OCR Text |
Show H VALUABLE INVESTIGATIONS BE- Hl ing made. H By direction of Secretary "Wilson H the Weathor Bureau and tho Forost H Service aro making an exhaustive H study of tho entire question of forest H effects upon climate and stream How. H The experiment station at "Wagon H Wheel Gap, Colo., established for the H purpose of this investigation, is now H on a firm basis, and a comploto series H of observations has been mado dur- H Ing tho last eight months. Coopora- H tlvo meteorological stations are also H maintained in tho Coconino National H Forest in Arizona, and In tho Frc- H mont National Forest In Colorado, H dcta from which will bo available for H study and comparison in connection H with tho records at Wagon Whcol H Gap. However, it should be undcr- H stood thut results obtained In this H soml-arid region would bo without H value as a critcrlan for determining B p.obloms in connection with runoff H tl.at obtain In tho humid regions' of H the East. It is hoped that In co.utpc H of timo an experimental area may be H rehired and tho necessary plant 'ln- H 'tailed in both tho Allegheny and H , AVhlto Mountains regions. |