Show forest supervisor mace has just received notice ot of the amount of funds allotted to the dixie sevier forest tor for road and trail con construe tion during this season the road bill passed by congress last fall provides 15 tor for road and trail construction on the national forests which Is divided in to two funds known as the forest development fund and the forest highway fund this amount Is much greater than has ever before been made available for similar work which apparently indicates that congress has considerable confidence in the business ability of the forest service 5 has been allotted to the former fund and this money will be expended on smaller pro ejects of primary importance tor for the protection administration and utilization of the forests the allotment tor for the dixie la is M f follows alloa 0 browse study area road 1000 00 X H blake ranch road 1006 1000 00 pine valley road 00 cottonwood it S road 00 enterprise reservoir road 1800 new harmony meadows road 00 miscellaneous trails 00 miscellaneous roads 00 the browse study road passes by the area where the forest service is conducting an experiment to determine 2 the carrying capacity ol 01 browse ranges it will also provide a decre place tor for the people ot of hurr cane la verkin and leeds where they may retreat from the summer beat heat for an outing with the promised cooperation from interested citizens and the forest service allotment foreman higbee expects to make a very good road the cottonwood R S 8 road will open up an area which contains a it large quantity of wood which may be used tor for fuel and will be a benefit to the stockmen in handling their stock u and also to the city of st george in p taking care of their water supply these people and the county had f s assured foreman J M moody coop te oration to the extent ot of 3 0 0 00 0 0 gy the enterprise people are cooper abing to the extent of 1500 in the construction of the enterprise reser voir road this road will enable the tho l 1 people to haul material and supplies i foi the construction of the proposed enterprise reservoir dam which i when completed will water an add lional acreage in the vicinity ot of en ter prise it also contribute to the further development of the mines in the vicinity of Gold strike considerable onside rable money has already been expended on the pine valley and new harmony roads and only a email small amount of reconstruction will 1 be done the construction of the trails will enable the stockmen to handle their stock better and will be of considerable importance in the protection administration and utilization of the forest |