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Show FOREST RANGERS - ' : IN CONVENTION 1 ': Rangers ot the Dixie national forest held their annual conven- tion at Cedar City last week. The purpose of the meeting -was ? to discuss the problems of the 5 service and to devise ways of meeting them in the most prac- tical manner in the future. 5 The public and users are par- ties at interest in the ownership S and use of the natural resources jj within the forests, and as such their interests should be safe- guarded. In looking over the S program it was found that the 5 service has a variety of subjects 5 to deal with, and each officer i had prepared a paper in ad- 5 vance, pertaining to the local problems, a few of which are: 5 Grazing, forage resources, dis- 5 tribution of sale and range man- 5 agement. granting exchange from 5 sheep to cattle and vice versa, 2 extermination of rodents, in- j creasing production of plants, timber sale and brush disposal, i? collection and study of forage plants, roads and trails, public 'f relations and account and cost jf problems. jp |