Show NEED FOR GRAZING REGULATION CITED BY Br tr IT U PROFESSORS Unless steps are taken immediately to control grazing grating on Utah deserts Utah will be subject to recurrent sand and dust dust storms according to University lint Uni of Utah professors I Dr Frederick J J. J Pack professor of geology at the state university gave a lecture in Kingsbury hall hail Wednes da day May 1 I. I o on on the subject Will dust dust storms eventually make Western America uninhabitable I Weare We are faced with one of the m most st tragic pages in history Dr Pack said In an interview In ten lew and unless steps a are taken Immediately to remedy the damage date in past years living conditions conditions con con- in Western America will become increasingly difficult and unattractive e Although more damage has haa been done since the recent drouth Dr Pack does not believe that excessive rains will remedy the situation since overgrazing over over- grazing the grazing the real cause of this con con- still still remains Profound changes in desert vegetation n tion are noted by Dr Walter P P. P Cottam Cottam Cot Cot- tam tarn professor of botany at the University University Uni lint of Utah During the past two summers Dr Cottam has directed a study of the Utah desert for the U. U S S. Forest Service and his report will soon be published in a bulletin Desert Desert Desert Des ert Types and Conditions of Heavily Grazed valleys of the Utah Desert Our study showed that the average average average aver aver- age surface of the ground covered on the deserts is about three per cent Dr Cottam said We also found that the more palatable plants were old and andon andon andon on the decline and the less palatable plants we were young younger r and more num num- erous Russian thistle a comparatively new pl plant In Utah Is now gaining ground rapidly Dr Ur Cottam continuo ed Since the Russian thistle is an ani annual plant which falls to come up up in years ears of adverse conditions the desert is becoming more and more more barren If unregulated grazing continues continues con con- it is only a a. question of time until Utah's deserts will become sandy and barren |