Show Bert Tucker Wins Forestry Award Forester Bert H. Tucker of Cedar City received a Superior Accomplishment Award from the Secretary of Agriculture at a t pedal ceremony at the Sylvan Theater on the Washington Monument grounds in D. C. Tucker earned this award by working out a watershed management program for the East Fork of the Sevier River the Tropic Reservoir with the people of Tropic and and initiating action toward the accomplishment of the program This project was in 6 and consists of gully diversion wafer spreading and the planting of grass and One small tributary has been fenced structures have been installed and planting completed as a demonstration what enn he done with limited This is more or less of a I model watershed on a small I The purpose of the project Is to keep slit out of the Tropic which was losing its water storage capacity at the rate of 32 acre feet per year through In 10 between 1 and 1 the storage capacity of the reservoir was reduced from 1920 acre feet to 1600 acre The project has been financed on a cooperative basis by Tropic Water Users and the East Fork About per year has been put Into by these two An additional was added to this In 1948 by the Utah State Fish and Game De- In recognition of the improved fisli and wildlife habl-l fat resulting from the work being Other cooperators have been the personnel of the Boll Conservation Service at who have helped out with engineering and on the ground The Forest Service has planted 2000 acres of crested wheatgrass and other grasses on on the East Fork Allotment below the Tropic Reservoir to relieve grazing use on the watershed above the reservoir and to furnish additional feed for the livestock The project Is a demonstration of what can be done when everyone works Supervisor Albert |