| Show Fire District Lands i I Closed During I Summer II i I j i County Sheriff George M M. j I Fisher announced today that Utah's Chief Forester J J. J Whitney i Floyd has proclaimed the period June 1 I I I 1953 through October 31 1953 a closed season I Sheriff Fisher said sold that Paragraph 2417 24 1 7 Utah Code Annotated 1953 makes It mandatory for anyone desiring to set seton seton I Ion I I on fire forest range grass or brush I lands whether lands whether It Is owned by the person person per per- son desiring to burn or not not must must obtain obtain obtain ob ob- tain a burning permit from him or one of his authorized deputies Copies of the state fire ire laws are available at his office I The Sheriff pointed out cut that In a I recent newsletter distributed by the I Department of Forestry and Fire Control i I I i I I I I I I much emphasis was placed on the fact tact that the Board the Board the policy ma making group Ion on state and private owned watershed felt lands lands felt very strongly about range I Improvement burning Mr Fisher stated that in his opinion range Improvement burning could be beneficial and compatible Ible with watershed values only If It the area to be burned was carefully chosen and kept relatively small Most Important Import import- ant land burning I II if practiced at all must be followed by good management In closing Sheriff Fisher said We are jail all working to achieve forest and watershed watershed water water- shed areas which will produce the greatest amount of products product to benefit the states state's economy I believe we should work hard to have ranges free of brush and producing maximum forage but we must never forget that the production of maximum quantities of clear water is a primary objective I |
