Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-21 | Page 3 | Erosion Threatens Beaver Watershed

O I EROSION THRE THREATENS TENS I 1 BE VER WATERSHED I BEAVER Sept 21 Erosion 21 Erosion in the 0 Beaver mountains is depleting the 4 range so that experts claim the sta stage e eis is all nil set for or floods as bad as if it not worse than any ny that have occurred g gS' gS in the state All that is needed they S' S claim is a cloudburst or heavy rains Forest Ranger H. H M M. Christensen S through the forest service invited R. R J. J Beacraft professor of or range management Reed W. W Bailey professor professor professor pro pro- fessor of geology at Logan and Nib Milo Doming of the Great Basin experiment experiment experiment ment station and members of the state land board flood survey commission commission com coin mission to Beaver to look over the situation They visited the headwaters rs of the Beaver river and examined the situation situation situation sit sit- very carefully They stated that the depletion of the range was the main contributing factor to a n flood and from all indications the S thousands of deer in the Beaver mountains are arc forcing sheep and cattle cattle cattie cat cat- tle tie to extreme use of herbaceous vegetation thereby causing the watershed watershed wa wa- sva- sva to become stripped This summer approximately 40 head of cattle have died from larkspur larkspur larkspur lark lark- spur poisoning the cause being at attributed attributed attributed at- at to overgrazing They also stated that all of at the tle smaller aspens have been cropped off oU and nearly everywhere no small trees were found growing Following this survey Mr Christensen Christensen Christensen Chris Chris- met with the Beaver Lions club explained the seriousness of the situation and asked that a delegation delegation dele dele- gation of men be selected to go into the mountains and make a careful survey The following committee vz chosen to make the trip Dr E. E A. A PeU Petty city councilman and Lions club member Mr Christensen W. W W. W Farrer Pine Creek Forest Users' Users association Joseph Bakes president of ot the fish and game club George PLow P P. Low president of the South Side Forest Users' Users association Lew Low Mar vIar Price county agent Gus Easton local lo local lo- lo cal game warden K A A. Barton Lions club C. C F. F Harris chairman of at county county county coun coun- ty commission Raymond L. L Cornwell Corn- Corn well Beaver press representative and T. T W. W Gunn of the Beaver Valley Vaney Wool Growers The group made the trip and visited visited visited visit visit- ed as many places as possible during the day However no recommendations were made but a more extensive extensive extensive exten exten- sive trip was planned with Lew Mar Price in charge after alter which an account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of their findings will be made