| Show ashley forest spends for improvements in the umlah basin 4 funds in the amount ot of will val be b used for improvements administration and protection in 1928 on the ashley national forest which comprises five ranger districts and totals approximately 1000 mo acres this will include expenditures for the maintenance and construction of roads trails buildings telephone lines and other improvements tor for special tim ber and range surveys general administration and fire and insect control some will be spent in cooperation with funds provided by duchesne county and ane U 8 indian department in constructing miles of forest development road to lake fork mountain to open up timber for the dependent depend nt communities north of duchesne and roosevelt another 2000 will be used to maintain the ninety one miles of existing roads and 1100 to maintain the miles of existing trails there are two major fire control trail projects dundei construction one of which is on the uintah basin side and the other on the north side paral aeling the uintah mountain range 11 each comprising a low line ss u na approximately ninety wiles in length R and n d to cost and 2000 r respectively e ivell an additional 38 will be required to complete the trail system ol 01 the forest designed to adequately protect the feet of timber within the and to complete the foi foiest est highways and road a systems connecting the uintah tuisku and daggett county settlements and in making accessible a supply of timber for local communities requirements about 1500 feet board measure of timber will be cut this year on sales wes supplying eleven sawmills and about 1500 1 feet on tree use some beetle infected lodgepole pine trees in henrys forhand fork and about west e era m yellow pine trees south of manilla will be cut and burned in an effort to prevent the spread of the tree killing insects infesting those areas an ext extensile enslie survey of the stock ot 01 railroad ties in the lodgepole pine stands tributary to the uintah basin bisin will also be made during the year there will be thep shep she P and about 10 20 CM cattle and horses grazed the usual number using the range annually the forest service expects to make a range survey wis t ils year of ap proximately acres of grazing lands on the uintah basin drainage for management plan purposes |
