| Show Ireat K Great Basin Experiment Station 10 to observe anniversary Sixty qty years of progress In r range and watershed research celebrated this month at atthe the Great Basin Experiment sfa Station on near Ephraim Utah announced announced Robert W W. W Harris dI director ector of the Intermountain forest F rest and Range Experiment st Station Uon and Vern Hamre r re- re forester of the Intermountain Inter Inter- m mountain Region at Ogden liThe IThe The public Is Invited t to visit tie the station this summer es esi especially es- es i on July 28 when Forest s Service personnel will officially ly open open a self guided interpretive toUr of designated stops along alone tie Ephraim Canyon road A special anniversary program Spring ring Dr Dr Arthur W W. W Sampson Samp Samp- son n first director of the Gr Great at Basin sin Station will be held that afternoon I The Utah State Department of Natural Resources which for J ie e Past several years has co co- In research work lead lead- to extensive game range restoration programs throughout through through- out e out the state Is also helping Sa In the commemoration ton on July 2728 28 the Society to w or Range Management will hold Ita a national nal summer meeting at Ephraim Em the groups group's activities CU will center around the year celebration of the I eat reat Basin Station Members d their wives from all aU over e country win will participate In tours of the research areas and other special events They willbe will willbe willbe be welcomed by George F F. F McLaughlin McLaughlin Mc- Mc Laughlin supervisor of the LaSal Manti-LaSal National Forest A highlight of ot the annl anniversary program on July 28 will wUl be the unveiling of a plaque honoring Dr Arthur W W. W Sampson the Great Basin Stations Station's first di di- di rector It will wUl be located near the office-laboratory office he built In 1913 Joseph F. F former director of the Intermountain Intermountain Inter Inter- mountain Station will wUl serve serveY u Y muter waster of ceremonies Guest Z t REP GUNN McKAY speakers will wUl Include Representative Representative ve K K Gunn McKay Floyd E. E Kinsinger president Society for Range Management and R. R Keith Arnold deputy chief US U.S. Forest Service James J. J Butler range staff officer on the Manti LaSal National National National Na Na- Forest is serving as overall chairman for the summer summer summer sum sum- mer meeting of the Society for tor Range Management A. A Perry Plummer project leader Is In charge of the first days day's activities and Assistant Director Di Director Director Di- Di rector Jim Blaisdell of the Inter Intermountain mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Ogden is In 10 charge of the second day The science of ot range and watershed management originated originated origin origin- sled In n many of the studies conducted at the Great Basin Station Possibly the most significant significant sig sig- experiment was the study of ot Watersheds A and B where It was proved conclusively conclusive conclusive- ly that summer floods are a direct result of reducing plant cover below minimum amounts required reared to prevent excessive run run off off from high Intensity high Intensity storms Those planning to attend one or both days of the meetings should notify Gordon Snow Colle College Ephraim Utah so that required meals and arrangements can be made |
