| Show water and the national forest did it ever occur to you that the W welfare elfare of the people in iron iran county is directly dependent on the streams which come from the adjoin ing mountains 9 this dependence may be for domestic water supply power or irrigation or all three the administration and use on of the forest bears bear direct relation to the water supply derived there from the policies on which the administration of the national forests I 1 is based in regard to graz mir me and timber operations operation the two princia principal I 1 fields of activity are arc sh shaped pid with special reference to safeguarding the supply of water originating within the forests properly regulated grazing and cutting of timber are the best in aurance against spring floods bonds and spring irregular r stream tre in flow fl ar many con crete crem examples could be cited to show that the overgrazing of our mountain mounta in ranges and the destrie ton C on of the forest cover by the th s unrestricted cutting of 0 timber has resulted in severe floods flood which have ruined much of the best beat agrical tural total land ad and resulted in an aneg ular at stream fl flow A proper forest cover of timber brush grasses a and oil weeds eds largely prevents the rapid so surface fees run off ater after storms such a cover also delays the melting of snow and thereby helps to regulate the flow of the elie streams A regulated stream flow means water available for irrigation at a time when it is 1 most needed the final result radial is obvious our forests constitute one of our or greatest sources of potential pros proa penty in this thia western country and everyone is directly or indirectly interested te in their proper use development and administration |
