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Show RECREATE IN m FORESTS Govemment Provides Ways for People to Enjoy Summer Outings In Its efforts to put all national forest lands to their highest use some proas have been set aside In the national na-tional forests in the state of I'tah foi recreational purposes. In such states afl I "tab where considerable ureas are semlarld in character thce Areas furnish practically the onlv sites which provide for the necessary recreation for the people In most cases these sites are controlled by lo-f.il lo-f.il communities or association In cooperation co-operation with the forest service. In Logan canyon, which lies Immediately Imme-diately to the east of Logan, the forest for-est service has plotted quite a num-, num-, Uei of lots which have been built upon and nrc occupied as summer ' homes by residents of I.ogan, Bait ! Lake and other cities. Sanitary conditions In the canyon , are c ontrolled through cooperation by the forest service and th city of Logan. Lo-gan. A public camp ground has been provided for whi h has placed under th- control of the city- In this canyon, can-yon, as veil as In other areas of like character, provision has been made for oamplng facilities for such aso- 'cbitions as the boy scouts and the. .beehive girls. At the foot of Ml Nebo a number of summer homes have been plotted, many of which arc under permit to tho people of Nephi and surrounding towns. A public Camp Ground has also been provided for and In.- l. -n placed under the control and management man-agement of the city of Xephl. A trail has also been constructed from the base to tho top of Mt Nebo for mountain moun-tain climbers. Summer home areas and public camp faenitiPR have al6o been provided pro-vided for near Oak City unci other localities near the forests within tho state. At fish Lake, on the Fishlake ni-tlonsj ni-tlonsj forest, a large number of summer sum-mer homes huve been provided for as well as camping facilities for the tourist and the resident of Ctah who desires to take ndvantage of the un-USUaHy un-USUaHy good fishing facilities in Hut body of water. ? In Big Cottonwood canyon, lying immediately to the east of Salt Lako, i large number of summer homes have been laid out and permits Issued Is-sued for the occupation of some of the land for public camping grounds and for such associations as bec-! bec-! hive girls. What Is known as I he I Ctah Outdoor association, composed I of business men In Salt Lake, has I In cooperation with the forest service serv-ice established some 25 tents equipped equip-ped with beds and fireplaces. These tents are rented for B prll e sufficient only to maintain the Improvements to the citizens of Salt Lake who are j not financially able to expend anv large sums in traveling any considerable consid-erable distance during their vac.t-j vac.t-j tlons. During the past summer th association accommodated 11S1 per-! per-! sons In these tents The Rotary cl ib i of Salt Lake aJso provided 20 tents' which accommodated Borne 300 people peo-ple during the summer season and for which no charge whatever was made. XB Ml, T STATE'S GIiAOIER. Another Instance "f the development develop-ment of the recreational resources through the cooperation of local communities com-munities with the forest service Is found in the neighborhood of Mt. Tim Tlmpanogoa It constitutes practically prac-tically the only glacier In the state. A trail has been constructed from ihe American Fork side of the can-...n can-...n and another trail from the Provo side Is now being onstructed to the top Of this interesting mountain. During the past summer a very Interesting cave was discovered In American Fork canyon near where public imp grounds are being maintained main-tained by tho people of American Pork. A trail Is being constructed lo the mouth of this cave and It Is being lighted with electricity through Ihca. tnitv and gcncruslts of the people peo-ple of American Pqrk. This entire area will eventually be managed for recreational purposes through the cooperation co-operation of salt Lake, Provo, Ami i lean Fork Pleasant QrOVe, and Other nearbv cities. Th people In all those communities h.ie taken a great interest in the development of Ihll area In connection with the forest service and eventually it will prove one of the big drawing cards from a recreational and scenic standpoint In the state. During the past year there was ;.lso considerable activity as regards ihe exchange of lands within the date There were within tho boundaries boun-daries of the national forests at the time they were created considerable nets of scattered privately ownyd land Tbeso areas are. In many cases, 30 small and scattered that to fence the same would be exceedingly poor business. The owners have, there-fore there-fore In man cases arranged for an exchange with the government on an equal value basis, therebj either securing se-curing their lands outalde the for-, for-, gtS or along the boundaries thereof Ol making such consolidations u would warrant the fencing Ol their nrivatelv owned lands. ONE ADDITION MADE. Onl one addition has been mad-to mad-to forests in Utah during the past year. This was an area of 6.42..C. acres and was added as the result of numerously signed petitions by people peo-ple living In the neighborhood of the ares The land added consisted of CUt-OVer lands having no vnluo for agricultural purpose and exceedingly exceeding-ly small value for grazing, the main value being foe forest purposes a.-the a.-the cover consisted of Immature lodgepole pine for the most part. As Indicating the us being made of the national forests by tho people of Utah and the tourist it may be said that approximately 1 12.000 visited vis-ited the national forests In the stn1.-clurlng stn1.-clurlng the present year. These visitors vis-itors remained on the forests for practically 170.000 days and expended expend-ed approximately $700,000 In conn tlon with their vacations on the forests. for-ests. The total number of summ. horoes on the national forests during the past year was 178. |