Show IJ i Y Ji- Ji ii i l O rest Se Service c e B I e sf t wt t w Ii I Ii gw 11 I I I a 0 I I r I ij f l a h 1 14 ni uw t ft k fJ l 4 ji it tl l k I l i ft Pl Dr 1 a r Ir Z t R I jV t olf k f 11 M t toa oa oaI r i Ar 1 Wi Ii Ir ry t I 1 i ln P W 1 fP I ll k I I a 1 fI f IW i 1 i i tI i r fv J JJ III 1 i M iJu f t I r tl I l J la fN ht R o V r u i i Wf I d n if aLlAe I uri 1 r I r It n 1 Mal maKe 13 ee kt 1 R RJ RT f J Of T i A V it it J tir 1 Construction s O of of an ail mile nvia mue 18 mile 18 stretch of 01 road fJ eW from the 1 Ashley Athley National aU n l Forest boundary j I In Dry Dr Fork Pork Canyon X tot to Trout Creek Ck ear ear- earthe the Trout iI ji Creek e stations where it will connect connect the Iron i iS Springs S road IW was 1 begun last i i 1 week w week k bith bY S y t u i ii 4 II I u l t c j J Constructed Cl f principally principally- 17 as a WS- WS im y 1 Umber timber adl road the the f wP 11 will wUl rill also t l o op nr n n m a scenic f K area M t Pf JN r I 1 of unrivalled ed beauty make mako aco aca aee- aee s w jl E to sportsmen I an almost I 1 T i hitherto thitherto i untouched r region rellon o of 4 i t f rood j fishing ve and productive t hood hun hunting as well as reach Into 4 J M summer i grazing t l i S- S fj i 1 Js Ii cl I U t the L The road roada officially titled d II r Red Clou Dry a Fork Timber b lri Access Road Rod will according tod to to I Forest Supervisor One A A Haiti Haiti- l If 1 1 son n be constructed eO to W a medium medi r standard and an and make K accessible fc 3 a approximately feet it 1 1 i rd board Il measure of of merchantable 1 0 spruce and I pine d tim 1 P Pher let her located headwaters f I a of Dry rY Fork and md the South Fork f i v I I t of A e Cre also alto alio 1 r i-I i s shorten j the distance dL ta between D stands Of of merchantable timber J 1 t matel 15 y i bY cep ro miles and Will mike possible the haul UK fag of during wring the winter v months s when other f mountain 11 roads ar are closed d by br snow Short i spur roads will will t Viator later beacon be 0 to various Umber timber r stands x 4 p i p if S t r CI Dry Fork Road Road Continued from page 1 C A Stowell Stow ll forest service engineer is directing the work Vork Much large equipment ing log tractors compressors ripp ripp- rippers ers carryall and a motor pat pat- patrol rol have been transported to the project from nearby forests Forty men work two and three shifts each day in order to rush the project to completion Grant Jensen an engineer de do detailed tailed from Ogden Regional Office has been supervising supervising a survey crew which during the past two months has located and staked the route which the road will follow I This project was adopted by byI bythe I the Uintah County Commission I and the road committee of the Vernal Lions Club in March 1944 as their No 1 postwar high high- highway highway way way project At their regular meeting held last Friday the County Com Com- Commission mission authorized the im tm- tm provement of the county section of ot the Dry Fork Road to the na na- na national national forest boundary and the reconstruction of the the bridge across yF D Dry Fork rk Creek rek In commenting on the Forest Service project Supervisor Har Har- Harrison rison rion said Besides making ac ac- ac accessible a large body of mer mer- merchantable mer- mer merchantable timber this road will willbe willbe be extensively used by forest foret officers and end forest users for fire protection grazing recreation wildlife insect control and ad ad- ad purposes I |