Show a u Weekly Shots From The Mountain By Ranger LeGrand Olsen The most important Shot of course is the rainfall The Experiment Experiment Experiment Ex Ex- Station in Ephraim Canyon reports during the I week of September 5 to 11 At Baldy Ranger Station the moisture moisture moisture mois mois- ture for the past 12 months is read around July 1 For the year ending July 1 1954 2207 inches were recorded This compares with 2930 on July 1 1953 and for the year ending ending ending end end- ing July I 1 1 1952 The 1952 reading read rend reading rending ing had the time benefit of the winter winter winter win win- ter of the big snow Spent two days with Bruce Barton going over their sheep range We Ve were trying to figure figure figure fig fig- ure out ways to improve the range and still get full grazing seasons In the fall a choice sheep feed is Elderberry so the herder pl plans ns to graze them be before before before be- be fore leaving the mountain In talking with Dermis Jensen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen the cow rider on the Muddy 1 I learned that his boys trapped 3 coyotes 4 bear and 18 b bob bobcats bobcats o b cats before school started They lost track of the number of porcupines too many to count I hope all you hunters declare war on porcupines but leave my badgers alone |