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Show Forest Notes j i 19J0 Fire Ki-cord Foii-scex. R. Y. s5tu:n-. U-tht U-tht lire situation on the Na-.. Na-.. .:-..".! i crests lor 1930 to be as lollcws: "With the ls3U fire season practically prac-tically closed, t are aole to si7c up tile ltcoid ul the season. Coii-:;..-:y stated. .1 is as follows: j Number of Fires I ilieie were more loixit iires with lii the National Forests m 1930 1 than in I 92a or as a 5-year average! 1U25-29, but this is due to the unusual un-usual number of fires in the Eas- tern Regions (7 and 9). The western wes-tern record shows there were -es flies in the National Forests in ihe West in ly3') ir.an in lrfw. Areas Burned Over The National Forest area burned over in li.'3U is but 1-5 of the f.rea iAi.uea over in 1921), and but l-S ul that burned over as a 5-year ave.age 1925-29. In the West, However, the area burned over is uut 1-11 of the 1929 record. Damage to National Forest Lands 'ihe damage to National Forest iands in 1930 is but 1-18 of the damage done in 1929 and but 1-9 Lit ihe damage as a live year average aver-age 1D25-1929. In the West the uamagc was but 1-24 of the damage dam-age in 192a. Expenditures The amount expended in fire su-piessicn su-piessicn on National Forest fires in 193j was but 38 per cent of the amount expended in 1929 and 78 ir tent of the amount expended us a 5-year average 1925-1929. Ill .he West the amount expended in 1930 was but 33 per cent of the amount expended in 1929. veraKe Size of Fires The average size of fires on the national Forests in 1930 was but 18 per cent of the average size of the 1929 fires, and but 28 per cent of the size of the 5-year average lire (1925-1929'. Average Loss of Gross Area The average loss of gross area in 1930 was but 10 per cent the best icccrd ever made by the Service. Considering the severity of the season, these results are most gratifying. grat-ifying. It is a record of which all may be proud. HunUngton-Fairvlcw Road Open Travel through Huntington Canyon Can-yon was resumed on December 10. This road need not have been closed clos-ed had the grader gone over the road and thrown off -the snow at the time ths roaa was opened to the Fairview coal mine, since the farther east you go the lighter the snow, and the timuer operators in Huntington Canyon have operated all the time with trucks as far up the canyon as the forks. Vnemplcyment Keiief on Manti To relieve the unemployment situation in a smaii way, the Manti Forest is expending $500 in the purchase of bridge planks and timber for bridge replacements on roads within the Manti Fores-,, in the construction or trails, in which stock associations are cooperating. Plans are under way to spend additional ad-ditional funds on road and trail work just as soon as weather ccn-! ccn-! ditions will permit working to the best advantage. Lions Stalk Deer Ranger Thursby reports that mountain lions are killing the deer in Oak Creek Canyon above Spring-City. Spring-City. A number of kills have been found in that "locality. At one kill in the mouth of the canyon the lion has been returning occasionally, occas-ionally, and local men are placing traps in the hopes of apprehending apprehend-ing the poacher. If, as some maintain, main-tain, a lion will average killing onD deer per week we can't afford to take care of very many of this class of predators. Fish Planting on Manti Forest Liming the calendar year 1930, 117,000 fish were planted in the streams within and adjacent to the Manti Forest. In addition to these, 60,000 fish were planted in tht Scofield Reservoir. Of the above number, 50,000 were 7 inches or more in length at the time they were released. The rainy season, lasting as it did throughout the greater part of the summer, so ushing was somewhat poorer than usual. Another season the fishing fish-ing should be better than it has bttn for a numorr 01 year. The. present policy of the State fish and Game Department of planting plant-ing the larger fish, meets with the i general approval of the sportsmen Additional lisn would have been : planted during the past season had it not been for the unfavorable unfavor-able read and weather conditions at the higher elevations during September Sep-tember and October. With the completion of the hew dam of the Fermin Reservoir next year that body of water should be heavily stocked. After this has been done it will furnish excellent fishing for the sportsmen of Sanpete and Emery counties. |