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Show ANENT THE FOREST RESERVE. Forester Pinchot Gives Information on The Subject. , SOME UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS. Reserve Is Intended to Benefit Local ity. However, Necessary N ''" Changes Will bo Made. w - & ",' J The Dixie Advocate says: Wl President E. II. Snow of this city Is . , in receipt of the following communlca- 5 tlon addressed to Hon. Iteed Smoot d and 'or warded by that gentleman, to- ijt gclher with another epistle, which Is ttn ft1?r self explanatory, and gives some tnfor- Sgf ' matlon concerning forest reserves S And by the way, we will simply say 1 that.tho Salt Lake Ilurnld, in its eager- ff , ness to "scoop" Its contemporaries, got HP ahead of the facts in the matter of the f 3fT"l 1'lnu Valley reserve, which has not yet Me been set aside, and probably will not Ej. be, until the residents of the county Ik havfi expressed their willingness. The V Idticr follows; Jj United States Department of Agri 1' Uj culture, bureau of Forestry, Washing- K ton, D. C, February 8, 1901. 91 H Hon. ICeed Smoot, United States Sen R ate, Washington, V C, Dear 8lr: I ( nm in receipt of a letter of Mr. 13. H. flp Snow of St. George, Utah, which yon , R hate referred to this Uureau for con- L ,stdcration in connection with the ' Hi proposed Dixie Forest Reserve. Mr. mf Snow states that since Mr Olmsted's Jp field examination "of the Pine Valley Mi - mountains the sentiment of the people H; . of St. George has materially changed, ' Wt and that the creation of a forest re- ' fjjl;' I scr vo in that region is uo now looked ;' 2l liret1ratiW'fegunaUous)Q'AiryL f I " forest reserves will make H difirevnt to K obtain timber and wood, and that the fl restrictions in general will tend to re IV . a t.v .i'irniTiprit. of tho country. tL It is nlso stated that sheep arc not to bo j I " cxelndcd and that, therefore, no pro- I tcctlon will bo afforded tp the brush I and grabs, which aro of vital Iraport- ance in holding back the snow and J , rogulatlng the water flow. 7 I The objection that certain regula. I R ton3 now in force on forest reserves f ftre unnecessarily annoying is well I taken. I am convinced that there are fi i.i.ttnno ivhlr-h arc unneces many ri "- - I sary and futile. This Is not, however. I tt flr ground for objection to the crca- tlo'nof a reserve; it cannot be too I 8trongly emphasised that such regula. I tlons will be remedied or done away lfe. "wlth. Forest reserves are designed f !9 for use, nnd especially for use by peo- i ft pie llylog in the, Immedfate, yleinlty. If, They aro not paiks; all their resources i I should be. and will be. utilized, to the h I fullest extent and under such simple j , restrictions only as will make them J permanent. The construction of res- I . i i.i i t.ivnrpii in everv way i r crvoira o'" "- . - - possible; the chief function of forest i . reserves in tho arid regions Is to affoul f I protection to tho watersheds upon U R which these reservoirs "re dependent, fe L A steady flow of water Is of vital im- Bf 1 '. , portanco to St. George and the f& neighboring settlements, and tho Dixie f ' Forest Reserve would be created with this object In view. It Is therefore un I f I fair to assume that any grazing prlvll- I J$ I eU.gs will bo recommended which 1 I wowltl bcrlously damage tho forest or I 4 1 1.....1. r. On much of the proposed II reserve the damage resulting from the Krazlng of sheep would far outweigh 1 any los incurred by the owners of I sheep from restriction of range, and th0 question would bo decided accord- I ingly. I ' I should bo greatly obliged If you I would write tho citizens of St. George 1 . to this effect and assure them that be- f fore final recommendations am made i . ...i.. !....,. tl.n local soritlment will til Winostca'rofully considered. Ski I Very respectfully, 0. I OlFI'OKU 1'INCIIOT, lBj t Forester. |