thi snow at the Exp riment Station Sta-tion and ai. th top of the- moun-ti-ini on the 27th a:;d 28th cf February. Feb-ruary. Th:y report the snow heavier hea-vier than' at any ether iimi . meas-ur meas-ur imtnts have' b en mtude. The bcyiu went down as far as Thi.te Flat to r pair the t lepihone line. They rnort finding niumia-oua br aks and a lot cf snow. A Mr. Jewkes who has beeni pro peeting for coal on the h -adwaters of one of the tributari:!s cf Huntington Cre k reports having measured 246 inches of snow as having fa'len during th? past winter. Th snow, howsvtr, has settled until it is now considerably kiss than hall that d pth at' the present time. On) Febru'.-iry 28 Castle Dale and OragavUlc' men succeed'd in gett-ing gett-ing theSr horses out of this Peterson Peter-son pasture in Lower Jocb Valley. It required a full day to br ak the fcra'l from thei house to the field where the- horses were fnowed in. The snow is h avily cru ted amd approximately 30 inches in depth. Iarg-e Sage Brush At) the Pricy CCC Camp they have brought in and planted a ege tr e 13 feet and 13 inches high and 8 inches in diam ter acro:s this stump. The annual rings on ths tree lo.al 113 years. This is some sage tree and was found growing north and east of Price. Fore:t Plerting in 1S36 The Manti Fcresit hah. been (furnished 1000 Ptnder'oea pin. i re. .. for pian.ieig in 1936. Possibly will later rec ive an additional :upply oi Douglas Fir. Nw Grazing: Use R;a.r Tnui: by r. jx.ts that he U .n iccipc of a grai g applica-kcuj applica-kcuj for 3,000 tuikes. The appll-can.o appll-can.o in thii case p.ji on tsi-ri-m n ir.g VM.h tlia growing of tur-r. tur-r. ya jju h-gii el vatic n w.th the biicf ihat when grown at higher ievation, ui'ey will mature quicker hen i'.j th vall.y. If thi. ,xper.-ui ,xper.-ui Uit eh ii d p.cve prac.ical it may be p eable for u. to des.roy a loo A gra siioper. thi .t ar.i conta.nt-ly conta.nt-ly givirg ircuble on certain areas cf the Forest. P rron Administrative Buildings lh. cemtiet vcik for the nw Feeon Ranger Statio'.i Buildings .ia new been poured. It is rx-teet rx-teet d iheit ih. work of con fcruct-ir.ij fcruct-ir.ij these bu dings will b gin in jarne-t abeut March 9. Int.rjiting Finds Tha CCC workers in Ferron Caiiyom ai'e woiking in thi slip wii re i.he JO- s Valky f auk occur. .VE'-y d.y they make inieresting di. covsii i. of various leaf forms in the reck. Palm l aves and f-ins cf all d i crjptions as well meny ether various shaped leave are found daily in their work. R cji...tly. Supervissir Humphr y . rd Ranger Jorg inson pick-d up an o'd skull oi a "Big Horn" sheep in the Muddy Canyon. Appar.ntly these animalo weiv- quite common in that sertion of the Manti For-fist; For-fist; although few If any of the1 old timers report ev r hav ng em' any cf the c animals at the time Emery Ccunty was settled. Read Construction Th Ferron Canyon Road has b ' n c em pie J d a'.id put in good ehap- as far up as the mouth of Ferron Canyon. In Twi lve M le Canyon the road has been oom-pl oom-pl led except for th sectien from the Foaks to the- boundary. Owing ,o' the heavy snowfall in that ' cticn Iht ret de have b n too muddy to haul grav 1. The work, l.cw. v-r, is prcgressing. Fote.t Visi.or W. W. Blakeslei , Assi tant of the Regional Engine r, spent F- bruary 26 in inl p c.inig th- road work in Fevrcn Cair.iyon. Supervisor Humphr Hum-phr y aceompani" d h m, on this insp. cticn trip. |