| Show what the national NM ional foi forests ests mean lean to the in region regin thia is the forest primo primeval eval the murn ling pines and hemlocks wp with ath moss and in in garments green gi cm Iode stiner in m t the he twilight stand of elo eld with ith voices voices sail and prophetic I 1 this is how longfellow begins one ot of ills his most fa famous poems Evah geline countless tier aler great poets and authora have written about the beauts beauty of the ro esig and we have read and enjoyed tilt thise se hub but reading about ahm is nothing th ing to visiting them I 1 atod and knowing rust liard hand their theirl beauty and alpi ng grand although the national forests mean a great deal to us for theirl beauty alone alona their r materia l value is almost life itself to tolbot ala innab the inter moun ad n region water wa ter undoubtedly is is the most import ai t thing with aich which the riat national ional forests fm ilith us neither Neit lier plants roi animals can live but a very short time without water consequently without a good supply of water there would be no it thriving iriving towns no hydroelectric ocar power no I 1 lumb errig or live stock raising no fur industry arid and scarcely azy ai re addan ad van t 1 IRES in in tile the inter mountain re giol because ot of the lie importance of an adequate wate s supply aply every pre should bl be e taken to avoid its depletion it is a ge n e r r I 1 I 1 y k n imp w p t that h a t 0 oven ve n gfa grazing zing a condition stad bawd by allowing allo gnp livestock to oat eat enair ely all of tile the vegetation on the range I 1 ls i by for fai tile the most dangerous danger factor in destroying the water vegetation is is natures Natu reb own water shed and is is by far the most effect i K as apsit it keeps ohp L tc C cumulated moisture from running off too rapidly and later rele releases afes it gradually so that a good supply of water waier is is insured all abe growl growing ng season 1 r t p corn com plemely ely destroys the vega tive over erosion erosion and in d floods of tile the worst sort floods aside aade fro fram m tile the soil cause demape dt majc to ind property amounting to of dollars every year vear and also take many lives aside from these rna material ferial damages damage ov destroys much of tle indescribable e beauty of our forest re every stockman theresce iglins in hit i s own int interests ersts of all oth el s derr d ing n this water supply should make every effort to prevent ove gra grazing I 1 W With i t hou t water for mi Ration incest of the landin the tain region becomes uni dub tedy afi bif a direct and most i important bearing upon the money v value alue end productive value of land it is impossible to estimate the value of irrigation the western states it has truly mide the desert blossom liba ii a te ilme jn jil fact it has heen been the most important ani fact fac factoring orin torin the development develop of agriculture ir in this portion of tile the united states in the inhabitants of utah began practicing I 1 irrigation it spread to the res rest L nf the intermountain reg regio regionald icil nand and from that time on th the e rapid increase in the of the land and the number of acres cul tiva ted has been I 1 without irrigate irrig ati on aluse things could never have been ed the conver dim one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken which is being built tn the interest of irrigation shows the importance of this vital factor to the intermountain inte region irrigation has been made possible only by the water vater lyof our tat national ional forests live stock raising has been one of important industries in this section of the country sinea the west was first settled tr the h e national forest have played a very large part pi in the rae grazing erack lande altho itie restricted due to tile the with wil chih boll i it I 1 arsi ns prattled it a fe few years ngo orange ag barge grazing batill remains very important to the live stock industry and will become even more important import aut in the hie Lum heiing too is very impost ant in the intermountain regor in the past our fores forests tsi hilve supplied us with willi an abundance aburdan ibur dance ce of timber they will probably continue to do so ao if care is ia used not to taku tako too munh burh timber from rom one area t 10 0 take on only ay tile the mature matuie tree find dod to helpin help in the prevention of forest fires Forest fires have a far reaching effect not only do ihry destroy a bastia mount of valuable timber buti also is great amount of grazing land and the oselie vs elie cover thus and f boods A f forest orest fire mg ma be tart ed bya by a camp fire that hf ass S heen been left burning or evena even a lighted cigarette ci barette Ra rette therefore There foie it ili je beof of the 1 utmost irr rol ance virice that people vis vS stinK ting the nati national oral forests c co 0 ote in proven ong orest forest f fires al though although f fui ur trading is not nomnear near iya ay iy aa important today as it i t was about a hundred years ago when william ashley jim Brid gerand other famous frontier fro etier m ri were prominent trappers iet et it is still more or orless less prominent fur aur bear ing animals are found in abundance ancelin in the national they ill ne e protected ly by state law the hy perr supplied by numerous mountain streams str eams earns enable tile people lilii 9 in in the small towns town af if this th is region to ei enjoy joy practically alli ail 11 of the modeen found in a city act R cren clention bation tion iq Po vely I 1 in in a well baan cd lilo life tile the national foresta efter affer erre ft f the most restful enjoyable and edue alionar recreation that tan can be foaud anywhere the national in the national forests of the intern mountain region are known the world v orld over for their historical value beauty and grenauer gia there hotel and cabin ac guides hortes hoi goa roads and trails trail s and si sight gh t seeing cars at nearly early n all of the parks A largen of people are attracted to them annually thus bring inc more nimey mir ey int into othis this region the national forests are also known for their same game preserves where wonderful fishing and hunt huni inghan ing can babad ba had during certain seasons ot the year really then what do lie he national forests foi eals mean TO tle inter inta r mountain mount nin Y ii eion they supply 11 us s with water which eri enables aldis us to cultivate the theland inlaid and arid raise crops I 1 and have water for t the lie use of our stock and ourselves without which we could not live they pro vide grazing land the most im portent factor in stack st ck raising rai ral they pro aucie lumber an and d are the fun bearing animals animal hydroelectric power which adds greatly greally to our comfort comes from tho the streams in the forest reserves and decre ariti vivid is ih vi vitally lally essential to the well la tal irl alced ced life is to be obeal alicd in the tha nati national ona foress fores ie therefore i t t is tz ta say that th thi i nat onal forests are directly sible for what the intermountain region is now and what it become inthe future jean robinson Ra binson unior ali high li school |
