Show Organization formed To Study Stream Flow Floes n In Relation To Grazing An organization aimed at paving leaving a scientific study made cf stream flow into Sanpete Valley in i relation elation to mountain moun- moun r. r tain tarn vegetation was formed fi fir r at it Manti Wednesday night of last week v Attending Attending the meeting were members of the Sanpete Coun Cou County Coun- Coun 1 r ty commission mayors of sanpete communities representatives representatives representatives b business bus bus- of civic clubs iness thess organizations cattlemen t timber i m b bel e r users Farm arm Bureau F Farmers Union mId and the Sanpete Water Conservancy Con Con- Board It was a held up follow-up of meetings earlier with members of Utah's Ut Utah's Ut- Ut ah's Dh's congressional delegation tc to discuss problems arising for the water livestock and timber industries because of rulings by the Forest Service Bureau of Land Management and md other federal agencies An executive advisory committee committee committee com com- was named at the ij tf Manti meeting consisting of Allen fillen Frandsen Gunnison m iJ tA f Farm Bure Bureau lU Conrad Frisch- Frisch J Gunnison Water Conservancy Con Con- Board Evart Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen ten Ephraim Farmers Union Eugene Jensen Centerfield Sanpete Association Association Association tion A. A W W. Thomson Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim Lions Clubs K Keith e it b II Han a n s sen e n Fairview County Commissioners Harris Larsn Lars Lar Lar- s sn n Moroni mayors Roy F. F KReid Reid Ephraim business associations associations asso asso- Claud Maylett Manti ManU Man Man- ti U associations Rue Nielson Gunnion cattlemen cattlemen cattlemen cattle cattle- men Reuel E. E Christensen Ephraim River ir irrigation irrigation irrigation ir- ir companies The group to be known as the Sanpete Water and Na Natural Natural Natural Na- Na tural Reso Resources Executive Committee met and chose Mr Christensen as chairman County County County Cou Cou- nty Agent Dennis Funk secretary secretary secretary sec sec- and Claud Maylett treasurer They listed th the e immediate objective as obtaining ob obtaining obtaining ob- ob a study of in relationship to range use 1 r Evidence was given at the meeting that regardless of precipitation s stream t r rea e a m flow from the east mountains has been decreasing steadily and nd that at present it is is' is only some 60 per cent of what it was v in the teens to the This was indicated by precipitation precipitation precipitation pre pre- and stream flow figures compiled by Conrad t. t It is planned to have the study made by the Utah State University Experiment Station and the committee has asked for a meeting with officials officials of of- of to discuss the matter It is also planned to ask other counties to form similar similar sim sim- ilar organizations and to join forces in presenting evidence to the powers that be of the impact of decreased water water water wa wa- ter on the economy of the area Mr Christensen was at Richfield Thursday to discuss discuss discuss dis dis- cuss cuss the matter with Sevier County f interests |