Show CARE OF RANGE REDUCES FLOODS Important Problems of cst Discussed at Conference Water sheds upon which the vegetation Is Ia set el depleted depicted and which were wee badly In 1910 have been Ir through regulated well regulated grazing ra so o that the occurrence of or floods and the erosion ot of o the sot so has l ha declined 66 per cent In 12 ye These are the results of an experiment b by the forest service at the rhe Great Basin experiment Staton SIlon near Ephraim which w were re presented p to district investigative e corn eom- com which concluded Its two two- two day day meeting this at the Iho district office of at the Ule fn forest est Ico ice Ico In Olden Ogden It was pointed out OUI that thaI bat this de- de decrease decrease de decrease crease In erosion md Ind nd flood run run- runoff run off oft off has bas come as the I result of oC Im Improving im- im improvIng proving pro the which oc- oc occupied occupied oc occupied only about or of orthe the surface in 1312 aid has In- In Increased increased In Increased creased to 10 two two fifths of a com corn complete complete cover in 1923 19 3 cn en an n ex- ex experImental ex experimental area at he headwaters of oC canyon on the Manti national forest These chese results re It ItIs itis ItIs Is pointed out are arc of tremendous Importance In showing hat graz graz- grazIng grazing ing may be so 0 o as not notto notto notto to Interfere with watershed water he-d he pro pro- protection protection and that hat lC if if a cover er of oC grasses and weld Is t the danger of at floods and th tho silt- silt silt silting log ing up of r will be abated OTHER Other range ran e experiments experiment being discussed by the district committee e 1 I a stud study ot of the relation of at variation In weather to the Jie lIe capacity or of the range the Improvement of oC depleted ra ranges oy y sowing lowing or of grasses i improvement or of orthe the range ranga by the re re-M-eding of at atthe the native fora fora J plants which arc already growing on the he ground Lice stUd study of ot the date dale nen range Is ready for tor grazing grazine In the tt e spring and the time that grazing gral should be discontinued in the rail fall in or- or or order tier der to maintain the carrying ca- ca ca capacity lacity of the range the the best beat methods of at managing and utilizing brush ra ranges nl S in ut sOll Utah and 3 s study of at the best beat methods of at utilization and nd man man- management management management of ot spring sprang ange The majority of these studies are arc being conducted at the Great reat Basin ex- ex experIment ex experiment station statin Those on spring spring- fall fail Call range are eo conducted at atthe the the U S cheep sta- sta station station sta station tion at Dubois Dubols Idaho by the Iho for for- forest for forest est eat service and federal fecera t tureau of animal Industry in operation co The district t e com corn committee committee which which hag tas as ma to 10 eon con con consider sider Ider the rl's results result durin during the past year car and to 10 Take make a pro pro- program gram grant for 19 1926 6 the tho ho Col- Col fol following lowing R n H Rutledge dge district for for- forester forester for forester ester chairman Dr William Peterson director Utah Agricultural tural lural ural experiment station C D 12 Morse More Ernest C N an and 1 R It E Gery Ger assistant district t foresters In 11 tho the Intermountain tain tain tam district V P S Baker Daker and nd nd J 3 0 Stewart ot of the local beat office c t L li I director Great Grat Basin experiment station E B W Nelson assistant or dirce-or Grea Basin ex- ex experiment ex experiment station n It J 3 Becraft department of range ranee management Utah Agricultural college colle coll e C B BArentson Arentson supervisor supe or ot the Cache national forest forett Core t K E C Shepard supervisor of the Wasatch nation nation- national national al forest |