Show BIA Fights To Save Land From River The ram rampaging paging Duchesne River is changing its course an and carving gaping holes along lands the cutting action by the river caused severe damage to irrigation systems DURING THE past few weeks the soil and conservation section of the Bur Bur Bur- Bureau eau of Indian Affairs has un un- un undertaken the job of stemming the progressive stream bank cutting The work consists of placing jetties or along the water course and altering the water flow so that the cutting action is reo re- reduced to the minimum Using native trees on the job jobsite jobsite site and transporting old car bodies to the job jetties are being tm ed and laid al along ng the stream bank These are an to the site by extending a cable attached to a deadman dead man thirty feet up on the bank The dead deadman man which is a large Juniper tree is buried four feet in the ground and a c bl is attached providing the an- an anchor anchor chor for the jetties along the stream hank bank Two miles of river channel will be protected as will the Tribal land adjoin adjoin- adjoining adjoining ing the Duchesne River |