Show ASHLI ASHLEY W DRY FORK watersheds HAVE nich N RESOURCE VALUE over 20 persons use local area for recreation F from rom taw n tilli d pl i n t nf f r n source values tile of ashloc ond and dry ma creek dr it mi fin ages rate raie intuni the hig eston the nath nati hini hyal forest a nt 1 cording to glen clen A L limhi riber tiber district farrat nun Hun gei Rii nt the tho orra orua irti irrl of if tile tho water ilvo ileo livo J adres 0 h v 75 I 1 p of vt h is d th balance of var iotis lotis of irn ink lok ioK lands landa whim h flows flow 4 fi ft in ni ahn area proVi provide dee def irrigation water for ap proximate ly gooon oco aco s of farm ludd lund tind nd dt furnishes furnish furn sh eq did cid inary wafer for 1 about tell ind penel pert of this sl supply I 1 pro videa thre ilch tigh tile the cl water axy olom flom nril nna dart part of it is from front an ail bindt flow which h has its rire birr ri rr ori oil ukal Aw lillo dr arv fo fork r k w arlu wr a lu the tiie irrigation writer vihn from thi watershed with the HIP ir gatlon ri facilities is worth ap proximately 1 2 0 ono 00 this together with will oho mho investment in fit the culinary atre supply ana and the power facilities which are nrc directly dependent on a regular cd ed water flow would nince pince a valtie vollie of or 20 per watershed herl heil acre on nil oil of the iana land included in the ash 1 y dry nry dryfork fork watershed tile the above anre only local loril values the spring runoff is some gome somewhat what excessive and the overflow runs into the colorado river the area aren also has hns many other values it supports cattle and head of or sheep for tile the summer grazing season it sup ports 1700 deer ana and 25 elk olk recreation visitors exceed per year and this number is sure to increase as the tion grows in ashley vai val valley le y and adjacent areas the volume of timber re represented resented on the area is upwards T s of million feet of mature lodgepole this is one of the largest stands of un development timber in the state of utah the cwak runoff from tills this area areu ims imi 1111 eill lillico lii lil lilo ilio second feet fret the ivr n w low lw water flo fio flow W Is i from 15 1 to 40 w cond frond favot lut lul hus has 1 wonc konc t low row lows rows ris its 20 second fi fet jet i the iha orix arix early orly runoff i 1 11 1 fr ellit damage 1 l it to the I 1 I 1 1 a I 1 r r i r d at OK higher oleva clova tini theo then hn lin been 1 ning gut ent of lh the inore palatable ts rmel find haro hare fn arfi noll an li Is hev bev orning between the clumps shit siu amon ahi 0 on nine nani because of it lack of cover tie tio tle water rl laining earni p city of the thi t he soil wl in been darn agea aged to colne I 1 and no cloude tills this contri wilie wilio bu A to m all s iprian p ring the amlA int of plant cover enver on t these those h ese eso waters h ind r henrs hears a direct rt relationship to th the r of water hold hack back by chiq thi soil kill for up twe ns as ir rinn tion wilter writer the cri crl tieni of the tho summer nw most extensive damage bar hns occurred on the eolith south slope of taylor tavion mt and on some arca in tit fit the canyon tie tle tay lor or nit mt it oren orea r en aaro darn aued aged prior to the time of regulated graing grazing on oil the tim national forest sheet erosion bag tins removed the top soil from 75 7 percent of this this aren area he ho tile the plant cover was wag not sufficient to div rive give it ade ado adequate quate pro fec tec lection tion for the past 35 to 40 vear year his this area has been g given civen IV C n good marin gement and grazed very lightly the recovery reco vory nt at present Is hardly noticeable period i it va nily ally I 1 I 1 v for many benr excessive runoff lins hns from the area known ns as the spring creek drainage following storms some nf of these have reached readied floor proportions and have raised the lower ashey creek almost to the highwater high water mark with muddy silt laden water A study made of this area has disclosed the tac fac that no water has run off of thie the top of mt where the tho soil was protected by a fairly good pia pla plant nt cover the tho t he excessive amount of runoff all originated less loss than two sections of partly denuded ran range vange g e land lands s 0 on n an average each 2 12 watershed acres represented on the ashley dr dryfork y fork drai dral drainage n a g e must provide water for one acre nere of agricultural i cu lt ura 1 1 land and in the valley each watershed acre destroyed b by fire overgrazing improper in cutt cutting g of timber or other causes means less water in th the e v valley vailey a ll 11 ey during the critical summer irrigation period water is life and prosperity pro therefore our watershed is worth protecting concluded ranger lambert |