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Show Grazing Problems Are Taken Up At Meeting Here A series of grazing meetings are being being held this week in the communities that have grazing priviledges on Wasatch National forest District No. 2, under the direction di-rection of Forest Ranger Victor Stokes and Assistant Forest Supervisor Super-visor John T. Matthews. The local meeting was held in the city hall Monday, December 16, President Joseph Walker presided. Ranger Stokes and Supervisor Matthews presented the problems of range management, the feed carrying carry-ing of the range under present climatic cli-matic conditions, and the protection of culinary and irrigation water. The local range board discussed the following topics: Construction and maintenance of range fences, Leonard Walker; disturbances caused caus-ed by those who ride the ranges for pleasure, Alfred Harper. Payment of fees and dues, Nyal Wadley. A reseeding project for the Bat-tlecreek Bat-tlecreek area has been approved and will commence as soon as weather conditions will permit. In this program it is proposed to plow contour furrows and to seed this newly turned soil with mountain moun-tain brome, smooth brome, and slender slen-der wheat grass. A fence will be constructed from Blue Creek to Chris' flat to protect these seedlings. seed-lings. A fencing program has been approved ap-proved to protect the west boundary of the ground newly added to the National forest, this fence to extend from Grove Creek north to the mouth of American Fork canyon. o |