Show Section Friday August 30 2002 Page The Herald Journal Outdoors report The Cache Valley Veloists will host the annual Cache Valley Century Tbur on Saturday Proceeds will benefit Common Ground Outdoor Activities The tour starts and ends in Richmond City Park with check-i- n starting at 6:30 am and open start at 7 am For more information and a registration form visit http:wwwcweloistsorg or contact 2 Hal Cain at conditions in Logan Canyon force early removal of cattle 713-021- Pheasant hunt By Lance Frazier outdoors edtor Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife along with Camp Chef will sponsor a youth pheasant hunt Nov for children 4 years old Applica' tions will be accepted through Sept 30 and winners will be notified by phone on or before Oct 15 Anyone interested can pick up an application at Al’s Sporting Goods or the Cache Valley Hunter Education Center For information call Dave Bunce at E 8-- 10 12-1- Service officials are asking cattlemen to move livestock off the Cache National Forest early but say an ongoing drought hasn’t had as much impact as they feared “Conditions are a little better this'year than last year in some areas” said Chris Lauver a rangeland management specialist with the Logan Ranger District “However the drought is having an effect and we’re asking permitees to come off early” Lauver said rainwater in some holding ponds is lasting longer than it did in 2001 but grazing has trimmed the grass enough that cattle will be ordered home days or in some cases weeks earlier than anticipated “They (cattlemen) may grumble a little bit but the request to come off early is not unex- OHV class Utah State Parks and Recreation will host an OHV class in early September just in time for deer season There is a $10 registration fee For information or to register call pected” he 6 said noting that officials warned members of the “Cattle have Logan Canyon Grazing Assoevery living palatciation of this able plant leaving scenario stubble" Darrell Kun-zlonly said his association is John Carter running 1480 Mention head of cattle this summer 10 percent - fewer than maximum capacity and delayed releasing their herds to let the grass grow “We’ve done that the past several years just ' to keep the range in good shape” Kunzler said adding that he hoped die Finest Service would allow grazers to stay as long as possible (The grazing season typically ends in early October) “If the feed ain’t there we’re willing to come off but if the feed’s there we want to stay” he 'said “It’s in better shape than in the last few years We’ve been quite fortunate in this area Our range is some of the best on the Cache” Lfluyer agreed that conditions weren’t yet critical but pointed out that the association “has met their utilization standards Forage levels are low enough that we need to pull off die livestock so the vegetation can respond for grazing next year” In die Temple Fork area an early-seasgrazing spot from which most cattle were' recently removed the impact of grazing is -6- Cleanup project The Utah Conservation Corps is seeking volunteers to help spruce up 'Denzil Stewart Nature Park on Saturday Sept 7 We will be working from 6 pm and then we’ll have an opportunity to relax and listen to live music from 7 pm Bring a picnic dinner and your gardening tools Denzil Stewart Nature Park is located at 100 S 700 East Logan For 4 information call Saundra at 5-- eaten short er 6-- - 797-096- ext4 Trail award ' Nominations for the Trail Advocacy Award and the Trail Worker of the Year Award are currently being accepted through Sept 6 The National Trails Awards program is one way American Trails recognizes die tremendous contributions of vol- unteers professionals and other leaders who are working to create a national system of trails for all Americans Awards will be given at the National Trails Symposium in Flori3 da Nov Nominees for the Trail Advocacy Award must have demonstrated successful efforts to influence public policy relating to trail planning trail protection trail development and maintenance Nominees for the State Trail Worker of die Year Award must have made outstanding contributions and provided consistent support for " trail planning development or main? tenance To submit a nomination or for more information contact John Knudson trails program coordinator at (801) : 10-1- 538-73- mw ¥dDD filhi® Century tour 1 on apparent ’ ' 44 While some stretches of the delicate fishery's streambank are merely mowed downto golf levels other portions have been course-gree- n churned to mud by large hooves and the odor of manure is piercing The droppings of horses and elk indicate that other users bear partial blame for die messes 1 Brent StevansHeraid Journal Some stretches of the Temple Fork stream banks have been damaged by the hooves of grazing cattle Forest Sendee officials say they plan to have the cattle removed prior to the deadline but cattflemen want to leave the animals as long as possible to avoid paying high hay prices earty-Octob- but die vast majority of damage is done by tie and to Mention conservationist John Carter those cloven footprints may as well belong to the Devil himself In a recent email to Logan District Ranger Rob Cruz Carter complained that cattle “have eaten every living palatable plant leaving only short stubble so dry and brittle that nothing is left for wildlife Cows — is everywhere stream banks are trampled and riparian grasses eaten to the ground” Carter said his primary concern is that the sizable elk herd that winters nearby will run out of forage but Lauver said the area should recover quickly Most of the cattle were recently moved from TfempLe Fork up the canyon to the Bear area Hollow-Bunchgra-ss - er “Things may look heavily utilized now but if you look at the same places next spring they’ll be OK" Lauver said One reason association members are so loathe to take home the cows this year is that hay (vices have gone through the roof and the dry summer has further Curtailed alfalfa crops for local growers But Roger Banner the state Extension range specialist said that when conditions get dry the cattle tend to congregate in smaller areas exacerbating streambank erosion “The animals might get concentrated on streambank which is not what we want" Banner said “You’d like to See them dispersed and using the whole area and not trampling the streams” DWR sics JEDEDIAH SMITH REDWOODS STATE PARK Calif (AP) — Researchers showed four years ago that California’s coastal red-- ' woods create their own “rain” by condensing heavy fog into drench-in- g showers to nourish their roots during the region’s dry summery This summer they’re finding that the world’s tallest trees’ immense upper stories drink from the pky itself sucking water directly from the clouds that shroud the coast 4 much of the dry season - That helps explain how trees 37i stories tall cdn move enough water from their roots to feed branches and needles nearly 2 12 times as high as the Statue of Liberty ' 4 Thelanswer apparently is they " don’t have to: the branches'and nee- dies get much of their moisture from !'"v £ the aur itself ’ V- Researchers are trying to quantify how touch moisture they absorb But plant ecologist Tbdd Dawson of die University of California Berke' ley already knows: “It’s a bunch” The ability to siphon water upward against gravityand friction is thought to be one of the most limiting factors mhowtall trees can grow TTheprysays you Can’t transport water that high” Dawson said “Yet : 1 f ? v r ’ - - v c ' y£ & - '7 Wr v 'll-"- ’ W l’ Jrf i wikau i AP photo V- a Todd Dawson Associate professor at UC Berkeley toft andjia Hu research associate af UC Berkeley download sap flow and meteorological datti from instruments at a remote station at the base of an old growth coast redwood tree In the Grove of the Old Trees near Ocddantal CaW trees do it aU the time Wfe want to' understand hdw-- ' 'v" Researchers are discovering the 4 giant trees can alter their own environments both on the ground and in their complex canopies hundreds of feet in die kin 4 v “You essentially have two ends thattakein water— at the top and ' ?? i' r v ’ as big as a bus that grow plants sus-tain animals and absorb water hundreds of feet above the ground “Eventually you get this huge sponge that builds up” said California State University Humboldt pro- fessor Steve Sillett who began studying the phenomena in red-woods in 1996 “During most of the year it’s an aquatic environment up there” fed by rain and fog He’s discovered mollusks crus- taceans and other animals ordinarily found in stream beds— even the wandering salamander which lacks : lungs and must stay moist to absorb oxygenithrough its skin Like trees in the Pacific Northwest and other temperate rain forests and clouri forests the redwoods j sprout canopy roots from their branches that Sillett believes take in water and nutrients from die hidden " gardens s "It doesn’t have to suck it all the way Up from the ground” said : 4 tte bottom” Dawson said 31iat '4 Humbddt graduate student Anthony ' Ambrose breaks all tiie rotes and may Ambrose and other researchers explain how they can achieve these hauled thousands of pounds of solar- great heights” Some redwoods have lived since powered monitoring equipment cables and finqhes ipto tiie canopies tiie days of Jesus Christ With time their immense complex canopies ) of 18 redwoods from tiie Oregon " trap needles (hist and seeds See REDWOODS on C2 ing peaty soil mats a yard thick and ' ' :' (i cutthroats on chubs at V SALT LAKE CITY (AP)— Wildlife officials want anglers to stop catching so many cutthroat trbut in StrawbnTy Reservoirso the can eat more chubs leaving more room for trout cut-tiuo- The Division ofWildlift Resourbs (dan would reduce the cutthroat harvest by 80 percent Cutthroat 15 to 22 inches long vyould have to be released Two cutthroat under 15 inches and onC over 22 could be taken of four rjunbows arid kokanee instead' iT A ’ - ' V old-time- flien to brace people for the pending 4 4 - ’s ' j-- “f- - 'V Under the cunrint limit fbur big cutthroat of prime predatory and breeding age can be taken Wildlife officials plan to stock far more rainboW trout to compensate but drought and whirling disease cut hatchery production this year ? “Some of tiie rs are going to go ballistic” said Mickey Ander-- 0 son of Fish Tech Ife is handing but 4 7 p See CHUBS on C2‘ v ‘ x 1 1 |