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Show Range Reseeding Project . . I y i-rasel i aiiKelands of mi-riiHilonal 1'oreetn now it.ii ..Tl.s'U acres reported .uiiht wrant Williams, or ihl rrwf, he report that approx-.uiMtvly s :; i in OartMd ' ount) on the Itiilv National I'i, flifi thm no rwwllnfc ,1,1) can ! mmessful without , i xiu follow-ul) tttlmRei(lit, l.atmer WlllUmit said that planting th RrnM In only the first ntep. "In tin ml cases water hatil-.iik. Intensive ItcrrttnK. and fenc-m pc ate necessary to jtel proir 'i of ii maximum amount of tli new Kiass once tl U established." In addition to proven methods t re-enllng ly plowing or bor-rowliiK brush and planting the -!ihs seeds, experimental work rt.i-i coiiiinui-d in iii-wer met hod n of range untonnlon. On th Targhet- National Koieot a spv- iiil study or opra)iiig mgbrush and Wyethla with herbicide shows promising result. Thl met had ha been trleil when there Is a slam! or native gins beneath the brush or wM patch. Controlled burning Is another method employed to remote aghruh and open up the land to gram production. Studios are btHlig pressed to solve reseeding problems in the a rem not yet found adaptable to known planting methods. The over-all objective l to put every possible acre or national roiest langeliind Into maximum forage production and help solve the lieglon's soil iroslon, range torage. and watershed problems. |