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Show Streams Flow From Forest Water Shed Uigh Waters: Re-ports from watermast.'rs of ihe .arious streams originating within the Manti Foreit shew that the 1935 runoff will perhaps exceed any yeeu, at least she-ce Id.u so fears experience ex-perience by many of the Ephraim larni.rs that vegei.aUe growth on the mcunta.ns was preventing an av.rase runoff are ungrounded. Oei June 10, Ranger Thursby reported iiic.t Ephiaim Creek had cut into th.- bank far enough to wash cut three cf the Forest Service telephone tele-phone poles, and farmers arc hav-ii'u hav-ii'u difficulty in coutiolling tlm water. wa-ter. Willow Creei farmers, are hard pressed because of the fact that the ouJverts und.r the State Road and the railroad track are too small to take care cf this high water. Rang.r Jorgensen reports a.n exceptionally ex-ceptionally tuavy runoff in tiie Fer-ron Fer-ron Creek. Reports that Cottonwood Cotton-wood Creek and Huntington Creek have been higher than in many yeais w-re also received, and while many of the mountain streams are too high to be safely forded with horses, no fatalities from drowning have so far been reported. Ranger Jorgenelen, accompanied by one cf his sons, was aole to reach Uie Ferron Reservoir on foot June 6th. They reported the reservoir full of water and slightly covered WMll IV. LA1.CIL iu. n aiuuu cuip where Indian Creek enters on the west side. A note nf warning to water-users to watch careful'. their re.ervoirs is being given. The a-mcunt a-mcunt cf high water and its pijwer for tearing out dams, etc., is almost unbelievable. Grazing Notes: Rangers report foragj starting well on all ranges on the west and north end cf tha Fon. St. On the east side of the Fore t, forage is considerably con-siderably better thaien last year, but moisture cond tions are less favorable favor-able there than on tha west side of the plateau. Range Seeding: During tha past ten days, Ranger Jorglm i.n has had two men sowing bluegrass se d, wild par. nip, sweet aunis, and crested wheat grass. The wild parsn p will scorn be town on the Perron and Emery watersheds. Tha Blue-grass se'ed was sown on the; head cf the Muddy, while the crested wheat grass (very limited amount) waj sown on the drier locations. lo-cations. Ranger Cox is sowing smooth breme and seme native brome on tlvi Step Flats section of Twelve Mile Canyon. It is hoped that with favoeable moisture condition?, sufficient suffi-cient forage w.ll be produced on the areas, on which seed has been town so that little protection from grazing graz-ing can be given in order to allow the new plants, a chance to become established. A Bear Story, and Cat Tale: Recently, the: boys at the Experiment Experi-ment Station reported having seen a blown bear n :r the road Just below the Experiment Station. Ranger Andersen now corner with a story that cl.ie day last wck, while up near the head-housj of Iris Joes Valley water system, Ik; ran cn to a large mountain hen located in a p le of drift wood near the civek. Not having a gun with him, he had to let the big cat go. Deer and Elk: Ranger Thursby reporots that three d er are reported to have died from alfalfa bloat in the alfalfa fields east of Ephraim. Deer are cnutimrs poisoned with poisonous, p'nnts on the range; it would appear also that they are not ip.muiiie tci alfalfa bloat. A treat many elk have been ob-v: ob-v: rved this spring by different rangers. rang-ers. To date, no new-born calves have been seen; it would se'm, therefore, that elk calves are born lafrr than June 1st. |