OCR Text |
Show - - , ' Streambank Streambabk Prateetiou Protection1Redu Protection'ReducesLand ProtectionReducesLand ' Reduces ReducesLand es ' . Land Damage \ on Utah Farmsr Farmst Farms FarmsEroding r t t tt ta t a v ' "x x "xu "xt "xr " u t r " r rS r1U&ir2 S 1U&ir2 1Uir2 1U&ir2A ; & A + , F , Est 4 . Eroding . streambanks .treambanks treambanks , . a as . illustrated Illu.trated Illutrated . in top picture , . not notonly notonly notonly only destroy d.stroy dstroy . valuable farm land , . but also lo .o o * . increase Incr.as Incras . . flood floodhazards floodhazards floodhazards hazards and impare the value of dam dams . and end reservoirs r.s.ryoirs rs.ryoirs rsryoirs . . . Farm Farm- Farmers Farmers Farmers - ers cooperating cooperatin9 cooperatin9with with Soil Conservation Con.ryation Conryation . . Districts Dlstrlda are check check- checking checking . - ing streamban streambanw , . erosion .roslon roslon by means m.an man . . of mechanicalstruc mechanical struc struc- structures struc- struc structures structures - - tures and dense d.na dna . . plantings planting . of tr trees . . . , . shrubs ahrub . and . , Tines .In.s In.s Ins vines . . SoU Soil SoUConservation SoilConservation SoilConservation Conservation Service technicians are assisting a.ailting aailting . cooperatot cooperators cooperatorsof . of the Uinlah Uintah Basin Soil SoU Conservation District Diatrlct in carrying carryingout carryingout carryingout out this type of erosion control work Th The . bottom plctur picture pictureillustrates pictureillustrates . illuatrates illustrates the results result . obtained when proper streambank atreembank eros .ro- .ro eros- erosion . erosion .roIon . - ion contfol control control practices practic.s practics . are carried out I I farml'land Some of the most fertile farml farm farmland farmland 'land land ' in 10 this area is being des des- destroyed destroyed destroyed - - troyed each year as a result of of'stream ofstreambank ofstreambank 'stream stream ' streambank bank erosion according accordingto to Howard M Ivory District DistrictConservationist DistrictConservationist DistrictConservationist DistrictConservationistOur Conservationist ConservationistOur Our most fertile lands are In Inthe inthe inthe the valleys so when the streams streamsgnaw streamsgnaw streamsgnaw gnaw away the banks the agri agriI agricultural agricultural agricultural I cultural value of the adjacent adjacentarea adjacentarea area adJacentlarea is damaged Mr adJacentl Ivory Ivorypo.mted Ivorypointed Ivorypointed po.mted pomted pointed . out This soil which whichgoes whichgoes whichgoes goes into the streams in the theform theform theform form of silt is piled up behmd behind behmdexpensive behindexpensive behindexpensive expensive dams thereby reduc reductag reducing I 109 tag the capacity capaclty and value of the thereservOIrs thereservoirs thereservoirs reservOIrs he continuedPermanent continuedPermanent continued continuedPermanent Permanent control of eroding erodingstream erodingstreambanks erodingstrcambanks stream streambanks banks the conservatIOnist conservatIOnistexplamed conservationistexplained Conservationistexplained explamed explained requires a combina combine combinatlOn combineLion combination tlOn Lion of mechanical control and andplantmgs andplantings andplantings plantmgs plantings of trees shrubs and andvlne andvines andvines vlne vines < ; Mechanical Mechamcal structures structuressuch structuressuch structuressuch such is 'Ie Ie as ' ; cotton cottonweed weed tref trees ' ' cahled cahledtogether < , cihledtogether ' ) hled hledtogethtr togetht-r togetht r together . - ] jetties C t ties or tdr'll tdrll tctraehed tctraehedrons tctr-uhedrons tctr uhedrons ' - hed hedrons rons ordiiiiinlv ordlndrllv ordinarily are arc cOhld considered consideredas [ red redas as tempc temp < ( rary control Lontrol measures measuresThey measuresThey measuresThey They divert dlvut thttream the tht- tht . - < ; stream tream flow flowaway flowaway flowaway away from the cutting cuttmg bank bankFor bankFor bankFor For p < ( rnianent rmanent streambank con control control control trol therefore therdore these mechamcal mechanical mechamcalstructures mechanicalstructures mechanicalstructures structures must be reinforced by bydense bydense bydense dense plantings plantmgs of black or crack crackwJilow crackwillow crackwillow wJilow willow on 011 the silt bed adjacent adjacentto to the tht < ; stream tream Russian olive oliveo oliveosage oliveosage o osage age orangtblack orange orangt- orangt . - black locust mul mulberry mulberry mulberry berry catalpa cdtalpa the honey 10 to 10cust toGust locust cust Gust can be planted farther fartherback fartherback fartherback back on the sand to aid in 10 de desilting desilting Iltlng silting < ; flood waters The These < ; e plant plantings plantings 109 ings " also aleo ; are viluable v'lluable vlluable valuable ' to the thefarmer thefarmers thefarmers farmer farmers . , because beLduse they prOVide prOVidefUt1 providefuel providefuel fUt-1 fUt 1 fuel - wood and fence posts post < ; Mr MrIvory MrIvory MrIvory Ivory saldIn saidIn said sald saidIn In order to provide a dense densegrowth densegrowth densegrowth growth of vegetation back of the mechan mechanical ical structures it is isabsolutely isabsolutely isabsolutely absolutely necessary that the theentire theentire theentire entire area planted to trees and andshrubs andshrubs andshrubs shrubs be fenced or otherwise otherwiseprotected otherwiseprotected otherwiseprotected protected from destruction by bylivestock bylivestock bylivestock livestock the conservatIOnist conservatIOnistwarned conservationistwarned Conservationistwarned Conservationistwarnedeumimnnnnnawwinnnimntirou warned eumimnnnnnawwinnnimntirou ) _ 1nf1I1UI V . _ |