Show EXTENSION DIRECTOR URGES CONTROL OF 0 F watersheds by director william peterson extension Exten service watershed lands in utah must ha haie 0 some definite deli nite supervision merely passing into private ownership is not sufficient unless the private ownership Is associated with the water users who want the protection tec tion small canyons and ravines close to many of t the he towns are being denuded of their timber limber protection the rho cutting of a few acres of maple aspen or oak if ft not done carefully way may r result not only in ili immediate flood damage but also in continued reduction in water supply and a in menace enace to the community for many years to come this does not mean that part of the material could not be cut for wood but something should be lef left to protect the snow in the area and retard the runoff and thus irate the water supply i careful study and a plan to le be executed on the watersheds of 0 the he several streams Is just as ement essential ial as building reservoirs on the streams the time has come when everyone should be Interest ec ill ili the protection of 0 the watersheds up to late date little planting has been done to increase their value the demands mands ot of the future may well take into account the possibility of 0 not only protecting the vegetation on the upper watershed as it Is at present but extending the program to increase the tha protection of 0 the water shed by new plantings of 0 trees gras ses and shrubs for or it is on these watersheds wl it at the growth of it this state depends s |