Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-11-04 | Page 19 | Butte Studies Erosion Curb

iittcstu::-8:-et.os:::i cu:j ' POCATELLO. Idaho Nationally recognised as th major experiment experi-ment in th affect of contour furrowing fur-rowing on checking of soil erosion, th nearly 3000 mile of furrowing on foothills surrounding Pocatello may be th pattern for similar undertakings un-dertakings In th vicinity of Butte, Mont Th possibility was indicated her Friday following studies of th Gate dty project by delegation of Butte conservationists with th asslstanc of M. V. Pnw!L director direc-tor of th Pocatello soil conservation conserva-tion district office. Comprising the Butte delegation were: Dan Sullivan, chairman of Silver Bow county, Mont., county commission; Brandon McMahn. Silver Bow county engineer; Frank Curran, Butte city engineer; True-man True-man Anderson, Montana state coordinator co-ordinator of the soil conservation service; Yngre Hanson, W P A engineer en-gineer for Montana; I so If Sevtg-stad, Sevtg-stad, Butte W P A eatfneer; Frank Bowman, Billings, Mont, W P A sons engineer, and Gordon D. Pax-on, Pax-on, Montana state W P A field engineer. en-gineer. Revegetatlon on much of th formerly for-merly denuded and badly-gullled foothills in th vicinity of Pocatello Poca-tello has begun naturally, and It ts expected that vegetation over a period of years will be sufficient to thoroughly protect th areaa against erosion and th dty of Pocatello from a formerly serious flood hazard.