Show Weekly Shots From The TheBy Mountain By Ranger LeGrand Olsen Ohen The Mountain after a n few months of rest Is really coming alive It produces several crops each ench year the most important and valuable of which of course is water This crop has been fairly good the past two weeks The prospects are good for better better better bet bet- ter than average summer flow Was Vas in Emery lest last week inthe in inthe inthe the interest of another important important I tant crop grass Was tagging and checki checking g cattle on the for for- est The stockmen over there have their problems They say the winter range was about as ns poor as anyone con rec recollect Insufficient feed and water The drought in this area is really serious The calf crop is down cows are unable to furnish enough milk to produce large healthy calves The mountain is their salvation as far as cow pasture is concerned What worries me is how long the mountain will hold up under the of early grazing May layl 1 26 is rather early for ft I elevation Manti 1 Canyon cattlemen have volunteered to hold their cattle off a few days from the opening date of June 1 Paul Keeler informs me the Six Mile group ore are going to keep third one-third of their permitted cattle home un until until until un- un til after July 1 This is being done as ns a range protection mea mea- sure They wish to insure a good grass crop for the future The Forest Service road grader grader grader gra gra- der has hus been up Twelve Mile nl and d Six Mile canyons canyon as far as snow and mud wo would ld permit They ar are in Manti Canyon now Later in the summer the grader I will work down from the top i The roads will not always be beI I smooth but the idea iden is to take C cure re of the drainage so they will always bo passable passable and and safe for modern cars I NIMI I I |