Show o 0 Weekly Shots From The Mountain By Ranger LeGrand Olsen Had a good look at the watershed watershed water water- shed hed north of the cottonwoods in Manti several days ago This fairly steep country received the brunt of two torrential rains in August It is lacking in such important cover as al although although although al- al though there is a lot of oak brush Inumerable small gullies were present It will take years before they are healed Rain and and snow snow mo moisture st r viII will-find will I it i easier to run down these little ditches than to penetrate the soil When erosion starts nature has a s struggle t l' l U g g 1 e to heal the wounds Well VeIl what are we doing about about about a- a bout it The Manti ManU Canyon cattlemen cat cattlemen cattlemen cat cat- planted grass on a few open areas There are so few sites that they can get their tractors over but they did what they could Now if it could be given protection from cattle grazing until the grass is well established it would help a lotI lot I 1 believe some some management program program program pro pro- gram will be worked out to provide for this needed prote tion lion The autumn autumn colors are worth wortha a trip up up the canyon to see I They wont won't last long so enjoy natures nature's handiwork while you I can o 0 |