| Show Red Butte Canyon s. s Goes To vice Service 1 Regional Forester Floyd Iverson announced today that the Forest Service has accepted accept accept- ed the transfer of Red Butte Canyon from the Department of Defense to the Wasatch National National Na Na- l. l Forest The acre area of important watershed land in Red Butte Canyon east of Salt Lake City was part of the old Fort Douglas Military Reservation SINCE BEFORE 1900 Red J. J Butte Canyon has been closed t to grazing and other uses to protect water supplies at Fort Douglas Complete protection has made the area unique along the mile ISO Wasatch J I Front where much damage has resulted from overuse and fire The nearly pristine biotic f conditions make Red Butte I Canyon a desirable site for ecological studies said Regional Regional Regional Re Re- gional Forester Iverson Under Forest Service management management management man man- r the area will vill continue continue continue con con- to remain closed to general public use and will willbe willbe be designated as a research natural area ECOLOGICAL qualities represent conditions as they I w were re when white men first I t came to Salt Lake Valley y said Mr Iverson Public use would greatly increase c the risk of fires which could completely destroy those i qualities To date some 35 studies have been conducted in ideal outdoor laboratory conditions i by the University of Utah the Utah Fish and Game Department Department Department De De- the Forest Service and the U U. S. S Geological Surey Sur- Sur j vey ey Many other groups and individuals have expressed express- express ed an interest in the use of these lands for the study of ecology and hydrology The area will be available for research research research re re- search projects by responsible agencies organizations and C individuals under suitable cooperative cooperative co co- cooperative operative agreements AMONG RESEARCH projects projects projects pro pro- proposed for the immediate immedi immedi- ate future is a study by the University of Utah to determine determine determine deter deter- mine the influence of air pollution pollution pollution pol- pol lution on native plant communities comm com- com m unities It It in the is p I Ito to continue to protect and manage this area in a near natural undisturbed state said Mr Iverson Red Butte Canyon helps form an effective effective effective tive yardstick to measure what is being done to the environment environment en en- by y the T surrounding t me metropolis ropo tf R Y L l DR BLAINE BLAINER R. R PORTER |
