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Show E EXTENSION \.TLNSION .TLNSION XTENSION ' \ . DIRECTORURGJS DIRECTOR DIRECTORURGES DIRECTORURGES URGES URGJS : DIRECTORI CONTROL Ot OJ OF OFU OtUTAH . I U UTAH T A H WATERSHEDS WATERSHEDSBy Directormii mii am PetersonI I By Director William PetersonUSA PetersonU Peterson IU USA U S A C Extension Service I IWatershed IWatershed I IWatershed Watershed lands in Utah must musthate . must.have musthave ha\e ha e hate \ some definite superv1sioll-1 superv1sioll 1 supervisimti superv1sioll1ly supervision supervisimt-- supervisimt - - - ' " 'Icre-1ly 'Icre Icre 1ly ' i rre rrely U : * - I Isjnot ly passing Into private ownership Is Isnot isnot not sufficient suf1clent ! unless the private own own- ownership ownership - I ership is associated with the waterl water waterusers waterusers ) ' users who want the protectionSmall protectionSmall protection protectionSmall , ' Small canyons and protectionI small ravines ravinesclose ravinesclose ravinesclose I close to many of the towns are being denuded beingdenuded beingI of the small timber protec- protec - protection protecttlon protec-I protec I , tlon tion The cutting of a few acres of ofmaple ofmaple ofmaple | ofJ J maple aspen or oak it if not done care- care carefully care-fully care fully - - ) fully carefully Immediate , might result not only in Immed immed- - iate flood damage but also In con- con - - tlnued tinued con-jtinued con conItlnued continued reduction in water supply con-I con I and anda anda anda d andI a manyyears menace meDace to the community for ror many I 'years years ' years to come This does not mean mea n that meanthat meathat part of the material could not b bcut be I cut for wood but something should be b left to protect the snow in 1n the ' area area'I are areand areaand 'I I and retard the runoff and thus re re- re - . ' 'habl11tate habl11tate habilitate . . _ w . the . . water supplyAn supply supplyAn An effort to make a 11 careful stiand and a plan to be executed on iwatersheds watersheds of the several streams streamsjust streamsjust streamsjust just as essential as building reserveon on the streams The time has co cowhen cowhen when e a eryone should be interested interestedthe interestedthe Interestedthe the protection of the watershed watershedto to date little 11ttle planting has been d dto < to increase its value however hov.ever hovever . , , the demands of ot the future may vtake take Into account the possibility passibility of lonl onl only } < protecting the vegetation on upper watershed wate"hed watehed " as it Is at prescbut but extending the program to mcre intro mcrethe lucrethe introthe the protection of the watershed watershednew watershednew watershednew new plantlngs plantings of ot trees , grasses shrubs , for it is on these that tfe the r ' & growth &TOwth TOwth of this st state te depen " |