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Show In Science's Fight to Salvage Utah' Lands . I.10OII TRAIL WORK ADVANCES The aid Morataa trail ala 1 wkal k aaed ta aa. It t a aheap trail now and la parte a galley M fact deep, which wa taat kacomlng a menac to the Malt Lake City waterahed ia Mountain ll eanyoa. until the city, ttat and federal fed-eral government took a hand ta tn-atall tn-atall a anioue soil eroslea. project. 7e besvy av-tn revered waaneie f pinner ri wh tutted aver lirtl pnounuia Into HaM Lake valley dug deep rule la the mountalneide. Malting Malt-ing enow rouraad down the rate each tprlng until they deepened aad Wktened Inta a to-foot gulley. Thaa rame sheep, 10 ma af thera yearly, la avowee aver the trail aa earing and fall trips ketweea the Valley and inner reacaee of tka Wa aatrb range, dripping all vefetatlee, an route The trail became wide, karrea. ugly gaah across th mountain, a flood haaard and menace to th Mountain Dell reaarvoir. aald Georg t Kayeer. city water eommiaaionar. The federal government Became Interacted and with coop rail on af the city and atate began a aoil are ion control prelect. In charge af G. C McClur. dietrlct engineer. Work kegaa Inat fall, kut wa in-t in-t ami pled ky anew, aad reoumed ell weak ago. Up Ik mountalnaide C C C worker ar Building contour terraces, faced with (ton. Tk terrace ter-race are daalgned ta catch arater from Iprlng torrent and cloudburst, cloud-burst, prevent flood and divert tha water through "spreader But-Wtt" But-Wtt" Tk tarrecee II directly acroa th sheep trail and are fenced aa anker Bid ky a eonUauou line of wire mesh running In parallel Una 100 feet apart. Whan completed aheep will enter the fenced trail In the bottom of . Emigration canyon and follow M ap aver Litlla mountain, down Inta Mountain IU canyon, aeroae Gaarg Waahingtoa memorial park and up aver th ridg lata Alexander Alexan-der canyon. Tha lerraeaa ar faced wltk tane aa tha keep (harp feet won't cut them Into duet. Th fane will keep the aheep from denuding th aur-roundlng aur-roundlng countryside. The project will atop pollution af City watar. prevtnt dlaaetroua sra-lon sra-lon and be af untold benefit ta Bait Lea City, aald Commlaaiooer ktvear. Mr. MrClura aald work win be flnlthed about July 1. Tha city hauled tha fane poet. Whick war furniahed ky tha for tat aenrlce, and th fane wire, which wa furniahed hy th tat highway department Technical eupervtalon af the project I under direction af tha aoil conaarvatloa aervlc, UtlUa-tng UtlUa-tng C C C labor. Flood eontrol work win get aader Way thu weak near Balaam Spring, ta Wlllard eanyea, under a Vunt brograia of the United Btatta foraat aervte and aoil conaarvatloa m !!, It Wa diBcloaed Tueaday. A camp will k atttaiuhtd for M ma at tk it and thy will k tn-gated tn-gated la planting tree, kullding Itnce for control af Uveetock and terracing af area ubjct ta aroalon. 1. B. Quata. diatrict auaagar for tk aoil aarvtea, aald. 1 i ' t . ' ' ---- . 1 . - - 7V. V. :., f V' I MAN VEKSt'S EROSION AND SHEET ON MORMON TRAIL H. K. Burten, auprtnlendnt af waterwerkt, upper, an karaa, look Inl fuller that wag tha trait Center, George D. Keyaer aad G. C McClur Uipacl plana that retullcd in terraced aheep trail; Lloyd Baker gain acroa canyon. Th tea ar water diverting ridge. |