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Show -T-'-'7 ; 7 - - ; I l - V ."j , 1 UINTA NATIONAL FOREST-Composite of Blaine Kay, right by Stephen Rushton, PI. Uinta National Forest Is presented to Clar- Grove Ranger. Meeting was planned by State ence Thornock, Gordon Harmstrom and Senator Ernets Dean at Training School. State Agencies Exchange Ideas On Multiple Use of Forests The importance of all state agencies working cooperatively to make use of the available facilities and funds was highlighted high-lighted in a day long meeting held at the Utah State Training School recently. The meeting was called by State Senator Ernest H. Dean, with members of the Uintah National Forest staff preparing an impressive collection of overlays and maps to give a composite of present and projected pro-jected uses of the Uintah National Nat-ional Forest, which comprises American Fork and Provo Canyons Can-yons and surrounding areas. Team members include Ranger Stephen Rushton of PI. Grove Ranger Station, Dick Benjamin, Bruce Parry and environment architect Norm Malone. Clarence S. Thornock, supervisor super-visor of the Uintah National Forest, also spoke in the morning morn-ing session. Mr. Thornock related re-lated the establishment of the U.S. Forest Service on Feb. 11, 1905, when Clifford Pinchot recommended rec-ommended the area be administered admin-istered for multiple use. As the concept evolved and was applied ap-plied to public lands, most of which were in the west, the multiple use concept grew and matured. He also cited the 1960 Act of Congress which officially offici-ally documented the Multiple Use Concept. The composite study presented present-ed to the state leaders was prepared pre-pared to detail zoning and multiple mul-tiple uses of the forest and improvement im-provement of management practices. Included in the presentation were studies of land ownership, recreation, fire occurrence and resource values; fire rate of spread, resistance to control; water shed, range allotment, wildlife, transportation, network, net-work, ground cover, slope maps, elevation, exposure, drainage, and special maps which visualized zoning and multiple uses in a color-keyed presentation. Activities of grazing, graz-ing, logging, recreation, min- ing, water lnlluence, wildlife and special management units werealso defined, along with a Tri-Unit Study which would include in-clude Wasatch State Park, the Uinta National Forest and the Wasatch Forest areas of the Alta-Alpine area. As the presentation proceeded, proceed-ed, representatives of the following fol-lowing Utah State agencies participated in a discussion of cooperative efforts to produce more effective results of multiple multi-ple use: Utah State Dept. of Highways, Dept. of Natural Resources, Dept. of Health, the State Engineer, Utah State Parks and Recreation, Outdoor Recreation Review Committee, Utah State Foresters Office, the Utah State Training School Senator Dean stated that this was the first of a series of meetings to be held with a view (Continued on page 4) State Agency (Continued from page 1) and other state agencies, to evaluating the multiple use of the Uinta National Forest. He set the first phase as preparation pre-paration of the maps and composite, com-posite, which has been done by the Forest Service, with Phase Two the evaluation of plans and long range goals by the various agencies specifically in the area of roads, recreation, water development , sanitation, and other areas.. "The dramatic increase of both summer and winter recreation recre-ation has made the Uinta National Nat-ional Forest a year-round consideration," con-sideration," said Ranger Rush-ton. Rush-ton. He pointed out the need for expanded recreation facilities, facilit-ies, including campgrounds, fishing, hunting, picnic facilities, facilit-ies, summer homes, horseback riding, motorized vehicles in both summer and winter, hiking hik-ing and winter snow sports. The problems of development are increased with the private land ownership within the Uinta Uin-ta National Forest, the proximity proxi-mity to other national forests, neighboring communities and Timpanogos Cave National Monument. There is also state land within the forest boundaries. bound-aries. Ranger Rushton asked for a total involvement of all agencies. agen-cies. "With the Wasatch sister forest to the north, Wasatch State Park and Heber Valley to the east, the nearby communities, com-munities, we cannot live as an island to ourselves on the mountain anymore," he said. ccHgr, gse.Fmunwhere Long range planning for ex-tesive ex-tesive development of recreation recrea-tion areas include a tramway project, a snow play at Tibbie Fork, snowmobile area expansion, expan-sion, and additional development develop-ment at the Sundance Ski resort. re-sort. The need for a wilderness area has also been discussed, with proponents seeking protection pro-tection of wilderness areas of the population. The discussion emphasized that all agencies were concerned concern-ed with serving the people. Representatives Re-presentatives were challenged by Senator Dean to consider the following points : 1. What work is each doing in their own right, as applied to the Uinta National Forest? 2. Evaluate the composite from your own standpoint. 3. Define your interest in joining together. 4. What is not being done that should be done to implement these programs? 5. Can you work together? |