Show government FOR PURE NTH fumu ralty oil 01 agriculture devised GOOD PLAN agreement drain drawn provides for 1 I gilante on tho van art ot of antry cities achl may co CU eluto in the Work sources Source of danger on walkr shed i out E it 11 clarke supervisor of the wasatch national forests forest ehda received this communication from the office of the secretary of of the interior at washington D C the interests of cities and towns which obtain their water from streams having their within national 1 forest forests call tall for special measures mea euree of protection and secretary wilson has therefore developed a pirn plen of operation cooperation co for tho the department of agriculture with those communities which are alive to tho the importance of keeping their water wier supply pure there are many western towns and cities fame some of them of large size which derive their water from drainage basing basins lying eneldo the national forests one of the lecog cited objects of forestry Is to insure the permanence and protect the purity of municipal water eup plies As the forests are maintained for the benefit of the public secretary wilbon cong considers iders it the duty of tho the department to do at that it can both to prevent the pollution of such supplies and to create or maln tain conditions moat most favorable to a constant flow of clear water soum s of danger stock raising and occupancy of the be land for the tho various kinds of use which are ordinarily encouraged on the national forests may bo be highly undesirable it allowed on drainage basins which are the source of drinking water there id Is aleo also to bo considered tho th injury which may be dono done it if the water is silt slit laden by protecting and improving the forest cover and by enforcing the special regulations to minimize erosion and to provide for the maintenance ol 01 sanitary conditions the government will try to safeguard afe guard the interests of the public A A form of agreement has been drawn up providing that when cooperation la Is entered into between the secretary of agriculture and any city doal desiring ring conservation and protection of its water supply the secretary will not permit the use of the land involved without approval by the or city except tor for the protection and care of the forests marking cutting and disposing of timber which the forest officers find may be removed without injury to the water supply of the city or for the building of roads trails telephone lines etc not inconsistent tent with the objects of tha agreement or for rights of way acquired under acts of congress con grens the secretary also agrees to require all persons employed on or an of the land both to comply with the re regulations ngu governing national forests and to observe ull all sanitary regulations which the city may propose and tho the sec secretary rotary approve plan Is co C OIK the ag agreement rement provides for the extension and improvement of the forests on oil the part of the government by seeding and planting and the beat at methods of agriculture and forcke management manu gement a fir fr a as the funds available aval lable will permit the city on its elde side la Is expelled to assist in the work by paying the salaries of the additional guards guarda necessary to ta carry out the agreement and in la case extensive forest operations are immediately desired by the city it would bear the major part of the cost entailed by this work |