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Show Forest Notes Snow Measurements Oil March 25th to 28th snow measurements were made along Uie snow coiu-ses in the head of Cottonwood Gunyon, in Lower Goo eberry Basin, in Upper Gooseberry Goose-berry Basin, and In the head of Huntington Creek by Paul Will-more Will-more of the Utahi State Agricultural Agricul-tural College, Carhle Ollerton and Elmo Ollerton. The boys were ttnlortunnte in selecting a time for the tr p, as it snowed cont nuou;;ly the 25th and 2Gth. The three feet cf new snow was hard to negotiate, nego-tiate, but the boys were able to compete the measurements and returned safely to reprrt the heaviest snow fall ever measured :ince the courses were established. For the upper courses where Uie snow stakes are 11 feet high, four of Uie stakes were completely buried. The average snow depth was close to 100 t:xhes. with a water content varying from 36 to 40 inches. In the Mammoth pasture pas-ture Uie snow was 88 inches deep with a water content of more than 30 Inches. In the head of Hunt-Lrgton Hunt-Lrgton Creek the snow averaged 90 'nches in depth. Everywhere the snow is heavily drifted The tracks of dne coyote were all the evidence of life seen on Uie upper country. ' Personal Mention Leland Bosen, our Forest Clerk, has been confined to his home for severe days with a broken collar bone and a slight puncture of one lung. He returned to wxxrk on March 30th. Comments are that the street is no good as a wrestling mat. Hereafter, he is willing to let Ira Dern do Uie WTestl ng act. All the Manti Rangers spent two or three days during Uie first of last week in Uie Supervisors Office going over the grazing lists for their respective districts. Time distribution for 1935 and wrork plans for 1936 were gone into carefuly as was also the work projects for the camng season. Charles Langer, who has been assigned to the Mantl Forest since August, 1935, left Ephraim on March 25th for Jackson. Wyomin?, to accept permanent appointment as Forest Ranger orn the Teton Nattnal Forest. Since being as-s as-s gned to the Manti Forest, Mr. L'nger has' had charge of timber cruls ng on the north end of the Forest, forest clean-up work in connection with the CCC's, and other work. During the past winter win-ter he has revised practically a'l f our Ranger district maps. The entire Manti force extend best wishes for his success :'n his new ass gnment. Supervisor Humphrey and Ranger Rang-er Ollerton attended the annual meeting of the Fairview Cattle Association on March 27th. The meeting went on record as favoring favor-ing the tagging of their permitted stock for 1930. They also asked the Forest Service for a numger of range water development projects a"d a drift fence to ass'st them m controlling the'r cattle on the summer range. L P. Larsen, Supervising Mechanic Me-chanic for the Utah CCC. Camps, visited the Manti Forest March 27th to 31st inclusive. Era Work Resumed Ranger O'lertcn started a crew of 13 ERA men to work complet-'ng complet-'ng boundary fences on the BVnd Canyon-Sweat Creek section on March 31st. The heavy sncw fall of the past winter has delayed the start of this work. CCC Camps Busy The Mayfield camps has men working in Ephraim, Mainti Canyon Six Mile Canyon, and Twelve Mile Z 'liyon. The camp has just completed com-pleted construction and painting of 05 camp tables for some cf the recreational areas that are to be developed this coming season. Hanger Thursby reports work, progrefsing as fast es weather conditions will permit cn the brdge across Ephraim Canyon Creek on the New Canyon road The crew consists of 15 CCC men and 3 ERA men. The bridge will be constructed of cemented rock abutments, wi'l have a 16 fcot span and a 10 foot clearance. The bridge has beera badly needed ever since Ephraim was settled. It will make travel possible into New Canyon during high water by both livestock and auto. During the past it has been nearly impossible to get sheep and cattle into the canyon in the early spring. The road was built during the past few years so as to make travel possible to near the New Canycn Lake and north onto the head of Hill Hole. |