| Show ufah RECEIVES cofie FROM M IT PAYS according to information sent out by the district forester at ogden the state of utah received the benefit of 77 more from the national forests in 1926 than did the federal government in other words the total receipts from the national forests in the the state of utah amounted to of this amount 25 per cent or 62 was returned to the counties in which the national forests occur the net receipts to the government from the forests of utah were the amount expended by the federal government for fire fighting reconnaissance wart and salaries of forest officers amounted to improvements made cost for roads and trails with the 10 per cent fund the government expended 55 making the total amount spent on th national forests of utah it is extremely doubtful that the state would receive as much as is now expended on the national forests if the forest ranges were all in private ownership and subject to taxation manti forest newsletter |
