Show r rYr to Irl i n y Q C Ci y r rt i pT t y W Jt r e w em t r A 4 p J t tl i t w l N Y Nb b n 1 i NATURAL HOLES left by chaining are used for planting browse seed when they are available Neal Sorensen left Jeffery Sorensen Bob Jensen Clay Baird and John Preston of Troop plant seeds Dannenberg photo I 1 y r I li d 1 a n W a N t r 0 f r u i A h y I E 1 Ji rJ t dT JJ OBSERVING AN AREA of down chained scrub b cedar is Robert Jensen of the pointS point ing and from left Alan Cooper Troop Spence Shumway and Darrow Frandsen of Troop Guide Patrol The trees behind them were left for deer cover Donnen- Donnen Donnenberg berg photo Scouts Help Held Restore Lund land for Grazing brazing Boy Scouts and the Bure Bureau of Land Management cooperated ted Saturday to plant acres of ground with browse The annual project under the direction of R Robert bert Jensen of the will provide grazing for wintering deer nerds when th the planted browse matures in four years COAL MINE Basin was the thc scene of this years year's planting on high arid ground covered with stands of Cedar trees Ordinarily there is little forage in the area for livestock graz graz- ing The project first began in planning sessions Mr Jensen ensen said and a aplan pl n evolved which called for two heavy crawler tractors to pull a length of battleship chain between them across the area to knock knockdown down the scrub cedar trees AFTER THE trees were knocked over and uprooted the the Scouts moved in and with in- in instructions in from Mr 11 Jensen and a supply of browse seed they planted the seed in holes four feet apart In this manner about acres of ground was plant plant- planted planted ed The b boys boy's s 's who p participate rt- rt credit fur for advancement and conservation a wards awards le rc ports Bert Dannenberg district scout executive MORE IS Involved in this yearly project than meets meets the eye the leaders report The cost of planting the forage aver aver- averages aver ages from eight to ten dollars an acre This covers the ground preparation and the cost of ga- ga gathering gathering seed Browse seeds are gathered by hand around September In the local area by private pickers who work for profit gained in selling the seed to the They mu must t move In when the seed Is ripe and ready to drop and work lon long hard hours ga- ga gathering gathering it during the short time available AFTER THE seed Is avail avail- available available able in quantity for planting the must select and pre pre- prepare prepare pare ground that is worthless In inks Its existing state for grazing and prepare it for the plant Vol Volunteer labor like that of the Boy Scouts helps ke keep p costs to toa a minimum and makes the pro pro- project prop practical Early day history of Utah shows that much uch of the state was ns a grass covered land ex ex- ex cell ant for grazing Later n a along long dry period and sustained over overgrazing grating by all troyed th the grass and scrub Cf ce dar sagebrush sage and other i growth took the place of grass I Livestock graze graz decreased but butI I deer were attracted to the area In greater numbers with sod sed cover Eventually the c ce- ce Bars dals and scrub growth became too thick for even the deer and they too found themselves short of food WITH MODERN techniques of replanting and controlled grazIng man attempts to re- re restore restore store the land clearing large areas of scrub trees to plant new forage That the deer might retain the protection they need steep hillsides are left in scrub growth and islands or patches of scrub are left when large flat areas are clear cleared d |