Show washington washingtonian jail Jan the president ila has just signed a proclamation crent ing the vardo forest in arizona this tin s new Nati national forest liter an d alpa of and is located n ma and yavapai lu n ties it lips 0 01 i tho thorest west hide of tha verde 11 divor ivor and includes a of tho the water watershed sAied of j stream jeromo tile thy proof pra of tho united verde copper mino alino i L situated in tile northern part of tit 0 forest t west wi st anti lion tit west of jerome at mo e the Ming fount ians there tharo is a area of forest which ir I 1 ba hns s been bially badly abused in tile the past but which under proper management will fun aih a small local supply of timber to i tl t e mining camp the gr greater cater part of the aroll aroa of t this hisao forest rest is cove covered red th ith a growth of brush 6 with out commercial value the protection of this however is j just ns as important as heavily forested foi ested land tor for as in the case in southern california this scrubby growth is tile only y thing that conserves con sones tile the water supply and protects the watershed the verde ewer front from serious erosion the creation cren tion of this new rational Yat ional for et 64 e t is iri considered necessary by reclamation service for tile the best administration of the reclamation act anti and the clio watershed has an important relation te tc tile the full development of the irrigable lands of salt river vally in order that the rich lands land in this martof part of arizona be brought to their highest development the alio watershed of the bordat river will be protected from damage through wasteful lumbering and overgrazing many parts of the forest have suffel ed front overgrazing by large bands of goats and the protection of brush cover will prevent further ero ion and impairment of tit alie water supply the forest service will by no means prohibit graz grazing ingon on this new forest but will 0 o to rf ngul gulite licit it that the watershed of tho the verde vt rdo river will not be injured in this way nn an important source of waitr which converses come reH toward salt viver and its tributaries tributa ries will be protected for the ultimate development lei of the irrigated lands |