Show Land Use ng Study In Uintah Basin Is s Now how ift Entering final Finall Stake Stage r Called Largest Planning Study Ever fiver Made l In Iii InThe The United States By Officials Of The Resettlement Administration Instructions Call For Concentrating of State And Federal Engineer Engineers Instructions have haY been issue for the concentration of Federal Regional and State and irrigation engineers in fth the Uintah Basin for the beginning of final stages s of f the land US use planning Study tudy eve ever made in the United States an ant and perhaps in the world according to officials of the Res Administration Incorporating approximately 4 4 acres in Duchsne Duchesne and Uintah counties and bounded orthe orthe onUle or on the Ule north by the Uintah mountains mountains moun moue rains on the west by the Wasatch range on the south b by the Book Book- cliff mountains and on the earlby east earl eastby east eastby by the Ule Colorado state line the region under study is 13 roughly a as large as 3 Switzerland or half of ol Ba Bavaria valia Begun last January field work on correlation tabulation analysis sis and interpretation of the many data gathered in the study will occupy another two or three months month's time Ume rater Water soil geological geological geo geo- logical weather and economic conditions of the northeastern Utah region are being fully inventoried inventoried inventoried in in- with I Ut e purpose of utilizing the findings in intelligent intelli gent state and local development de t and for needed adjustment of land use John E. E Ha Hayes es To Assist Irrigation Engineer John E. E Hay J has been assigned from the Land Utilization Division Resettlement Resettlement Resettlement Re Re- settlement Administration Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington ton D. D C. C to assist in the tho coordination of the water studies field supervision of the water water wa wa- water ter studies in in charge of Professor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor George D. D Clyde head ol ot the Irrigation Engineering Division Division Division Divi Divi- sion of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Experiment Ex Ex- Station Assisting Ass sting him arc are irrigation tion engineers ers Everett F. F Larsen Lamen A. A Alvin Bishop Dinford Dinford Dinford Din- Din ford Barrus Barras of the Utah unit Land Use Planning Section R Resettlement Resettlement Re- Re settlement Administration ration They are working out scientific water applications which may govern future future future fu fu- ture irrigating procedure in the rich basin The Tha Uintah Basin stated to be bea bea bea a literal El EI Dorado of riches with immense immens beds of phosphates coal and minerals itis it itis itis to con- con is now known can expect ct Continued on Page 8 Land Use Planning Study In Basin Now Nov In Final Stage Continued From Page 1 ranking lanking agriculture as one of its chief r resources l Prof Jennings To Supervise The Land Use Planning Section of Resettlement Administration has assigned d m en Lemo Lemoyne ne Wilson and J. J Darrel Peterson to the Uintah area under supervision of Pr Prof cf D D. S. S Jennings Professor sor GOl of soil sOli technology at the tha Utah Stats State Agricultural College The I Utah State Slate Planning Board Boar pau pae assigned d three to work with the Wilson and p. p Peterson under under under un un- un- un der Prof J Jennings Jennings' supervision Social studies of the Uintah h Basin to set up factual data by which th the present population may be bc benefited and any future resettled resettled re re- settled population may be guided guid guid- ed have been inaugurated by Prof W. W Preston Thomas Prof Gorge George Blanch and three assistants assistants assistants assist assist- ants all from the Utah Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural tural Experiment Station They arc are taking cognizance of standards standards standards stand stand- I ards of f living in th the B Basin sin region religious and social factors market market martet mar mar- ket tet possibilities transportation of I the present and possible future and farm conditions J. J Howard vard of the Utah State Stat Land Use Planning I Section is in general administrative tive control For the Region Resettlement Resettle ment Administration Edwin E. E Wilson Assistant Re Regional Dh Director Director c- c tor in charge of the Land Utilization Utilization Utilization Division will review the final reports as well as administering adminis adminis- t ring ring scientific p personnel from his office office- in Berkeley California When in completed form fonn the study of the tha Uintah Basin will vill provide all necessary sary information for any program the people of that section of Utah wish to adopt toward realizing the fullest present present present pres pres- ent and future possibilities of their agricultural soil and nd water resources The soil of the entire region is ising being ing classified as to its usefulness useful useful- ness for every type of agricultural agricultural tural produce The Uintah Basin region is not nol classified as a distress section I states irrigation engineer Hayes but it has hM begun to tD suffer from over over O ion of oj i acreage acreage acreage ac ac- ac- ac resulting in low crop yields and in many places place low standards I of oC living with numerous families I forced on relief If permitted to to torun torun run an uninterrupted course some kind of tragedy p perhaps similar to those which have occurred oc OCcurred occurred oc in other parts of the country country country coun coun- try could certainly b ba be expected Utah Asks Aske Help hell In Study Utah has requested our helpin help in the Uintah Basin study It Jt is I primarily their own idea and we weare weare were are re a assisting wherever we can be of help with every enry resource I at our command In the future for one thing the use of water will b confined to the proper number of acres and to the best land I There There is is also the advantage to tobe tobe tobe be gained from such a study that that it r reveals greater water resources than previously supposed und under r I proper handling of the water a avail vail available available able its storage and the discovery discovery discovery dis dis- covery y of new sources of ground groundwater groundwater water and its it'S handling and storage storage storage stor stor- age in subterranean basins Since inauguration of the studies studies studies stu stu- stu- stu dies in the Uintah Basin several other communities notably in California and Arizona have re requested requested re- re quested help in malting making similar studies wi with th the idea of setting up a a. land utilization plan for tor their thir communities designed to furnish information for the most economic economic economic eco eco- use of land and water The Admin Admin tra- tra tion say its officials is ready to consider such requests from other communities |