Show Forest Notes' Notes I I STUDY OF STREAM I FLOW V I Professor ProCessor Clyde of the time U. U A. A C. C t who has been making a study of the tho run off orf above the proposed I Gooseberry Dam has given some interesting figures on the tho flow of ot j I that stream Mr 11 Clyde states that tho Gooseberry Creek has now I dropped to GO 60 second feet teet At the I highest stage the creek carried carrie a I little better bettor than second feet I t I During a little cold snap the stream I dropped from to second secondI I feet in one day Bulger has come comeI I I. I up until it now carries 35 second secondI I 1 I feet foet of w water tel and the last few days das 1 it has haJ been beon steadily increasing in size Professor Clyde Clde will know i within a short time the approximate approximate mate flow from Crom the hl high h water in inI 1 I Gooseberry and Bulger LD DAM DAMOn DAMOn DAMOn On May Mar and nud Humphrey and Van Boskirk made mado madea madeI I a trip to Cle Clear Cler r Creek to make malee Inquiry In Inquiry In- In in-I in I as to the outlook for a Umbert timber Umber t sale for mine amine props and saw timber Umber I II Practically all the tho props at Clear I I Crock Creek have been used The Wintel win win- Win tel tar quarters and Mud lud Creek mines mincH are shut shit down which will reduce I Ii Continued on Page S 8 i Forest Notes Continued from page I 1 the tho number cumber of props needed On their return from Clear Crook they mado made a trip down to the Scofield Scofield Sea Sea- field dam to see seo just how much hutch water runs off a little part of tho the north end of the Forest Fish Crook creole and Pleasant Valloy Crook have now perhaps started to go down however large streams were running running running run run- ning from both hoth Tho The reservoir was full Not to exceed six inches of water stater has hns been turned out since sinco last Sunda Sunday It looks as though the dam darn will hold Just how tho tIo flow through tho the dam was stapp stopped cd is somewhat of a a. mystery and while conditions are encouraging at oat this time the dam is far front from safe The reports are that the tho present area aroa covered by water amounts to 36 square miles RE Professor Clyde stated slated that that the tho Mammoth l Ranger st Station t on from May 7 to May 22 tho the precipitation amounted to approximately 3 inches On the day of 1 May a they thoy were able ablo to get over 01 into Gooseberry with their theU horses WORK VORK ON FAIRVIEW V CANYON ROAD I The Tho stale road worl workers have completed double tracking tho the Fairview Fairview Fair Fair- view Canyon road up as far as the tho Willow Bunch Just as soon as it stops storming It is planned to commore corn corn- more intensive use of or tho the WATER V USERS FOR OR MARE INTENSIVE GRAZING OF VA WATERSHED A petition has been boen received at atthe atthe the tho Supervisors Supervisor's office asking for more moro intensive use of the tho forage on tile the Ephraim Creek Crook Watershed This petition had its inception last winter when the farmers could not for forget t last years year's shortage of irrigation irrigation irrigation gation water Snowfall records for forthe forthe the tho winter of 1926 1026 and 1927 were reasonably good and the farmers were very much at tho the small amount of water rater they received ed cd last summer attributing the small flow low to the tho forage cover found on tho the watershed rather than titan to a prolonged drouth period This spring with considerably loss less than the tho average amount of winter snow on all their watershed they have received a much greater run off than for many years not notwithstanding notwithstanding notwithstanding not not- withstanding the fact that last seasons season's sea- sea sous sou's forage growth was tho the best recorded In the past 35 years ears Run off from front tho the enclosed experimental exper exper- I areas at tho the tho Alpine Experiment Experiment Experiment Ex Ex- Ex- Ex Station where the density of the forage cover coyer has been In Increased Increased increased In- In creased about three hundred percent percent percent per per- cent has been much higher this season season season sea sea- son than at any time since the tho station station station sta sta- tion has been established This checks with Prof Clydes Clyde's statement That from a saturated bare soil the evaporation exceeds both the evaporation and transpiration from froma a cropped soil The petition was signed by nearly nearly nearly near near- ly half the heads QC families In ill Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim including practically all the city officials as well as many other othor prominent citizens |