Show forest activities in manti canyon I 1 11 hi id 1 11 cu the natural resources ot of mantl enon pla a vital part dart in ili tho the life welfare of the local community tho the forage and timber con consumed guined an biilly aro are valuable ablo assets but gi eater than those la Is iho the perpetual ater sulma 1 tho the mountain stream p for potter irrigation and other purposes during the tile last reason freo free H if use i emits PIO eio leaned for 1000 dry try y toles 1 COO cords cordi ot of tuni fuel more than trees and other mater 11 1266 gheen men koloj sold to farmers it oi ot of ic lc with o ich head of cattle and horses own k pd b 60 grae annually in a manti mantl this division div lilon of ran y gor district no I 1 Is not dot so heavily na fig oilier portions of tho the forest because a heavier forest cover must f be erod hero here in order to main tain fain a regular stream flow sheep shoop grazing lias has been excluded from this tills 4 canon except on a small area of at low range in the bouth south bide side chero here tho the madair herd grazes from may 20 to ji jino no i the forks ofAl of lanti antl canyon which 0 yak to the creation of at tho the national forest were come of the moat most badly overgrazed anil and depleted areas to bo be in this tills section has mado made won darful improvement thru the protect od ed and restricted grazing practiced thero there since it was nas taken over oer is part of the national forest the people 1 of at manti constantly keep a watchful jealous eo on their canyon and each season seaton their marshal and anti members of at tho the city council as well as advisor board members of the cattle As assoria socia tion and other citizens eions ol 01 the forke they well re i i ember tho the deva staMn floods watch used to do so much bimage to their rl and farms ard liev the fact that since it has been protect ed by the forest forests they hao little never had ft a single tood flood which did them any considerable damage thoro there if it probably olo bitter butor of what protection will III do to bring back a df depleted area in the tile whole nation i purest forest than atio foras of canyon Ilo however wever it ie in still a ital problem and each season ra re quires close and constant attention on tho the part of the toi foiest est officers to loo that overgrazing does not occur hundreds of visit this part of the forest each ami anti several people are now contemplating the construction of summer homei in manti canon just as toon soon aa as the road Is completed to the areas they hao hale selected tho the fish and gamo came club last sei set son succeeded in obtaining ameral thousand thoi sand fingerlings were planted in the canyon streams durine during tho the open season on deer last lat october there nere ere more than CO 60 hunters in this canyon about a it doxen dozen of whom succeeded in getting unlit limit citizens of manti have expended nearly during tho the lant wit three ears in the construction of a good road for auto grael for a dis tanco tance of five live miles into the conan tho the local forest office offices s lave aye rec commended that this road be constructed ted by tho the forest service all the way thru the canyon during each of tho tile past two seasons the forest service contributed sido aco for of at the riad and wo have been assured that the same amount will be forthcoming this tills year in the event that the service does not begin actual const construction suction vork on tho tile project |