Show FORESTS AND ND THE BASIN Supervisor Super Stewart of Ashley Forest Forest Forest For For- est gives valuable Information concerning Our Forests Of the acres embraced within the exterior c boundaries of the Ashley shley National Forest approximately approximately approximately ap ap- proximately three-fifths three of the area or acres is tributary to the Uintah Basin and embraces watersheds of the steams that supply supply sup sup- pI ply the irrigation water yater for the greater part of the Basin The I principal streams are Lake Fork River Yellowstone River Uintah River Whiterocks River Dry Fork of Ashley Creek Ashley Creek and Brush Creek Other streams that supply much irrigation water are aze Duchesne and Strawberry rivers flow from the Wasatch and Uintah National Forests In addition addition ad ad- to the natural flow of these steams there are arc a large number of reservoirs in the mountains to hold back high waters until they are for irrigation during the summer season In most cases dams have been constructed across the outlets of lakes to provide for greater water storage Some of the largest of these lakes are arc arci Kidney Fox Brown Duck Bluebell Bluebell Bluebell Blue Blue- bell Five Points Atwood and Che- Che peta Other rather large reservoirs reservoirs reservoirs reser reser- are in Paradise Park ark and East Park Grazing On these same watersheds there are grazed head of sheep I and head of cattle and horses The sheep are on these grazing lands largely between veen Ju July y 1 and September 15 They graze the higher elevations or above feet The principal sason for cattle and horses is June 1 to October 31 and they use the grazing lands from the forest boundary which is about feet elevation up to the sheep range The above figures above figures do not include all the stock grazed on the Ashley Forest as large number use the noth slope of the Uintah Mountains Timber There are found extensive stands of pine Engleman Engleman- spruce and western yellow pine on the south couth slope of the Uintah Mount Mount- ains Nine small sawmills operate in those timbered areas but their annual cut Is so small that it does not begin to equal the annual new I growth of timber Umber If there were I adequate transportation facilities so that the timber could be cut and placed on the large markets of the country it would add much wealth to the Uintah Basin It is estimated that the productive capacity capacity capacity cap cap- of all the National Forest timber lands of the Uintah Basin which are suitable for the production production production tion of railroad ties or is approximately 30 million board feet per year According to the best information available as to the quantity of timber Umber and careful studies made on rate of growth pine railroad ties or approximately 1000 ra oad carloads carloads carloads car car- loads could be cut annually for all time on the mountain tributary to the Uintah Basin I Trees grow old and die Properly Properly Prop Prop- erly managed forests never die as old trees are arc removed to allow continuous continuous con con- development of young and thrifty trees Note Note We We leave out Mr Stewarts Stewart's Stewarts Stewarts Stewart's Stew Stew- arts art's paragraphs or on OD Forest Roads and For Forest st Fires The above kindly sent us by Mr Stewart is appreciated The road building and the Fire Protection Protection tion para have been omitted to permit fol foll following wing on phases of the matter and which space would I not permit if we used all the article article art art- icle furnished by the Supervisor This Uintah Basin has forrest I reserves all along the north side from Colorado to the Wasatch Wasatch Wa Wa- satch divide Ashley forest in charge of Mr Stewart covers that northern area to the di divide divide di di- vide between the and Duchesne rivers At this point or orline orline orline line the Uintah forest takes over the timbered area including some of Summit county as we understand understand under under- stand it On our west wesl is the Wasatch I forest and we suppose the line of separation is the Duchesne river This forest also Includes more than the actual basin lands including we believe both sides of the Wasatch Wasatch Wa Wa- satch Batch range and extending down nearly to Sanpete on the south Hence the basin includes the major timbered areas of three national national na na- na forests Timber on the north side of the Uintah range may maybe maybe maybe be well floated down Green river and shipped or made into products somewhere between Jensen and Ouray This paper will furnish a complete complete com com- plate survey of the subject provided provided pro pro- vided by the government relative to the timber supplies directly re- re to the basin But this week we have not space for the com com- I |