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Show Forest Notes ' Seed Collection During the past fortnight sheep-herders sheep-herders and others have been collecting col-lecting seed of the mountain brcme (brcmus carinatus) at var-I var-I icus points within the Manti Forest. For-est. The Intermountain Experiment Experi-ment Station is sending out bids for 400 pounds of this seed. Pcs-sibly Pcs-sibly other forests in this region may also be interested in securing seed of the native brome, and it is hoped "that ccllectors will be able to supply at least 2000 pounds of this seed for planting purposes another year. The seed crop this season on the Manti is thought to be the best crop ever produced. Grasshoppers and wet weather, however, have caused some damage to the seed. Seed must be gathered gather-ed at the time it is ripe; otherwise the expense of ccllecting, drying ard cleaning would make prices prohibitive. Bear Recently Hillard Garrett and T. . J. Oldroyd's herder killed and dressed a mutton in the late evening. eve-ning. The meat was hung up in a tree and left to cool over night. The following morning when "the herder went to bring the mutton into camp he found that during the night a bear h-a eaten all the meat off the carcass, leaving only a few bones hanging in the tree. The Garretts and Oldroyds summer sum-mer their sheep to the n'rth and east of Icebe-g Ridge. Other herders herd-ers in that locality report bear as being numerous and in some cases causing some damage. Pleasant Creek Road On Friday, August 20 the CCC boys frcm Ferron and Mt. Pleas-art, Pleas-art, under the direction of George Allred, succeeded in breaking through the Pleasant Creek Road from the top of the mountain to the camp grcund, making it possible pos-sible to bring their camp wagon down over the road. They will now proceed to widen the road, install drainage structures, and finish the road from! the camp grcund back to the top of the mountain. By punching the road thrcugh, it is now possible to haul men from the camp up to where the work is being done. Numerous Numer-ous springs were encountered in the crnstruction of this road and it will be some time before the read will be ready for use by the public. Personal Mention Arnold R. Standing, Personnel Manager in the Regional Office, spent last week on the Manti Forest For-est inspecting Districts 1, 2 and 4 and giving Rangers Ccx, Peterson and Anderson an examination for the Practicing Forester Certificate. Mr. Standing's report has not yet been received, so we are unable to say at this time how the rangers came out. Mr. Despain of the Engineering Divisi.n spent five days on th; Manti last week in connection with the traffic survey now being conducted con-ducted cn this fovest. While here he logged ard figured the running time for most cf the roads. The material, tcgether with other im-pcrtant im-pcrtant data, will be assembled some time in the future and will ul tirr lately delude the! number, type and location of roads on the Manti Forest. Grazing Survey The range survey work under the direction of Mcnt Lewis is progressing pro-gressing very satisfactorily. At the present time the boys are camped in the head of Manti Canyon. Can-yon. The work will continue until school starts sometime in September, Septem-ber, after- which the cimpilation of the data collected will be worked out by Mr. Lewis. . Fire On August 24, because of the extreme fire hazard, the Boise, Salmon. Idaho, Challis, Payette, Sawtooth and Weiser National Forests in Idaho were closed to smoking and visitors are required to secure permits to have camp fires. So far this season the fire hazard has been light on the Manti Forest. However, the ncrth end of the Forest is getting dry, and as there is a lot of dry vegetative material on the ground it is hoped that forest visiters will now exercise exer-cise care to help prevent forest fires in this section of Utah. |