Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-11-30 | Page 12 | To Plant Trees on Salt Lake Reserve

10 PLANT TREES OH SALT LAKE RESERVE New Scheme Is Boin Employed by Government to Protect V atershed. A new departure In forestry work has bet n commenced on the Salt Lake forest reserve In Big Cottonwood canyon by James M Fetheroff. of the forest service Of the Department of Agriculture, and his assistant. V? alter B Hudley For some time they have been hard at work preparing pre-paring for the planting Of trees on the reservation, so that the watershed may h pr.it". led .inn" eventually the trees will be used ns lumber. The coming of w inter pi .-vents further work on the project pro-ject until spring. The Government officials offi-cials have abandoned their work until then und Will return to Washington, D. C, today to make a report to the department de-partment and perfect their plans. Northern Slopes to Be Planted Fir3t. When seen nt th- Ctilb n hotel last night Mr Fetfioiofl stated that he nnd his as-slstant as-slstant had i lasslfled the land with the object of ascertaining the acres that would be suitable for lor.st planting "The plans ihni We make.'" said he. "have been inspected and approved by Clifford Plnchot, chief of the forest service, and S" rtator Bmdot. The work of the planting Will be begun Just .13 soon its the plans . an be reared The ground has already been cl.ar.-d and a lathhouse will be erected In which the tr-es will bo kepi for one year. Afler that they will bo set out In nursery rows for two years at the end of which time they will be transplanted trans-planted to the mountain slope. The nursery nur-sery will be established nvar Mill Dee Fiat, in the canyon. Plants to Be Raised. 'The trees to be planted will bo principally prin-cipally r.d pine, although there will be sort..' whlti and some yellow Western pine. I cannot sjv the extent of Ihe area t.. be planted, but the northern exposures will be planted hrst. They are the most favorable slopes for th- purpos.-. be. a use the snow lasts longer there and the sun's heut Is not too Intense; but it is my opinion that th southern slopes will eventually even-tually be planted also. The work, of course, incurs considerable expense, but ir is believed that lis Importance Justifies the expenditure."