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Show above 1985. The yield forecast of 32 bushels per acre was the same as last year. Oats yield is currently projected at a record high 70 bushels, up 1 bushel from the 1985 record high. Production, at 840,000 bushels, is down 6 percent from last year. Corn for grain yield is unchanged from last year, at 115.0 bushels per acre, and production is expected to equal the 1985 level of 1.84 million bushels. All hay production is forecast at 2.0 million tons, 3 percent below 1985. Aphids, weevil and weeds took a heavy toll on the first cutting of alfalfa hay. Crop yield forecast varies The average yield for barley in Utah is currently forecast at 75 bushels per acre, up 1 bushel from 1985, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service. Ser-vice. Production is projected to decline slightly from last year to 11.6 million bushels. Spring wheat production is expected to decline 10 percent to 1.52 million bushels in 1986. Average yield dropped two bushels from 1985 to 40 bushels per acre. The July 1 winter wheat forecast of 7.2 million bushels was 2 percent The alfalfa yield is estimated at two-tenths two-tenths of a ton below last year. Production Produc-tion is expected to reach 1.7 million tons 5 percent below 1985. Other hay yields are the same as 1985. Dry edible beans are expected to yield 550 pounds per acre, 70 pounds above 1985 but well below the record yield of 800 pounds in 1957. Production, at 48,000 cwt., is 20 percent above last year but 11 percent below 1984. Nationally, 1986 production estimates compared with 1985 are: all wheat, down 11 percent; feed grains, down 7 percent; soybeans, down 6 percent; per-cent; hay, up 3 percent. July traffic count declines pared to the first seven months of this year with last year. Highway 40 west of Roosevelt recorded traffic decreases of 1 percent for the month and 8 percent for the period. Highway 40 at Daniels Canyon recorded traffic decreases of 2.4 percent per-cent for the month and 4.7 percent for the period. Highway 189 at Provo Canyon recorded trafffic decreases of lfi.2 for the month and 2.2 percent for the period. Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon recorded traffic decreases of .6 percent per-cent for the month and 1.8 percent for the period. Vehicle traffic counts at recording stations leading to and within the Uintah Uin-tah Basin for July indicated decreases according to the Utah Department of Transportation Traffic Bulletin. Highway 191 north of Vernal recorded record-ed traffic decreases of 8.3 percent when compared to the corresponding month last year and 1.5 percent com Composite traffic volumes at fi2 recording stations throughout the state showed an overall traffic decrease of 1.1 percent for the month when compared com-pared to last year and an increase of 1.5 percent for the seven month period when compared to last year. 1 2 Vernal ExpressAdvertiser Wednesdoy, August 20, 1986 V. - - ... - -wv yr yf I'M :r,r; ' ' ' VvrS I - t ..' ' " I . jl'Y'' v"' r - T ,TXy-? ' J ' V-- ,- ... -wW - If i 'I 9 ;- . f ' ff""" I' - j ' jT , , i j 1 ' XI) l " :&vv a v 'V f-'M gj 1 i r - - $ - . if'L. it . u .... i Prescribed burning planned at Dinosaur IMtl. Monument MDA CHAIRMAN Brett Dearman explains the fine art of fund raising to Stefanie Goepfert as her father, David looks on. Little Erica and baby Greg don't seem too interested in the MDA campaign. cam-paign. MDA launches fund campaign with race The first annual Vernal MDA Un-Run Un-Run will take place Saturday, Aug. 23 at Independence Park next to the swimming pool at 5 p.m. Entry fee for the wheelchair race is $5. Contestants may enter in their own decorated chair and others will be provided a chair by the MDA fund raising committee. Each of the contestants con-testants will receive a limited edition Un-Run T-shirt. The purpose of the Un-Run is to make people aware of the challenge those confined to a wheelchair face in today's world where getting around is designed for those who walk. A Muscular Distrophy Bowl-a-Thon will be conducted Tuesday, Aue. 26 at Dina Bowl. Those who have not been approached by a bowler for sponsorship may pledge a penny or two per pin for the bowlers by calling the bowling alley. Children will be knocking on doors during the week seeking donations for "Jerry's Kids" and other volunteers are needed to answer telephones during the MDA Labor Day Telethon. Volunteers who wish to help MDA in any capacity may call local drive chairman, Brett Dearman at 789-7411. Dinosaur National Monument plans to conduct a prescribed burn near the Dinosaur Quarry in the latter part of August or the first part of September, depending on the weather and other conditions. A prescribed fire is a resource management tool. Such fires are started only when the prescription, (moisture content of the vegetation, wind direction and speed, and relative humidity) are such that the fire will perform in the manner desired. Depending upon the prescription, a fire can move fast or slow, or burn hot or "cool." Prescriptions are defined from computer com-puter modeling and information gathered from previous fires that have ocurred in the same type of habitat and topography. This information allows fire behavior specialists to accurately ac-curately predict the behavior and therefore the effect a fire will have under a certain prescription. The immediate outcome of any fire is blackened earth and charred vegetation. Many people naturally view this as an eyesore. In reality, fire is a necessary component in an ecosystem. Fires burn the ground cover of vegetation releasing nutrients to the soil that was previously unavailable to plants. Fires begin the process of plant succession. suc-cession. Succulent forbs and grasses spring up after the first rain to provide forage for wildlife that is high in nutrients. The burned area regenerates old habitat by providing habitat edges, the most productive habitat for wildlife. The beauty of this area and its rich resources of wildlife, trees, and grass were here for the settlers set-tlers at a time when fires were started naturally by lightning and would burn uncontrolled. A prescribed fire mimics the former action of natural fires while allowing us to control the outcome and the extent of the fire. The burn site if located just southeast of the Dinosaur Quarry complex. com-plex. In this area, years of fire suppression sup-pression and grazing by domestic livestock have created a vegetative complex which the National Park Service Ser-vice feels is significantly different that that which existed prior to settlement Starts at 7:30 & 9:05 Now Showing RUTHLESS PEOPLE Till CLYE5IAS THEATRE I Starts at 7:15 & 9:00 Now Showing ARMED & DANGEROUS L Starts at 7:30 & 9:15 Ends Thursday BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA Starts at 7:30 & 9:10 Starts Friday FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR 1 Starts at 7:40 & 9:40 Movts Thursday LEGAL EAGLES Starts at 7:40 & 9:30 Starts Friday HEARTBURN ffutitft C)n'vr 7nn Open Fri. & Sat. at 8:30 Sum at Du-ik PSYCHO III Pius FRIDAY THE 13th PART VI Both Hated fl BACK-TO-SCHOOL r fit S ' si 11- A. t Slim & Regular Boot Cut Reg. $16.99 1 3" Cowboy Cut Reg. $17.99 14" Sale priced jeans and ladies jeans quality (or Wrangler promotion, f -si WrarIer slgoo Rebate mmr uil rm JUtlU I Halite WHai!!!,IO'tl,C-K(IMW4 MJ) 1 f i -a - a -n I I: iMiti tf Mut Ladies Wrangler Tops 25 off Mens Wrangler Shirts 25 Off of the area. The present vegetation in the proposed burn area consists almost entirely of cheat grass and greasewood. The purpose of the burn is to determine deter-mine the response of the area to fire with and without reseeding of native grasses. The burn will probably be less than 100 acres. Half of the burn will be reseeded with native grasses; half of the burn will not be reseeded. The objective for the entire area near the Quarry is to restore the former grazing allotment to some semblance of presettlement conditions. condi-tions. If native grasses are reestablished reestablish-ed without reseeding, most of the area southeast of the Dinosaur Quarry complex com-plex will be burned within the next few years. If reseeding is necessary to establish native grasses, burning would continue only after the monument monu-ment receives sufficient funding to permit reseeding. TEMPERATURES Date Hi Lo Pet. 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