| Show erosion control Is aid to game and wildlife report cepo rt declares hunters beating the brush this fall may not have known it and maybe the turkey aul and deer aware of it but southeastern pauna fauna wi wildlife latife to you can thank its collective lucky stars that uncle sam sain has an intensive suit soil erosion control program pi under way far while most wildlife protection actually help bell control cro erosion sion eryou control most certainly dow dous help protect wildlife according to A E borell regional biologist for the conservation service the basis of erosion control according to the SOS Is increasing vegetative eget athe cover and conserving soll boll and water therefore erosion control improves wildlife environment food cover and water con which go to make up a suitable habitat for the finned furred and feathered during the past season tech planted more than a million trees and shrubs for erosion control tit in advantageous advantage qua sites thru out the southwest region As aa long AS they were planting anyway they figured they might as well use species which would serve more one puT purpose pose so those plantings included such euch wildlife food and cover plants as russian olive wild sumac wild grape osage orange wild rose lose mulberry and wild olive la in addition over a minion million pounds of grass seed was planted in depleted range lands As these plants mature many arena areas which are now barren life will again become homes of the birds and mammals which mean so much to the r recreational ec re a t ton al and ec economic 0 a ollic welfare are of the ille southwest borell borall says another phase of erosion c control work which favorably aft wildlife environment la is the practice of fencing stream bottoms to keep stock from oberg over 11 ne ejary to stabilize the claunel channel if la Is done tile the protected legeta blou grows grow s high aud and dense and la is a bieu for game und and other animals dud dad kume game ludw and song boug birds and when it comes to beaver wildlife men say auy you have tho the iaal cam eam erosion control engi ateer for the many little dams these animals build go a along way iway toward helping help lui check flood flows dad and keeping buck back aut aud and debris which otherwise would be dumped ou on farin lands and other improve below these theao little dams atso also aw form ponds which improve fishing conditions in the southwestern mountain mead KOS state game departments iohd sports sportsmens mens clubs are arc cooper 1 aniag to establish beaver on the upper streams several now mew antelope aute lopo areas owe their success and exist ence to improved environment that erosion control and proper land use us practices practice have brought about BOS officials believe that it was waa not 11 uniting tinting alone which brought tile the near extermination of many specks such as antelope au an important factor was waa the of tile the environment up upon on which such ant mals depended many of the causes of excess excessive I 1 ve erosion are the causes of wildlife depletion borell says As overgrazing or poor furn farming illig methods reduce vegetation not only does erosion set in but animals and birds birda become scarce lack of food and cover means that they starve or are easy prey for hunters predators or the vr weather eather ranchers and farmers all over the southwest are taking part in this wildlife problem in almost every agreement between the SOS and I 1 the land owner tor for erosion control work vork provisions are written in W hf ch take ivil wildlife e a needs e e d a ind and possibilities ties e into consideration |
