Show REHABiliTATION OF RANGES FIRST BIG JOB OF GRAZING DIRECTOR Moving of Colorado Sheep Into Int Utah to be Considered at Gland Giand Junction Friday Fl day RehabIlitation of western ranges range which have been denuded through overgrazing In the past is the firs fust bIg Job of F R Carpenter dIrector o of grazing under the Taylor act he de- de declared de dared m in an interview mt gIven to the th Associated Press at Washington Mon Ion Monday day Instead of mere pasture regula regula- regulation regulation tion it Is necessary to adopt Q a POlICY that will III restore the ranges to their the former condItion he declared One of the fIrst problems to come corn before DIrector Carpenter he stated i ithe Is the moving of Colorado sheep Into int Utah for the winter and thIs matter matte will be considered at a meeting to b be beheld held at Grand Junction FrIday of this thi week eek Carpenter explained public lands u uthe the west est constItute one fifth of the th area of the United States although only about two end and one half per cent cep of the population of the United States State is involved The new ne grazing director who ho only recently arrIved in Washington after h holding a series of meetings on pro pro- proposed pro posed grazIng regulatIons in the west saId ti steadily decreasing annual mOiSture in the publIc land mea area thelast the thelast last few years has changed some mOISt areas to semI arid arid semi sections section to arid arId and to semi desert and everto ever even evento to desert m in some instances Included in the section WhICh IS is covered by the Taylor glazing act is is the area once known es the great American desert saId Carpenter But it has been changed from that through the years and we westerners westerner looked upon it not as a desert but as a our home and vv e a know it will come comeback comeback back He said resIdents of the regIon have done all possible to avert the sItuatIon m in which they now find themselves but they are sImply victIms of the weather The The area will come back of course and one of the principal jobs of the director of grazing will be one of re- re said Carpenter We wIll team up With the forestry servIce and the agriculture department on a along along long range planning program designed to work for the benefit of aU all persons concerned with public domains Carpenter saId the department Is 1 bIg collaboration from the stockmen and the Plans now being formulated called for a new system of control of federal researches He HeMans plans Mans to regulate grazing and push hIs program through com com- committees of public land users in the west vest The Washington offIce he saId wIll act merely as a dIrecting head In Inthe the he decentralIzed organization InI I Carpenter said local grazing problems lems ems elIminate the lines in the Job at atI I rand hand and he hopes to create a section section- i el conSCIousness among the people of the he west Carpenter saId he plans to designate his supervIsors es as just as the forestery servIce has its foresters He saId nothing much can be done doneIt at It once in regard to restriction or regulation of cattle movements but added the feed situation for livestock commands immediate attention In line Ime wIth this a meeting has been peen called in Grand Junction Colo Friday to dIscuss the possibilities of venter r feed for livestock ways ays and weans means of meeting the Problem range protection and the moving of Colorado into Utah Carpenti has submitted hIs depart rt mental budget for the comIng year and wm rill confer wIth the budget directors Wednesday He said after that meet Ing rig he probably will be readY to an- an announce ounce details of his rehabilitation and nd conservation program and then Plans Mans to return to the west to con con- continue his bis meetings with users of the public domain A C Jorgensen Jorgensen and and andson son Boyd left last tat Tuesday for Emery county in- in intendIng tendIng ending to outfit there for an elk hunt hunt- hunting ing ag trip |