Show Utah Land Lund Area Inventory Report Recently Released l The Utah Stale State Con I ii k Nee Needs s Committee recently ref reli I I ir It results of oC the conservation needs inventory completed completed com com- in 1967 1007 retorts reports Lorin Hunt of oC the Soil Soli Conservation Service THIS INVENTORY was ma made e under the direction of or a state committee representing re presenting agencies and organizations with conservation responsibilities and in In- The chairmanship was assigned to the Soil Conservation Service The inventory shows that Utah has a total land area of acres Included In In- chided in the inventory are arc acres of oC private state and Indian lands The remaining area consists of oC acres of federal land acres of or urban and area and acres for water areas two to 40 acres in size IT IS Interesting to note that in Utah urban and built built up up area has increased since 1958 as cities have grown and major changes have been made in the highway system This expansion has occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc mostly at the expense of cropland cropland cropland crop crop- land which has decreased by 64 thousand acres since 1958 In Uintah County there has been a decline in irrigated cropland from acres in 1958 to in 1967 However However How How- ever urban and built tip area acreage has changed very little In 1958 urbanand urbanand urban urbanand and up built-up areas consisted of acres and in 1967 the acreage was acres or essentially no change Acres of rangeland has increased from acres in 1958 to acres in 1967 THIS IS a sample of the information available in the inventory publication Copies will soon be available for distribution distribution distribution dis dis- and will be placed in the public public pub pub- lic and school libraries of the county In the meantime anyone wishing information information mation from this inventory may contact the Soil Conservation Service office in inVernal Vernal |