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Show 6 Emery County Progress Thursday, April 12, 1979 The Wildlife Scene Dont take rangeland for office advises by Lonnie Walters i ti Editors note: This is the first of a series of articles on rangeland prepared by the Soil Conservation Service Office in Castle Dale. Do you take your rangeland for granted? Almost everyone does, and has for a couple of centuries-ev- en here in Emery County. Pioneers first settled in Emery County in the late 1870s introducing domestic livestock to rangeland. A of produces this livestock comes from native rangeland. In the early days, the lower rolling foothills and the higher mountain slopes in the county were covered with a dense growth of perennial grasses, a about 10 percent of Emery Countys annual gross income, says the Soil Conservation Service. acres; Bureau of Land Management 2,110,325 muleseardock, showy acres; National Forest goldoneye, and other 210,108; State, 304,624 forbs. acres. Bitterbrush, a very Potential forage desirable shrub, grew production on range on many slopes and varies from 1,000 exposures. Sagebrush pounds to 2,500 pounds also grew on many of per acre, depending on these sites in lesser the soil depth and amounts than is now rainfall. scattering of shrubs, present. and forbs Scattered patches of Indian Ricegrass sagebrush and raband mutton grass were bitbrush grew on the almost abundant. deeper bottomland Today, Needlegrasses, prairie livestock and livestock products account for late spring, summer, plant residue is left to and fall. They are not maintain the soil or as desirable as the control runoff. Heavy substantial portion geranium, yarrow, the forage that lupine, hawksbeard, blue-grasse- s, soils. june-gras- s, A total of 2,785,970 acres are classified as rangeland in Emery and wildryes occurred in lesser amounts. Growing with these were grasses County. Ownership of land, by acreage, is : Bureau wild Reclamation balsamroot, of 4,785 Extension office proposes hog producers cooperative many poorly managed ranges. Other areas have become so thickly Lack of adequate April marks the causes covered annual vegetation beginning of spring sagebrush and flooding which carries range rides in Utah. At present large weeds that grazing sediment and reduces Rides are conducted areas of once high values have come so the qualities of by the Division of forage - producing thickly covered with fisheries. Wildlife Resources, U. bunchgrass range has sagebrush and annual S. Forest Service and been replaced with a weeds that You are invited to Bureau of Land grazing dense stand of values have become contact the San Rafeal Management. cheatgrass and annual greatly reduced. Soil Conservation The rides are conweeds. District of the local ducted over the big These annuals have Soil erosion can be Soil Conservation game wintering area a low forage value serious when range Service office for help as soon as the first during a short period vegetation is not on your specific green sprouts are in the spring, and are a rangeland or grazing noticeable and snow managed properly. fire hazard during the Often, insufficient problems. permits. with Thanks, Perron 748-238- 1. March. We wish to thank all those who helped to obtain an otherwise expensive projector with a cassette player; especially, we thank our youth. The purpose of this contest was to help the Jr. High get equipment to help teach our youth in a more effective way. Even though no money was paid for this equiptment, it was not really free. There was a lot of effort involved with the students to find and gather the labels. The support of their families was great to bring in so many labelsf 22,000). The incentives used to the students to par- Be Creative your own thing with craft ideas and suggestions from Do Sum Thun Else Sign up now for Tole Painting CLASSES Create Something Special for the Holidays! Professional Bldg. Castle Dale, Utah 748-556- ticipate were: 5 II ftJLfl-fl-B.- fl flftft -l The purpose is to examine overall range conditions and to Letters to the editor Emery County has would be d. signed to portunity for those who been an increased cut feed cost and in- are interested in level of interest in hog crease market prices, producing hogs to take production, according market prices. advantage of working A meeting to discuss to Gordon Wankier, together. All of those USU Extension agent. this organization is who are interested are Many people have planned for April 19 at invited. For more Editor: shown interest in 7:30 p.m. in the Emery The San Rafael Jr. High PTA Courthouse information contact organizing a hog County a Campbell Soup Label sponsored the Extension office at producers cooperative. conference room. contest after Christbeginning This is an opThis cooperative mas and ending the first part of I has carried runoff original bunchgrasses because they are not away fertile topsoil and produced gullies dependable,. on ftftJLftJLa 1. a prize for the student who brought in the most labels 2. a party for the grade that brought in the most labels. These were accomplished. A gift certificate for $20 was presented to Bernard Zwahlen for the most labels. people who helped make our party for the 9th grade a success. A very special thanks goes to acquaint participants with winter game range problems over the wintering areas. The rides are important because they allow the conservation officer arid an interested public to view the range conditions; the evidence of dead or the dying plants, general plant vigor, many soup labels and also wanted Sheriffs log A community dance, conducted Montell Seely and relay games, conducted by Coach by Taylor, were enjoyed by most of the 9th grade students. The lunch ladies at school volunteered to make doughnuts for refresh- ments. We appreciate these overgrazing and of winter mortality. evidence deer interested Persons in Utahs big game should take animals conditions part in the yearly on range rides in order to depending change the type of winter the get a better uof area experiences. nderstanding practoo, management Observations, are made on the tices. Everyone is invited wintering big game to attend. Those atnote to population These conditions and determine possible signs of starvation. The general range conditions, big game sex ratio counts, and herd kill data are considered in the formulation of big game seasons. is data The presented to the Interagency Committee, which in turn presents tending should bring a lunch, prepare to stay all day and wear a good pair of hiking boots as most activity is conducted on foot once the area is reached by horse back. Range rides on herd units 34, 35, and 36 are scheduled as follows: April 26, Sage Flat, meet at forest seervice it to the Board of Big office in Ferron at 8 Game Control where a.m. April 28, Gordon meet at the big game seasons Creek, Division of Wildlife are finally set. Before the board sets big game seasons, public meetings are held throughout the erosion excessive Barry Peterson, owner and any state. of a as result operator of the Ferron Merc. He was instrumental in bringing in Resources office in Price at 8 a.m. May 5, Trail Mountain, meet at Joes Valley CCC trail at 8 a.m. to help with the refreshments. He furnished root beer and crackerjacks for the relay prizes. The jr. high has 11 months before the next deadline of Tires stolen; brush fire season begins March to collect more soup labels. These include Campbells, the Chunky soup, Spaghetti Franco-America- n and . We encourage all those who will Spaghetti-os- Several tires were missing from reported have students in jr. high next year the Western Coal to save these labels to turn in, Carriers yard near anytime, to the San Rafael Jr. Huntington Monday. High or to Principal Sam of Birch Jack to Singleton help our youth learn. Western Coal Carriers There is effort involved, but for said there were a such a good cause: dozen Kelley radial Thank you, tires taken in the inSan Rafael Jr. High PTA cidents. One of the Wilma Gregersen tires had the initials Jerilyn Mathis WCC branded in the Irene Mead Jo Anne Arnold Odessa Jones . sidewall. Cpl. Gary Hodson described the tires as large truck type tires, size 11 x 24.5. Hodson firemen gearing up for an expected rash of brush fires. A fire department official said this is the time of year when many property owners clean up their yards and farms and burn the dried weeds and grass. Carlessness by the responded to brush over the fires weekend. Firemen said that no major damage was done by the fires in those cities. Property owners were urged to use caution when burning trash and not do any on burning windy days. In addition, some have property owner, as communities well as the spring regulations pertaining breezes, can cause a to controlled burning fire to spread often to in the city limits. Fire adjacent buildings as officials said its best said the loss was well as fence lines and to contact the city fire chief before you do any estimated at $2,700. telephone poles. 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