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Show CONTROL OF PUBLIC DOMAIN' Public lands of Utah should be placed plac-ed under Federal administration to make these 25 million acres produce more forage, timber, and wild life and to afford more protection for watersheds water-sheds and recreation areas, according to a committee meeting in Salt Lake recently, representing the Utah State Farm Bureau, State Cattle and Horse Growers. State Wool Growers, State Board of Agriculture, State Extension service, State university, State Agricultural Agri-cultural college, State water users and the Forest service. William Peterson, director of the extension ex-tension service for the state, is chairman chair-man and M. S. Winder of the Farm Bureau, is secretary of this conunittee. which was appointed at the Public Lands conference held at the Great Basin Experiment station several weeks ago. The committee decided to call a meeting of all interested parties early in October, to decide whetner a law placing the public domain under Federal Fed-eral administration should provide for the following: (1) Due consideration and protection protec-tion for the local settler and home builder. (2) Protection for the present pres-ent established user. (3 Reservation Reserva-tion for nigher use. c4 Grazing control to pertain to the forage resource re-source only. (51 Tenure of use of grazing permits that will assure adequate ade-quate stability to the livestock industry. indus-try. 1 6) Provision for group rather than individual winter range allotments allot-ments where necessary. t7 Grazing fees to be nominal. (8 The fullest local self-government that can be applied ap-plied consistent with the needs of the range, with special reference to those who shall be entitled to grazing permits per-mits and the number of stock an individual in-dividual may graze. i9 Adequate protection of watersheds from the standpoint of water supply flood control con-trol and erosion control. tlO Due consideration for conservation of wild life and protection of recreation interests. in-terests. (11) Restoration of the forage for-age crop to the highest economical production. |
