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Show NEW CO-OPERATIVE CO OPERATIVE - SOIL SOILEROSION SOILEROSION EROSION CONTROL PROTECTUNDER PROJECT PROTECT PROJECTUNDER UNDER WAY AY NEAR MOAB 17,700 17700 , Acres of Land in Upper Valley to Receive ReceiveTreatment ReceiveTreatment Treatment to Control Serious SeriousFlood SeriousFlood Flood Damage . ( Special SpeclJ.1 SpeclJ1 . to Times Tlmcs Independent Independcnt ) Albuquerque Is I N ! . . M Jan 2o 20 2 2U 20U < : > -U U - - US US Usoil US S "oil oil .oil soil " . conservation service offlClals officials offlClalsannotmced officialsannounced officialsannounced annotmced announced this thlS week that treat treatment treatment treatment ment of 17 17700 700 acres of range and andfarm andfarm andfarm farm land to control serious soil soilwashing soilwashing washing \ ashmg blowing and flood fiood dam damage damage damage age is now under way on a new newprojett newproject newproject projett project in m the Moab MOJ.b MOJb : . or Spanish SpanishVaUey SpanishValley SpanishValley VaUey Valley in m southeastern southeasten1 UtahFormelly UtahFormerly Utah UtahFormeily Formeily Formelly Formerly a rich grass and bro\\se bro se browse brosennge browserange browserange \ \ nnge range the land involved is lS now nowmostly nowmostly nowmostly mostly barren and has lost much muchof muchof muchof of the surface soil soul through heavy heavygrazing heavygrazing heavygrazing grazing and use as a stock stoch . , trall\\ay trall ay trallayacross trails trailwayacross \ ; ay ayacross across the Colorado river accord accordme accordrag according me rag : to Kean Griffith Gnfflth superl11ten superinten superl11tendent supenntendent superintendent dent of the SCS CCC camp helpmg helping helpmgin helpingin helpmgin in the workFloods workFloods work workFloods Floods originating onglnating from runoffI runoffv runoff runoffatel v , atei atel in m the barren area heaV11y heavily heaV11ydamaged heavilydamaged heavilydamaged damaged irrigated farm land un underml11ed undermined undermmed derml11ed dermined banks banh.s banhs . and washed out outhighways outhighways outhighways highways and bridges Durmg During Durmgspring Duringspring Duringspring spring months heavy dust cloudsfrom clouds cloudsfrom cloudsfrom from the area throw a pall over overfoab overMoab overMoab Moab , foab and the lo\ lo lower loer \ er valley vaIley causmg causing causmgadditional causingadditional causingadditional additional lossesFoUowmg lossesFollowing losses lossesFollowing Following FoUowmg soil oiosion elOSlon erosion surveys surveysthe surveysthe surveysthe the service serV1ce developed a plan m in cooperation cooperahon with wlth local people to toalleviate toalleviate toalleviate alleviate conditions causing solI soil solIerosion soilerosion soilerosion erosion and flooding flooaIng The superm superin supermtendent superintendent supenntendent tendent says it includes mcludes fencing to tofacilltate tofacilitate tofacilitate facilltate facilitate proper stock and range rangemana rangemanagement rangemanagement mana management ement small smaIl diversions diverslons to toutIhze toutilize toutilize utIhze utilize flood waters and promote promoterevegetation promoterevegetation promoterevegetation revegetation bru h and rock de devIces devices devices vIces to slow down the runoff and andcontour andcontour and.contour andcontour . contour furrows furro\\s furro s \ to help bring bnng back backvegetatIOn backvegetation back.vegetation backvegetation . vegetatIOn and reduce soil soli loscesLocal lossesLocal losses losces lossesLocal : Local gioups gloups groups ranchers and farm farmers farmers farmers ers the U S division dlvislon of grazing grazingthe grazingthe grazingthe the U S forest service semce and the thestate thestate thestate state road commission are contrI contra contrIbutmg contrabutirig contnbutmg butmg butirig materials matenals land or in 111 some someother someother someother other otheray \ way \\ay ay \ cooperating to the soli soil soliconservahon soilconservation soilconservation conservahon conservation project The soil soli con conservatIon conservation conservation servatIon service Griffith said is isfurnishing isfurnishing isfurnishing furnishing technical techmcal help and all alllabor alllabor alllabor labor Other cooperators mclude include mcludeGrand includeGrand includeGrand Grand and San Juan counties who whothrew whothrew whothrew threw in m all county owned land landthe landthe landthe the town to"n ton " of Moab the stat state land landboard landboard landboard board and 18 private prn priv ate land ownersAlthough owners ownersAlthough ownersAlthough Although the \ work ork . on the prOJect prOJectmay projectmay projectmay may be completed within wlthm a year yearGnfflth yearGriffith yearGriffith Gnfflth Griffith pointed pomted out that proper properstech properstock properstock stech stock . , and range management will willbe willbe wfflbe be continued contlnued |