Show TURKS trees of sizes and kinds commonly cuti cut and removed from our mountain slopes and canyon hot bot tomb for christmas trees are the type most needed for watershed cover and as base tor for future tim bor ber these tine fine young trees are tho children of oe our forests just as aa sure at as i a nation without children will perish so wll a forest without lifting young trees following this thinking in order to safeguard the i watersheds future timber and fh the scenic beauty of this area which are believed to be of hig highest lin importance to poo people living hero bore now and to fu u ture turc generations it has boon been decided to prohibit cutting of christmas trees in ili all canyons of 0 f the dixie national forest fores t th that at drain into the great basin tho the announcement was wag made tuesday by albrrt albert albertson boitson Al forest supervisor of cedar city tho the prohibition against cutting applies to trees in cedar and paro paio wan wait canyons where demand tor for christmas trees Is groat cot the supervisor said it is a violation of state law to cut and remove any kind of tree or ot her tonn form of watershed cover from olther cither state or I 1 private I 1 lands ands without first ae curing a permit from the owner this does not mean that we cannot have christmas arees trees in our homes hanics there are many places whore troea trees can be cut and removed as th innings which benefit rither rather than cau caused detriment to the stand bland this kind of cutting should he bs done under supervision of a qualified orest cr and on national forest land will be handled y forest rangers there arev qa also commercial christmas trees available on tha market which have been taken froni from thick stands of reproduction under tinder proper supervision use of these commercial trees should be encouraged as much as possible i Christ christinas nias means much to all of us and christmas tr tres es make it mean more to many of 0 us we can have this but to protect et our watersheds the scenic of our canyons and mountains and future umber timber we all to it that our needs tor for christmas trees are supplied front from tho the proper source and under super supervision vis ton al mr r albertson berteon Al said |