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Show Ferguson further Indicated that the sheep operators have been most cooperative In holding In many of their animals ani-mals rather than to overgraze over-graze the winter range areas. "Hopefully, winter moisture will replace the depleted moisture conditions of the desert and we will have a good growing season next spring", he said. The BLM Is continuing to monitor the affects of the past summer's .drought to assure that grazing that does take place on the winter ranges will be In such a manner man-ner that the vegetation will recover with a normal year's moisture this coming season. Drought Conditions Concern BLM Livestock grazing of the winter range lands In Utah's west desert areas Is down 35 to 50 of normal. Mr. Lloyd Ferguson, District Manager of the Fillmore District of the Bureau of Land Management said, that although fall storms have helped to alleviate this past summer's drought conditions, condi-tions, these storms were not In time to provide any significant sig-nificant vegetative growth of desert forage. Mr. Ferguson pointed out that field studies show the average amount of forage production for the winter grazing season Is only about 55 of normal. Many sheep operators, who are the major users of the desert ranges during the winter, have rented rent-ed cultivated fields on which to graze parts of their livestock live-stock herds this winter. Mr. |