Show I I I I I I I I I I I I I I IRed Red W Wash ash Water WaterHole WaterHole Hole Repaired by I Project Red Wash reservoir reservoir the only IRed water ater supply available to sheep between the Green and the White Whit rivers in Uintah county east of Verna Vernal which was damaged re- re recently recently re recently by torrential storms is now being repaired as a range Improve improve- improvement improvement Improvement ment project according to H C Jessen chief engineer of the Utah Works Progress Administration Although the Red Wash reser reser- reservoir reser- reser reservoir reservoir voir stor stores a limited supply of wa- wa water water wa water ter between 20 and 30 acre feet it plays an Important role In Uin Uin- Uintah tah talt Basin Basins s sheep Industry by supplying supplying sup- sup supplying plying water vater to more than head of sheep each season seaon When violent storms struck east east- eastern east ern ern Utah recently the force of a cloudburst was as expended on time the downstream face of the dam with ith witha a result that the Impounded WD- WD waters wa waters were menaced unless Imme Imme- Immediate immediate Immediate diate repairs were ere made I B D H president of the Ashley ers association association tion petitioned Mr Jessen to effect repairs at the Red Wash reen Mi Mr stated that mem mem- members members members bers of his association credited the I Red Wash resen reservoir project which was originally built as an Emergency I cy Drouth Relief measure with saving the lives of thousands of head of sheep during the last fall and spring Mr Jessen said a crew of work work- workers workers workers ers started Friday to rebuild the face of the dam and to double the width of the spillway The work ork will be rushed to completion as quickly is ms possible with the view of preventing destruction of the dam should another rr r violent storm occur Mr in requesting re- re reI repairs repairs re repairs pairs at Red Wash stated that I this project together wi with h the de- de de development of Ging Well and a well vell at Co Coyote ote Basin had been of un- un untold untold un untold I told benefit to sheep while on the trail Prior to the development of these projects sheep were often compel compel- compelled compelled compelled led to trail forty miles for water The first bands band grazed the ground bare for more than a mile around the water ater hole and additional bands arrived for w water ater ater could not get sufficient forage to continue their long march The development of a series of VI water ater holes about 10 miles apart and judicious use of feed along the trail has materially reduced the losses of Mr declared |