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Show Fireworks banned on forests The use of fireworks or other pyrotechnic devices is prohibited on National Forests For-ests in the Intermountain Region. An order signed by Regional Forester Vern Ham-re Ham-re also bans from National Forests the use of internal combustion engines without spark arresters. Under authority auth-ority of regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, any violator will be charged with a misdemeanor and subject to CLUB MET The Moab Chapter of Socio Club met Saturday evening at St. Pius X parish hall for a brief business meeting. Mrs. Dean (Vickie) Ellis gave a report on the results of their dinner dance social held recently re-cently at Town and Country Club. They also made tentative tenta-tive plans for the coming summer and fall activities. usually greater when the late winter and early spring pre-cipition pre-cipition is above normal. In addition to reduced production, produc-tion, these species will also be adversely affected by reduced forage production with decreased de-creased survival of young. Ruffed grouse, blue grouse and cottontail rabbits have generally had the greatest reproductive success during years when late winter and early spring precipitation has been below normal. Whether this relationship will carry over in a severe drought year is unknown. It does appear likely that reproductive success suc-cess will be greater, but chances of survival may be reduced as the summer progresses. pro-gresses. Because of the ability of upland game species to build Up rapidly, there should be no lasting effects if the drought is short-tfm in nature. If the drought is lengthy, then-there then-there will certainly be some longer lasting effects. For the hunter, this nie-ans that success suc-cess in the field could be lower this fall, at least with some upland game species. With normal precipitation next winter win-ter and spring, however, these populations can be expected ex-pected to bounce back. prosecution. These prohibitions will be in effect during the closed burning seasons of the states of Nevada, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Specific information informa-tion on these seasons can be obtained at State Forester's Offices. As a result of the drought, fuels in most areas of the region are drier now than they normally are in late summer. Regional Forester Hamre urged recreationists to use extreme caution with fire at all times. A moment of carelessness could result in destroying watershed, wildlife, wild-life, scenic, and other environmental environ-mental values. Mr. Hamre emphasized that it is important for people to remember the hazards in volved with firewor, can cause wildfires tha,' k in tremendous d property and natural? '' weU loss of impersonal im-personal injuries. t; Although fireworks ily obtained in s"-they s"-they are absolutely pJ,"' on aU National Foresu J |