Show overgrazed OVER GRAZED STOCK RANGES CAN COME BACK washington july 7 athe the improved condition of the national forest range after regulated grazing Is pointed to by experts of the department of agriculture as a demonstration that areas which have been severely damaged through overstocking over stocking by sheep and cattle can be brought back to their former carrying power through a system of intelligent use when the government took charge of the livestock ranges within the national forests some of them zo 0 o badly overgrazed over grazed and otherwise injured from reckless handling of the stock that their grazing value appeared to have been almost entirely destroyed many ot of these ranges however have been restored and made as valuable as ever on several of 0 the forests results have more than justified the expectations and the range is in better condition than it ever was an ali example of this improvement Is cited in thi the nebo national forest utah in 1908 when when that forest was created 1 the ranges within the forest boundaries were found to be badly overgrazed over grazed and trampled because there was a lack of any control or supervision over the areas one of the areas was at that time estimated to be capable or of carrying only head of cattle now through conservative management and judicious distribution of the cattle over the ranges and improvements in water conditions the carrying capacity of the range has been increased until in the present grazing season nearly head of cattle are using this par nicular area and forest officers feel that a few hundred head more can be safely grazed there without injury |