Show i" (Y( j pee” ‘i I i f vl :ieFf - t “-- t a "SM "Asot n'( Terry Horton outdoors editor by 0 " ' i t H Pruning experiments on mount mahogany trees have increased the av ailability of browse at Manti National Forest in south-centr- 7 Utah Forest managers prune the fees on the study plots at different times of the year and at different s'ages of growth to determine the best method to stimulate new low growth of leafy limbs Tins would increase the availabihtv of browse for deer and elk Without manipulation mount mahogany has a tendency to grow in an umbrella-lik- e fashi- on when heavily browsed Soon the tree has grown out of reach for the wild ungulates Results have shown that fall clipping on large limbs of old trees causes new growth to occur out of reach of deer and elk Pruning in winter killed most of the trees The most favorable results have been obtained when clipping is performed during spring on small branches of moderately young trees A few trees that are not ( lipd are prote ted 1977 Pog 7 - U slopes - h'jM'i r vJ Ti' l ''c-lv- v r :A As of Wednesday v- 1 U i 1 r f ments are The need to determine how to inc rease the availability of mount mahoganv browse is magnified because the tree grows extremtree ely slowly A mav fa- onlv a font tall It is therefore necessary to get all of the produc tion possible out of a mature stand of mount mahogany bv elimma'ing through proc per pruning proc edures the y for umbrella like growth Manti Forest officials indie ati-that the degree of succevs of pruning experiments is largely dependent on vnl type and climate I Yoc edures that work at Manti may not work in other parts of the state 8 On the - s Pruning increases mahogany browse r ' 1 : V’ i'oirj CSS Outdoors f Student life Friday April rT"v — J areas rrjiort sjf ing skiing winter rer-reati- good to condiUordi The forec ast for t)ie I aster weekend calls for sunny days and warm temperature Snow as folio lit - lit vki ever Mountain 50” XT' llrmn lirighinn Nordic Vallry PO r ll y 12” 4” Pur k ( il v Pow di r Mi lunl a in Snow llastn Snow lord VAr d are Alta V ten-den- revot 0 it- er” 54 44 Sherwood Hills lias fair crosscountry skiing conditions from home EiOilEY The most import int thing in your lift right now is probably not your bank And that's as it should be You aren t here to worry about your bank Hut your frank should be here to worry alout you And we are trust That s the irst Security feeling Confidence cities Intermountain over 100 of If you re from any one you may have grown up with that feeling every right to exjrect if here Lven if First Security was not our hank at home we want to be your hank here 1 When you invest just one dollar for a STUDENT LIFE classified - your dollar goes to show 10000 people what you have to say ll SEE PAGE Come in 15 FOR DETAILS FlffsS SscujutjG V ntfaSv fcjfov ’ While fhne Ski Touring Center reports good spring touring friendly feeling FOR YOU ’ SO from browsing animals by ex closures These mahoganies are used as a control to determine how successful pruning expen- - wine il -- J |