Show FOREST RECEIPTS SHOW V RESOURCE DIVERSITY A report released Saturday by Albert Albertson forest supervisor supervisor supervisor super super- visor show receipts from sales of ot timber Umber in 1946 on the Dixie national forest amounted to 44 The sales represent 15 board feet of stumpage moving mo mostly Into channels for sorely needed housing Besides the sales include in inI varying quantities mines props poles fence posts and aspen I cord cordwood wood for excelsior all supplying supplying sup sup- the needs of ot I plying agriculture and industry The Dixie forest ranks third high among the national national national na na- na- na forests of the intermountain tain region in timber production the tho supervisor said In this dramatic centennial year with tradition portrayed in song pageants plays festivals festivals festivals festi festi- vals rituals memorials and special celebrations the Dixie forest shows a growing tradition In sound timber production and management t as well as In grazIng grazing grazing graz graz- ing recreation and other forest values alues This tradition has been preserved and Improved in measures measures measures meas meas- ures of ot progressive conservation that originated In the wisdom of early southern Utah pioneers It magnifies the importance of the forest to the welfare of the people Albertson observed The prosperity of ot Utah now as in pioneer days is centered In Ina a forest tradition which It Is our job to protect and make grow he said Receipts from Crom grazing in 1946 totaled Grass' Grass and browse on forest ranges are among the physical facts which contribute to revenue and prosperity pros pros- Livestock grazing forest ranges provides a natural and cheap way of gathering concentrating concentrating concentrating concen concen- and transporting a very bulky crop which Is converted Into meat wool and other vital products Albertson remarked He said that grazing fees each year vary according to prices received received received re re- re- re by for beef and lambs In commenting the he supervisor said the number of visitors to tho the Dixie in 1946 seeking recreation equalled or exceeded the number of ot any war pre-war year and that the recreational volume In 1947 could be so large as to be almost unpredictable With man many forest forest- resources resource and the scenic grandeur for which southern Utah and the Dixie are the array combines this year ar into a forest festival befitting the best among the traditions traditions traditions tra tra- for which our Utah centennial centennial cen cen- tennial will be celebrated the ther r supervisor said |