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Show Baldwin To Retire From Forest Service Soon Having reached the age for the retirement of forest rangers, James H. Baldwin, St. George, Utah, will . be retired February 29, completing more than 30 years' service, according to an announcement announce-ment by Forest Supervisor, Blaine Betenson, of the Dixie National Forest. Mr. Baldwin entered the Forest Service on the old Fillmore National Fomst on October 5, 1909, as assistant forest ranger, and was assigned to .. duty at .Monroe, Later- he served for over four years as ranger In charge of the Lake Creek district of the Uintah National Forest at Heber. In 1925 he came to the Dixie taking charge of 'the Enterprise district and resided at Enterprise. In- 1934 he was assigned to the Pine Valley district of the Dixie with headquarters at St. George and is in charge of this district at the present time. Since entering the Forest Service, Ser-vice, Mr. Baldwin has been in charge of areas whose chief problems prob-lems have been those of grazing and land management. Backed by an experience since youth in working work-ing with livestock and having a careful appreciation for the viewpoints view-points of the stockman, he has been successful in working with users to effect progressive and helpful practices in range and land management in each of the important im-portant assignments that he has held. In recent years, he has been devoted to a correlation of the problems of big game and those of the range. The Dixie division of the forest at present has a population of some 20,000 deer. Many notable achievements have been made by Ranger Baldwin in the establishment of improvements so that the benefits of the resources re-sources of his district now extend to those who visit "Dixie" for recreation and sport as well as to those who use the district for range purposes and timber. Extensive Ex-tensive trails and modern camp ground facilities have been installed in-stalled at Pine Valley and at Oak Grove now to be enjoyed each year by recreationists. New roads and stations have been built and many developments of other kinds have been made for the benefit of the general public. Mr. Baldwin and his family will reside at Monroe, Utah, where he owns a home. A successor to the position has not yet been selected, the Forest Supervisor said. ! : |