Show hys H 2 RES IS national forest resources are more part and parcel of life in the life of the people in utah th than in in any other state why this is so set fort in miscellaneous circular no 71 INI just issued by the forest service united states department of agriculture under the title national forest resources of utah the pamphlet brings out the fact that the national forests of utah supply summer forage for nearly a million cattle sheep and horses over a I 1 quarter of all those owned in tile the state more than eight thousand stockmen stoc kmen hold permits to graze their livestock on oil the forest ranges the molests contain something over five billion feet of saw timber and down from the high timbered mountain slopes all above feet elevation comes the water to irrigate farms and run many of her electric gocr plants in eveia county in the state is national forest land ild which chich is true of no other state in tile the union utah timber is not being drawn on oil very extensively at present but this timber and especially the timber in tile the national forests is becoming more important as timber in other regions is cut out although utah now cuts only about board feet annually the national forests of thel the state are capable when called upon of furnishing nearly GO feet the kanip pamphlet ahlet describes the timber stands stand and the manner in which they are arc handled by the forest service to keep the land perpetually in forest while making use of the mature tim her ber it also goes goe into the way ill in which other ie sources of the national such as a forage water life and le ie facilities aie handled by the government nearly SO per cent of the improved farni farm land in utah is irrigated and the greater part of the water used in irrigation comes from the national forests |