Show Forest Rangers Map Economy Moves Forest Supervisor James 0 O. Stewart Mantl-LaSal Mantl Mantl LaSal National Forest said today that this week Is being devoted by him and his staff to a detailed appraisal of the resource management job on each rangers ranger's district The objective is to strike a solid balance bal balance ance between resource manage management ment manpower and existing funds in the Interest of federal I economy Mr Stewart pointed out that the Forest Service has never overlooked an opportunity to do its important job cheaper and better Constant vigilance to apply proven techniques to management Is built right Into the Forest Service organization I he said Guiding the discussions Is Howard Foulger Assistant Supervisor Supervisor Sup of the LaSal Mantl LaSal National Nat ional Forest Supervisor Stew I art reported that Mr r Foulger had received specialized training train ing in the complicated task o of Interpreting volumes of national forest business into hours of ranger work Discussions have brought out that the average districts rangers rangers rangers ran ran- gers work load Is man man- years Temporary help needed depends entirely on the resource Job The district work load Is appraised on a basis of ot volume of timber sold number of grazing graz graze ing ng animals the fire tire protection Job and other resource management manage ment ent activities which require administrative work or the application ap ape of ot technical knowledge by the forest ranger Participating In the discussions discuss discuss- ions are the following Manti La ManU La LaSal Sal forest rangers LeGrand Olson Mantl MantI Utah Merlin Stock and Robert Brown Ephraim Utah Wells Thursby Mt Pleas Pleas- ant int George Whitlock Feron Utah Max Green Castle Dale Utah Q David Hansen Moab Utah Utah- and Julian hornas Thorn horn as is as Monticello Utah |