Show NEW NATIONAL FOREST SOUGHT SOUGH Ogden Forester In Iii Mountain Watershed S BOISE Idaho May 4 By The The Tho Associated Presa Presa Pres Several hundred acre acres i of land on the north slope of the Owyhee noun noun- mountains will be bo created Into a na- na forest with a ranger In charge It JC r recommendations to tithe the United States Stales forest service at Washington are carrIed out Residents of that territory have urged such action for the past 10 years Guy li Mains Mins supervisor of tho Boise Daise national forest here said today upon his return front that section with It n n I Gery assistant district forester er from the Ogden office They spent 10 days ds day surveying the region and are now preparing their report The rhe water sheds of tho the regIon are In a dangerous condition SIr Mr Gery said For many years yeal'S water has been decreasing grad grad- gradually gradually In that country forcing the abandonment of a numb number of anches and lowering farming and an grazIng values The The section needs protection 10 for Its watersheds whIch may be made a II valuable asset to agri- agri agriculture agni agriculture culture Then too there Is Ii a anice inice nice young stand of or Dolglas fir which is spreading and doing nicely and In time may be val val- al for Its lis timber It II protected from and tire Ire which Inclusion In a national forest re re- re reserve reserve serve would do In years yens past Mr Mn Mains de de- de dared the entire territory was iva ranged over with large herds berds of This In many ninny Instances ruined young growth timber an seriously hampered the tae water water- watershed watershed watershed shed 00 |