Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-11-21 | Page 1 | Drainage Area Expanded to Include Two Canyons

Drainage Area Expanded To Include Two Canyons In last Thursday meeting held at the courthouse in It was decided that the Sowers Canyon watershed application should be amended to include all the drainage of Sowers and Antelope The voting of the and ranchers present was unanimously favor of This expansion would increase the size of the watershed from to announces William C. chairman of the Uintah Basin Soil Conservation The meeting was attended by people interested in the Some of these represented the land forest county Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District Conservation Forest Indian Extension Service of the Utah State Status of the application was reviewed by Scott B. of the and the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act was explained by John Bradshaw of the state office of of each group was explained and discussed before the voting took An economical study of the watershed project will be made to determine if it is feasible to carry on the which deal chiefly with land treatment to control future It was in that a flood damaged farms and buildings extensively in this