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Show Forest Service Revises Dixie Plant Management Program The Forest Service is revising its program for managing the growth of trees, brush grasses and other plants on the Dixie National Forest. Hugh C. Thompson, Forest Supervisor, stated "this study will result in a decision on what plant management tools will be used in what situations to control unproductive unpro-ductive and unwanted plants. In the past, the Forest Service has used fire, chemical (herbicides), mechanical (bulldozers etc.), hand labor, and biological (cattle, parasitic para-sitic bugs, etc.) methods to control unproductive and unwanted plants. The use of herbicides has been controversial. Recently the use of prescribed fires has become an important im-portant issue. The study will also effect the other 15 national forests of the intermountain region of the Forest Service. The program includes such activities ac-tivities as: controlling vegetation along roadsides, controlling brush to improve tree growth, controlling juniper trees and sagebrush to improve im-prove forage for wildlife and cattle, and controlling dominant plant species to provide a more diverse forest for wildlife. The program does not include the control of noxious weeds (imported harmful weeds) or poison plants as they were addressed in a previous study. The study also does not address timber harvesting and building timber roads. "The public's ideas on how the plants on the national forest should be managed are important to the Forest Service," stated Thompson. Anyone interested in learning more about this important study can stop by a local Forest Service office or by writing the EIS Team, State and Private Forestry, 325 25th Street, Ogdcn, Utah 84401. |
