Show Notes Form Forest Office I The Ephraim road is isnow isnow now no open and a number of ot cars are passing over the mountain dally daily Ranger Anderson also reports having hav- hav Ing completed on the evening of July 3 spring maintenance maintenance of ot the Millers Flat road FENCE D DESTROYED George W W. reports that I recently it was necessary for him to toI I drive permitted stock down below the tho fence near the tho Experiment StaI Sta Sta- i I tion After Arter gathering the cattle and putting them below helow he ho followed follow follow- ed the fence and found that last had nad torn down i winter wood haulers the drift fence in tw two places and andIn andIn andin In one place they had hauled away the tho logs An effort is being made to determine who did this so that corrective measures may be bo employed employ employ- the tho ed to prevent a recurrence of trespass HIGH WATER The high water In the streams having haying th their lr source In the Manti 1 Forest are now receding Far Farmers ners generally report the best runoff in inmany inmany inmany notwithstanding the tho the many years fact that the last winters winter's snow was considerably less than normal The I u Forest w Notes Notes- N otes I Continued from tram page page 1 1 mistaken idea many people have held that vegetative growth where left lett on the range in the fall tall would Uld impair the the- spring runoff the following followIng- year has hns been exploded b by the seasons season's actions It has Ims been pretty well demonstrated al also also also al- al so that the effect of heavy late fall rains and aud temperatures during the tho spring has much to do with tho the amount of water finding its its way Into the fields from the watersheds I WOODCHUCKS AT SEELY CREEK GREEK RANGER STATION Every year for tor many years wood woodchucks woodchucks chucks have been a menace to fa the buildings at the tho Seely Creek Ranger Bangor Rang Bang or er Station Efforts have been made to get rid of ot tho the pests one way and another without leaving the car carcasses carcasses carcasses car car- casses to decompose under the Station Station Station Sta Sta- tion and mix their perfume with that of the flowers During the fall rall of ot each year the woodchucks seem to gather under the house to hibernate and in hi the the spring come out with their ranks greatly re This spring the wooden fire barren was completely completely completely com com- empty it would not even eyen hold enough water water- to quench t lie Hie thirst of t the e wood chuck family Two holes about 4 1 by hy 6 G Inches had hac been cut through the barrel so that tha the tho wo woodchucks could get the salt saU saltwater sal water vater without crawling over th the Q top A new ne fire barrel Is needed for tooth sharpener for the coming coining year During the last week of June Juno a campaign was conducted against these pests A coyote trap was used All holes leading from under under under un un- der the station except one oue was filled filled filled fill fill- ed with rocks and the trap was ties selin setin set sel setin in this hole In approximately six days clays our catch amounted to 14 woodchucks Not such a bad catch to start with Porcupines are likely responsible responsible responsible sible for the tho holes in the fire firo bar bar- rel Just because marmots are called woodchucks is no no- valid reason reason reason rea rea- son for accusing them of eating |