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Show Conservation Needs Inventory Eeinq Made in Utah The Utah State Conservation Conser-vation Needs Committee recently released the results re-sults of the conservation needs inventory completed in 1967, reports Bryant Brady of the Soil Conservation Conser-vation Service. This in- vpntnru uQc m'Trlo nnf'iiv fthe direction of a state committee representing agencies ag-encies and organizations with conservation responsibilities respon-sibilities and interests. Hie chairmanship was assigned assign-ed to the Soil Conservation Service. The inventory shows that Utah has a itotal land area of 52,721,550 arces. Includ-ied Includ-ied in the invienltory are 16,139,884 acres of private, state and Indian lands. The remaining area consists of 35,397,274 acres of federal land, 433,014 acres of uv- ban and built up area and 14,378 acres for water areas 2 to 40 acres in size. It is interesting to note that the urban and built up area has increased since 1958 as cities have grown and major changes have been made in the highway system. This expansion has occurred mostly at the expense ex-pense of cropland which has decreased 'by 64 thousand thous-and acres since 1953. In Grand County we find some change in land use since 1958. There are now 6,099 acres of irrigated land in the county compared compar-ed with 6,481 acres in 1958. Towns, cities, roads and railroads now utilize 10,149 acres within the county. |