OFFICIALS INSPECT RANGE the committee composed of 0 walter 0 mann it L bayless 11 L M E musgrave Mus graye and W G inspected the deor deer range in kalbak may maya 9 to 14 inclusive starting at a point about ten miles 0 north h of 0 ryan the party ex examined amineLl tho the following west side aide ranges slide 1 as aa tar far as the rim of kanab creek kowats point as farns far as kanab creek and the deer range out to the south rim south and west ot of big 1119 saddle the tha east side aide winter range mage was examined from kane to south canyon and saddle mountain and cast to the mouth of saddle creek the wInt winter orrange range on the east cast side shows in places a slow recovery oyer over previous severe over browsing but tills area as it a whole must be given further protection it if utilized to the same degree as during tho the present year the east side winter range will probably maintain the present herd of door deer only during good or average years yeara A dry year would result in winter range on the west side la is great permanent damage producing less lesa than one tenth the normal amount of 0 browse A short abort graving erasing season and favorable rains havo have made it possible to maintain the deer in better belter condition than last year but the range plants planta especially the mora palatable species are a little worse than last year A dry year with the present number ot of deer would almost destroy all the palatable browse within reach of 0 the deer A further reduction in the breeding herd must be made at orce once it if the winter range Is to be brought back and maintained at its normal capacity As it now stands it cannot maintain more than one tenth as many deer as could have hava been maintained before the range will damaged by over grazing the intermediate range shows a marked improvement over last year due to the tact fact that the deer did not enter it until late on account ot of a favorable late fall condition on the summer range and after they had entered the intermediate range a heavy storm soon boon drove them down to tho the winter range consequently the in range was browsed over little during this year this range although tho the best ot of all Is not more than fifty per cent of what Is should be A distressing factor in tho the who whole 10 situation Is that tho the damaged winter range Is moving higher into the inter mecate range year by year i A misguided public sentiment lias hai permitted the entire range to be ra reduced to a point where it will not support more than one fifth the number which could have bon ben maintained avith proper management without a marked reduction ot of tho breeding herd at this time the liera herd will automatically bo be reduced to a t small email percentage ot of that which could havo have beon been maintained at the present time with proper management on the west side from two to eleven dead let ad deor deer were found at every stop on the slide and white pocket range dead deer were more numerous by the water holes many were found in the open range 11 L W G mcginnies al E H MUSGRAVE j y r i