Show Forest Notes Mr C. C L. L Forsling the tho director of or I the Great Basin Experiment Station accompanied U by Frank Drow Browning S I. I of Ogden arrived ed In Ephraim on March With Ranger Rangel Thursby Thursby Thurs- Thurs b by the they left for the Experiment Station the following morning for forthe the purpose of ot making snow meas meas- They returned from the mountain on April 3 and loft lert immediately immediate for Ogden Professor Clyde of the tho U. U A. A C. C and a Mr German who Is assisting him him made a trip to the Mammoth 1 Station and Gooseberry the last of ot March for the purpose of making snow measurements on that part of the Gooseberry watershed that I drains into the proposed Gooseberry Reservoir They were ere visitors at atthe atthe atthe the Supervisors Supervisor's office on ou March 1 29 These gentlemen pI plan un on making measurements of the water content of or the snow lying above the ditches that bring water from the east enst eastside eastside side over oyer the Ephraim Canyon to determine what part of the water Is lost through evaporation and seep seep- age They shod hod planned on accompanying accompanying ing Mr Jr Forsling on his recent trip because of or unfavorable weather er the they were afraid of or losing too much time lime and for this reason postponed postponed post post- their trip until sometime later AFTER THE LIONS I Ranger Anderson reports that Dunham and Kofford members of the Biological Survey left Orangeville Orangeville Orange- Orange ville on April 3 with hounds for Trail where they plan to toI rid irid I that part of the forest of lions that are preying on the deer RANGER COX GETTING ROADS IN SHAPE Ranger Hanger Cox has for far r the past ten days been putting the ManU Manti Can Can- days been putting pulling the Manti 1 Can Canyon yon road rond in shape for Spring travel tra If Ie weather conditions are aro favorable the Twelve Mile Conyon road will willbe t be gone over this week PLANT IDENTIFICATION I Returns have recently been received received re- re ed cei from tho the Manti 1 plant collection to be he submitted to Washington Wash Wash- ington a for identification Of tho the thoI i I i twelve plants submitted nine had never ne been subs submitted ni from r this forest for or identification before One of or these the poison pOlson Ivy dron Is quite plentiful on the tho 1 Manti a Forest but hut for tor obvious t j reason collectors have bave heretofore r i I passed it up DESIRE DESIRE DESIR FOREST BOUNDARY FENCED i f Some Somo of or the C H living North of Thistle Valley are asking the tho Service to cooperate with them In tho construction of approximately approximately approximately 2 miles of forest boundary boundary boundary bound bound- ary fence rence This fence will be needed needed needed need need- ed to prevent nt cattle from entering the tho forest before opening the grazing grazing graz graz- ing inS season the date dalo of which has has boon been delayed this year ear from May 1 to 1 May aj SNOW MEASUREMENTS l I Snow measurements for March at tho the Oaks Station showed a water water water wa wa- ter equivalent for the month of or Inches at the Experiment Station the tho water equivalent for the month was Inches and at the tho Alpine Alpino it was inches The average snow depth at the tho Exp Experiment Station Station Station Sta Sta- tion Is slightly more than 12 inches The Tho total water equivalent for this I i snow is approximately 13 inches i On IOn i the Meadows l just below the Alpine Al AI- i I I pine nine Station there was an average depth of 75 inches of or snow with awater it a a awater I water content of 25 5 inches The snow near the top are arc somewhat uncertain duo to drifting The Marvin Snow Gauge at that station also falls fails to accurately re record record record re- re cord the precipitation since most I of the storms are accompanied with wind I For Gooseberry the snow was found to average approximately 48 98 I inches in depth with a water water con con- tent of 19 Inches These measure meets ments are arc somewhat than for a year oar ago however there thore was considerable moisture went into the ground before the tho first lasting snows came last fall For this reason the tho outlook for or water this I season is thought to bo be reasonably good WHEAT WHEAT SOWN IN JOES JOE'S VALLEY Farmers in Lower Joes Joe's Valley I were sowing their wheat the last week in March This is somewhat hat earlier than usual for that locality I HERBARIUM I CASES BEING I IMADE MADE I Ranger Anderson who because of an injury to his knee will bo he unable unable un un- un-I un able to ride for two or three weeks is bus busy making herbarium cases for I each of tho six rangers on tho Manti Forest |