Show kaibab forest notes A UT otes by walter G mann forest supervisor kaibab national forest A report by odell julander has just been issued covering cal and game management studies on oil tile the kaibab national forest during the season of 0 1932 the summary mary of this report Is given below the forage production on oil the w winter range and in tile the spruce fir clr zone ot of the summer range was considerably greater lu in 1932 thun than in the average utilization ot of aspen for 1932 was 75 per cent of the an aua nual growth which Is believed to be about proper other important to brush species were utilized about 70 per cent on the average twenty six tagged cliff rose shoots on the open range showe I 1 an all increase in growth of per lier cent over 1931 general studies show both suat mer iner anil and winter range to be utilized somewhere near the proper degree tho the only serious over graz ing noted was on tho the extreme points of the winter range by both deer dear and cattle and on the summer range around water holes and small localized areas used excessively by sheep and cattle there Is direct competition between deer and cattle on oil the winter range during periods of deep deel snow the competition availability ot of grass tor for cattle little competition exists on tho the summer range theirs theire la Is direct competition between deer and sheep on the summer range for all species having any considerable palatability to leer deer the main period ot deer browsing of dine in 1932 was from june 15 16 to july 15 16 vaille the shoots wore were young tind mid succulent A slight amount of 0 browsing occurred outside of this period browsing ot of pine to the greatest extent lit in parks parka and open hillsides hill sides accessibility ot of water and other browse has little direct effect up on oa the amount of browsing of 0 pine by leer deer deer beer browse pine because the succulent shoots are palatable and the amount ot at browsing varies with the intensity 0 of ase ot of the arm area by deer on oil established plots 67 per cent ot of the white fir trees w were era browsed by deer but the browsing wig confined mainly to the needles needled and little serious dabag was done on spruce plots 24 per cent ot of the trees were waro browsed by li leer deer there was little browsing of spruce except around tho the edges of open parks some browsing ot of conifers by doer must be expected if the range Is to be fully utilized by deer the greatest factor influencing tile the congregation ot at deer in ie de motte matte park Is the presence there of highly palatable weeds the kaibab deer are in good condition and comparatively tree free from disease and pests jigsaw jig saw puzzles are ara made from rom basswood and plywood which are products of the forests the jigsaw craze has put hundreds of employees employ eeg to work in the manufacturing fac turing plants making the puzzles tile the village of now new london wisconsin has been shipping oui out puzzles every day salt lake city will reforest reto reat the watersheds from which it gets it its s water supply the purpose la is to t prevent ero erosion of the dirt from from the hillsides hill sides and to hold a more even flow of water in the atI streams eams A forested mountain la Is similar to a great sponge which holds holda the water and lets it flow out evenly the first firsa planting will be done this spring and the city has ordered trees the species to be planted are ara pinion pine ponderosa pine lodgepole pine blue spruce and juniper will take produce W 0 mann made a trip to mt alt trumbull last week and marked feet of timber to be cut by wyble and foate owners of the sawmill cutting of the timber began the next day after marking the sawmill owners expect to bo able to have lumber tor for sale at all times during the summer and next winter for payment for or the lumber they will take money cattle sheep chickens and other things snow conditions on mt trumbull are about the same baine as last year the timber was wao marked with four our feet beet of 0 snow on the ground and logging will be done on sled roads preston bunting returned train from salt tare lake city where he went on business and to attend a meeting or of the independent grocers bust ness men train every part ot of the state were present |