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Show IVobbe Creek grazing CO . - flreo hemg re-openea J - month the Springville Association will move j ; cattle into the new-l new-l Packard Unit '6 ffin?le &eek drainage MB iU,nta National Forest ' tlon f the Hobble I J allotl"cnt for I VP riovH T6' gfonal Fores-"lC Fores-"lC . ?Tn Stated- "Cat-i "Cat-i sas!, Packard Unit marks the comple-Tv comple-Tv '41 'Rt of four "nits A' kZft allotment htli Production. b Brazing al-came al-came well known r C faZmg the cat" y N ,!, d' withmod-anagement withmod-anagement tech- " of I Shei Under the 111V Twf SuPesor ftn ta rehabilitation W Hobble Creek began in 1961. The rehabilitation rehabilita-tion work was aimed at providing provid-ing protection for this critical watershed and still provide forage to stabalize the important impor-tant livestock industry in the area. Ed Averett, Springville Livestock Live-stock Association, is in charge of drifting the cattle in the reopened re-opened management unit. Association As-sociation President Reed Christmas will also be on hand to help distribute the cattle properly over the grazing unit for the first time since the range was closed. Ranger Don Ward of the Spanish Fork District Dis-trict with help of the Springville Spring-ville Livestock Association Advisory Ad-visory Board has developed a progressive grazing management manage-ment plan for the Hobble Creek cattle allotment. Members Mem-bers of this advisory board are Reed Christmas, Malcom Con-die, Con-die, LaMar Crandall, and Hugh Dougall, all from the Springville Spring-ville area. Rehabilitation work on the Packard Unit included tne establishment es-tablishment of desirable forage grasses on nearly 700 acres of what was once badly deteriorated deterior-ated range and watershed lands. In addition to the seeding seed-ing and contour furrowing, fences fen-ces were built to assist the Association As-sociation in the movement and management of the livestock for more even distribution. Treatment on some areas within with-in the unit not suitable for livestock live-stock grazing includes watershed water-shed measures such as contour trenching and gully plugging to insure protection from soil erosion. "The opening of the Packard Unit for livestock use is a milestone in positive range management on the National Forests of the Intermountain Region," Mr. Iverson stated. "The Springville Livestock Association As-sociation is to be commended for the cooperation it has given giv-en Supervisor Thornock and his staff in the rehabilitation of this important range." |