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Show Fishlake Forest Head Made deseeding Director Mr. Blaine Betenson, for the past seven years, supervisor of the Fishlake National Forest, has been selected as director of range reseeding and range improvement for the U. S. Forest Service, Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Region, Regional Forester Forest-er W. B. Rice announced today. Mr. Betenson has had national recognition for pioneering the removal re-moval of sagebrush and restoring depleted range lands thru reseeding. reseed-ing. Two years ago he received a meritorious promotion for outstand ing accomplishment in reseeding work. Among other achievements, Mr. Betenson developed reseeding equipment which speeded up removal re-moval of sagebrush .His success in converting big areas of Utah sage brush lands to grass has attracted attention of livestock operators and land administrators thru-out the west. Regional Forester Rice stated that superivsor Betenson's experience, exper-ience, ability, and range improvement improve-ment knowledge all are needed on a regional basis, as the range improvement im-provement program is being expanded. ex-panded. Mr. Betenson entered the Forest Service as Forest Ranger in 1920. He served on the Beaver, Salina and Fishlake Ranger Districts of the present Fishlake Forest from 1920 to 1928. He advanced to Assistant As-sistant Forest Supervisor on the Wasatch National Forest in 1928 and in 1935 was promoted to Forest For-est Supervisor of the Minidoka National Forest at Burley, Idaho.. He transferred to Cedar City, Utah as Supervisor of the Dixie National Forest in 1937 and in 1942 moved to his present position on the fishlake fish-lake National Forest at Richfield, Utah. Before entering the Forest Service, he was in the AEF of World War I. He is a Utahn born at Circleville, Utah. |