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Show FOREST PLANTING IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS OF UTAH At the bend of Big Cottonwood canyon, In tho Wasatch mountains, not far from Hnlt I.aho City, Undo Sam has onu of tho most Important of tho nlno plnntlng stations which have been established In tho national forests throughout the country. Of all tho planting stations that nro maintained by tho forest service, this ono. porhnps, Is tho most Ideal and it promises to become, ono of the best producors. It Is estimated that un dor tho present capacity 1.000,000 sccdllngH can bo grown annually, and If It- becomes necessary tho nurseiy enn bo Increased to two or (hreo times Its prosont bIzc. Tho planting operations aro In charge of N. J. Kctherolf, planting assistant, working under tho direction of n. II. Clarke, supervisor of the Salt Uvko and Wasatch national forests. This station Is Intended for tho production of forest tree secdllngu for planting on Important watersheds In tho Wasatch mountnlns. This nursery 1ms ono-half an ncro lu seed- beds and a good-sized area Is available avail-able for use lu transplanting the needllngs after they have giowit In tho seedbeds ono or two years. Forest plnntlng In becoming more nnd moro Important each year and tho public generally realizes ttmt If the supply of commercial timber Is to be maintained n great deal of planting must be dono In the future. The govcrnmqnt has encouraged prl vato land owners thtoughoiit the middle mid-dle woit to plant trees upon their homesteads, and within the last five or six years advlco In forest pluntlng hns been given to thousands of farmers farm-ers lu tho mlddlo west. There nro now over 150,000.000 acres In national forests and within theso are Included nst areas of land that require forest planting bocjuso seed trees nro wholly lacking. Among the various policies connected with the management of tho national forests, for-ests, that of planting Is yet lu Its Infancy, In-fancy, but within a compnratlvciy short time It will nssumo greater Importance Im-portance in tho general management of the national forests. 1 It requires from two to four years to produce stock Biilllcrcntly largo for plnntlng, nnd thorcforo tho process pro-cess of reforestation nt tho beginning must bo slow. Any planting that Is dono In tho vicinity of this section will servo two purposes: First, Improvement Im-provement of tho watershed cover of an important drnlnngo l?ln, from which Salt I-nko City Is sitpiilfedrand. at tho samo time, tlio production of. commercial timber on land tlmt formerly for-merly boro nn excellent sta,nd, but which has been devastated by careless care-less lumbetliig nnd forest flies. I It will lie one or two years before any stock Is nvallablo for planting, jbut then there should be nt least 300,000 trees ready to set out on the I mountain sldo. Tbcro Is no question about the success of Held planting, slnco tlm region Is potentially. for-lested for-lested nren. Thero Is abundant opportunity oppor-tunity for experimental work In test- lug now species and this spring seeds of a large number of trees thqt nre not common to tho Wasatch mountains moun-tains have been sown at thn nursery to determine their adaptability to that region. Hood of Jnpnnesu larch, which Is ory slmllnr to tho Ilutopenu larch, has been sown nt this station, nnd while It Is not certain Just yhat tho results will be, yet It Is believed that this ilmy provo to bo a valuable treo for pluntlng curtain sites. It Is estimated esti-mated thnt thoro nro over ICono acres within rango of this station which are In very urgent need of reforestation. In 25 years tho barn-n 'slopes will bo green again with trrci ;nnd the planted foreBt will bo Im- proving the wntor-IIow which Is of 'biicIi great worth to Salt Lako Clh |