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Show CAMPS READIED FOR PICNIC SEASON Picnicking camps in several of the favorite canyons on the Wasatch Was-atch National Forest near to Salt Lake City are now ready for use by outdoor enthusiasts, Forest Service officials announced today, to-day, as the season for outings went into full swing. Eleven favorite canyon retreats have been readied by Forest Service Ser-vice rangers and patrolmen in recent weeks preparatory to meeting the seasonal demand which usually begins to gain heavily about June 1. Although many , of the camp and picnic grounds in the higher altitudes are still under three to six feet of snow and will not be accessible for a month or more, lower camps have been drawing hundreds of picnickers for several sev-eral weeks. Canyon picnic areas now ready for use according to Ranger W. E. Tangren in charge of the Salt Lake district of the Wasatch forest for-est are: Mueller park, 3 12 miles south-cast south-cast of Bountiful and 13 milea northeast of Salt Lake City. Forest For-est Guard Donald A. Childs will be in charge here. Box Elder, Terrace and Maple Grove picnic units are ready in Mill Creek canyon, about 12 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. George A. Green Jr., will be in charge of the area with Gerald Zimmerman and Merrill Worsley as his assistants. In Big Cottonwood six camps are now open including Oak Ridge, Ledgemere, Birches, Storm Mountain -and Moss Ledge Falls. Spruces will be ready June 1. Laurie Coles and Silas L. Brady, recreation and fire patrolmen will look after those units. These picnic areas are located 15 to 20 miles southeast of the City. Tanner Flat on the road to Alta is the only Little Cottonwood recreation development which will soon be ready for use. It is 25 miles from the city center. In charge of this canyon will be Gordon D. Lee. Indications are that although gas restriction will materially reduce canyon travel, group and organization outings by bus and pooling of private cars will still afford many thousands the opportunity oppor-tunity for climatic relief during the hot summer months. Canyon excursions by military and civilian personnel from all military posts in the valley area appear to be gaining interest. Reservations for scores of organized or-ganized picnics throughout the entire summer season are now ' on file in the office of the Wasatch Was-atch Forest. Such reservations by larger groups assure use of selected se-lected areas on the dates desired. During 1943 nearly 300,000 persons visited the recreation areas near to Salt Lake City on the Wasatch National Forest. O |
