| Show NATIONS NATIONAL FORESTS within the boundaries of f the state of nf utah ulah A me anait it wholly or in 1 part twelve of the nations nation forests their main areas include the th principal mountain genres of the state the uinta range ranee in the northeast running east anil and wet ast and the wasatch running run generally north and south through the cen aral are portion almost almoas to ta the arizona line together with the more isolated elk ridge abio and la sal ranges in the southeast the ame pine valley range in n the southwest and the bear river and raft river ranges angea near the northern boundary extending on into inlo idaho embracing as thoy they do di without their heir boundaries the principal watershed at areas of the state upon the protection protect oia of which utah mitru immense poe irrigation interests and the pure and plentiful water supply of many of her cities and towns must most largely depend containing about 94 per cent of the total timber resources of the state afford ny mir summer pasturage for her vast herds herda of sheep and cattle and pro viding siding recreation areas unsurpassed in their science beauty and natural attractions attract ioni these national forests and their protection administration and development have a direct and moat heiring beiring upon the industrial growth and civic welfare of the state it II la is a unique fact that unlike any other state in this respect each of the 29 20 counties in utah contains at leat least a small share of this thia seven and a half million acres of national forest land and shares in its ita receipts this can be said of no other state and the statement kama gains added interest when it is 13 considered that 35 per cent of the gross receipts from the sale or use of national rarest forest reverts each yea ye for far road and school purposes to the counties in which the forests are situated thus thua every county in utah shares in the national forest receipts receipt a although of course in some few counties the fo forests ats acreage is small and the chiri atys share in the receipts correspondingly light |
