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Show Enjoy Fall Forests Game hunters are not the only ones to enjoy the mountains and forests in the fall. Carl M. Johnson, extension forestry and outdoor recreation specialist, Utah Stale University, says now that the deer hunting season is past, families and individuals can safely hike or do fabulous hunting with a camera without season restrictions. Be sure to dress appropriate ap-propriate for the cold, Johnson advised. Then enjoy the variety of colors and the many special sounds of fall such as the-rustling of leaves as you walk, birds overhead winging their way southward, other birds and animals that will maintain winter residence in the area. Especially, note the squirrels scurrying to fill the remainder of their winter larder. Also, if you like fruit that is about dry, Johnson reminds that the forests now contain an abundance of things to eat. Anything in the rose family marked by a five-sided flower end on (he fruit and that tastes good, meets his rule of thumb criteria for being edible. Rose hips, hawthorn, ser-viceberries, ser-viceberries, elderberries, elder-berries, and chokecherries are among the edible fruits lo be found. Johnson says some people like to combine picnics and pleasure with other purposes of going to the forests. Some are still gathering firewood. In a month or so others will be going into the forests to cut their own Christmas trees in designated areas. Even though the required permits are free, he cautions that costs of equipment and travel are too high to justify going unless the trip is enjoyed and charged up largely to recreation expense. |