Show NOTES OF INTEREST ABOUT FOREST WORK OR ORBy By La Sal Forest Office E C Sinford aS assistant m in the office of off f forest ores management from the re- re regional r gional office at Ogden den and Dr W Wener Wa g- g ener of the burea bureau of plant investigating tree diseases who is a a with the regional office at FrancIsco vere ere La Sal forest tore recently The purpose of the vIsit nas as to look over the eradication ork ork initiated In the Devil De canyon anyon area in 1930 by local forest of- of a The nature of the work consisted of pl pinning the trees of I all limbs girdling and of trees that were ere considered beyond bayou control measures In 1932 a cheek check of the area was by forest office and lt it was found that several out out- out outcroppings of this infection were vIsible I hicl could not be detected at the tI time the eradication work was don done Dr Wagener advised that this infection I tion mi might ht lie latent for at least si six I years vears He felt that considerable good goo had been accomplished and suggested ut th-ut we continue our control methods method at least In the m in plot where se e can also keep a careful check on o certain trees We propose to do some torn timber stand improvement work dur- dur during du ing the winter with C C C Work Vork I A summary of C C C work for Utah I as reported in the Forestry News DI- DI D gest gest sho s that a great advance was wa made macic in the forest program last year Fire hazards on eIght and one half one one-ha million acres of national forest lands land have been reduced Up to March 31 3 1934 there had been constructed sev several sev- sev several eral hundred miles mUes of traIls through the forests and more than mile mUes of cf telephone sure ITe were ere laid through throng forest areas More than a thousand man days davs spent fighting fire The C C C conducted campaigns to t eradicate rodents over acres acre and insect pests over acres They The also improved 1000 acres for camp campI campground cam ground round use and built check dams trees tree were plant plant- planted I Ashley ed d In the Wasatch Uintah Mand Dines Dies Cache Fishlake La Sal Mant I and md Powell National forests the C C C CI strengthened the hand of the fire fire- units of the forest service by b I miles of loads and an traIls rails lavin laying 50 miles of telephone and clearing fire fue hazards Iron from I more nore Ires than acres Figures indicate Utah men allotted to home dependents dependent the 15 months Trees Planted Plante forestry departments distributed State seed seed- seed to farmers 21 tree and shelter belt belt for ings in 38 states and two territories lanting furnished for fol trees are The last ast year only forest orest and shelter belt pUrPoses and mU are sold at nominal cost Local C C C Work of 30 men v sas as estabI I A C C C camp The I at Mon last week boys will vill be employed in constructing station building at Buker ranger a L new the supervIsion of local carpen- carpen carpenters under inder Carlson and John Young ers Henry reconstruct fIve and I They hey win will also of telephone line Une and ne half miles other improvement lone do to consIderable such as landscaping the ground work rork the old removing I round around Baker and is be- be being be berig side camp of 35 men Another I at Castleton thIs week ing rig established facilities are being provIded lousing Housing building and other In n the old tore store at Castleton It is expected remain there for a that hat the men weeks wm will if weather eather condi- condi conditions six or month anticipated permit It Is will ions about three complete that hat theY will one half miles of the Pack Creek Creek- nd nd Grounds road from the Battle Castleton When this in i Pinhook to completed travel road lS is of WIlson from rom Moab to Castleton 0 os er made cuth ease be mes las las-i can work ork on onLie will also The C C C crew around the north northend the Lie road extending FIsher point mountaIn over end nd of the of Forest Range past few weeks several the of KentuckY blue bluegrass pounds hundred undred been distributed to have seed rass g-rass ram certain over over- for allotments on onic theIr razed areas on is adapted The grass the ic forest range and only lay lay- favorable moist sites to localities are being sow rable this summer live Drought rought condItions case cases lessened and In many greatly eliminated the normal completelY of natural res nd it is chance hance artificIal will be hoped the beneficial fleer Deer During the hunting season whIch closed October 30 numerous hunters were rere successful in getting their vent vent- I son The wily animals seemed quite numerous in iii certain sections on the theLa theLa La Sal Some hunters however were unable to connect with their bucks |