Show EXTENSION DIRECT R r URGES CONTROL OF UTAH WATERSHEDS By Director William Peterson Extension Service Watershed lands in Utah must have some definite supervision Merely passing into private own own- ownership ownership is ic i not sufficient unless the private ownership is ia associated with the water U users who want the protection Small canyons and small ravines close to many of the towns are be- be being being be being ing denuded of the the- small small timber protection The cutting of a few acres of maple aspen or oak if not done carefully mi might ht result not only in immediate flood damage dam dam- damage damage age but also in continued reduction in water waler supply and a menace tu to the community for many years to tuI I come This does not mean that part of the material could not be cut for wood but something should I be left to pro protect ct the snow in the area and retard the runoff and andI I thus rehabilitate the wn water r supply I An effort to make a careful study and a plan to be executed on the watersheds of the several streams is just as es essential as building reservoirs on the streams The time has come when everyone I should hould be interested in the prote protection tion of the watershed Up to date little planting has been done to increase its value however the I deI de- de de I mands of the future futuro may well take I into account the possibility of not only protecting the vegetation on the he upper watershed as it is at present but extending the pro pro- program program gram to increase the protection of the he watershed by new plantings of trees rees grasses and shrubs for it itis its itis is s on these watersheds that th the of this state depends |