Show 11 T kaibab forest N notes 0 t e S I 1 by walter G mann forest supervisor kaibab national forest A report by odell julander has just boon issued covering bio ligi cal and game management inana gomont studies on tho the kalbus forest during tho season of 1932 the summary of 0 tills this report la Is given below belo w the forage production on the winter range find and in III tile fir zona of mhd summer minor flu ra 11 go was greater lu in 1932 than la in 1931 tho the average utilization of aspen for 1032 1932 was 76 per cent of tho the tin all nual growth which Is 18 believed to bo be about proper other important brush species yero were utilized about 70 per cent on the average twenty six tagged cliff rose shoots on oil tho open range an increase in ili growth of per cent over 1931 general Ofner all studios studies show both sum mor iner find and winter range to bo be utilized somewhere near the proper de greot greo the only serious over graz grat ing noted was waa on tile tho ort extreme ionio points ot of the winter range by both deer aud and cattle and on oil the summer range around water holes and small localized areas used 0 by sheep ant and cattle there Is direct competition b tween deer and cattle on the winter range during periods of deep snow tile the competition chirles with the availability ot of grass grasa for c attio little competition exists on tile the summer range thore Is 1 direct competition between deer and sheep on tile summer range for all species having any considerable palatability to leer deer the main period of oc deer browsing of pine la in 1932 was from june 16 15 to july 16 while the shoots wore were young and succulent A slight alight amount of browsing occurred outside of this period borlo B browsing rows of pine oc to the great greatest st extent in ili parks and a nd open hillsides hill sides accessibility of water and other browse lifts has little dt direct effect upon the amount of browsing ot of pine by deer deer browse pine because the succulent shoots ore are palatable and the amount of browsing varies with the intensity of use of 0 tho the arm area by deer on established plots 67 per cent of tho the white afif ti trees were browsed by deer but the browsing was confined mainly to the noodles needled and little serious damage was done on oil spruce plots 24 per cent of the trees were browsed jy door deer there was waa little browsing ot of spruce except around the edges of 0 open parks parka some browsing of conifers by door deer must be expected it if the range rae is to be fully utilized by deer the greatest factor influencing tile the congregation of doer deer in do de adotte park Is the presence there of highly palatable weeds the deer are lit in good condition and comparatively free from disease and pests jigsaw jig saw puzzles are made from basswood and plywood which arle are products of the forests the jig saw craze has put hundreds of employees to work in ajo ujo manufacturing fac rac turing plants planta making the puzzles the village of now new london wisconsin has been shipping out puzzles every day I 1 salt lake city will reforest roto reat tho the watersheds from which it gets geta its ha water supply tile the purpose la Is to prevent erosion ei ot of tile dirt from the hillsides hill sides I 1 and to hold a anoro flow of water in ili tile iho streams A forested forea ted mountain to la similar to ta great sP sponge olige which holds the water and lots it flow out evenly the first planting will bo dono tills this spring aprin g and the city has order od ed trees the species to be ba planted aro are pinion pillion pine ponderosa pon dorosa pine lodgepole pine blue spruce and juniper will take tak produce W a 0 mann made a trip to mt trumbull last week and marked feet of umber timber to be exit cut fly by wyble and foate owners of the sawmill aw cutting of 0 the umber sawmill aw 0 began the next lay day after marking tile tho sawmill owners expect ti to bo be able to have lambor for sale at all times during tile the summer and boxt winter for payment tor for the lumber they will take money donby cattle sheep chickens chlo kona and other snow conditions on mt aft trumbull are about the sanie same as last year tile tho timber was marked with four foot feet of snow allow on tile the ground and logging will be done on sled bled roads |