Show Typical forest camp ground I 1 ONE OF 58 camping units built on the Moon Lake recreation Altonah Ranker Ashley National part of Forest ice Permanent-type tables and grills were built on this new water system is to to be completed this Terraces constructed on eroded slopes 2 This picture shows the whole contour and dykes at the head of Cow Park on badly eroded This system will stop the overland flow of thus it will stop the loss of soil on valuable watersheds and produce more usable water in the form of springs and underground Ranger Ashley National Altonah forest district reports 1 progress By Gene L. Kuhns Activities on the Altonah Ranker District of the Ashley National Forest increased during the past field season District Ranger Gene L. Kuhns stated Wednesday Some man days spent on forest areas on the District kept our maintenance and cleanup crews busy all the he added To meet the increased use in campgrounds the Forest Service has continued to construct facilities Bit various camping areas in the The Moon Lake Forest Camp has just about been completed and should be finished by next July A new water system was put into the area this past bringing water from over miles This water should assure people of an adequate supply during following new family units were added to the area and permanent type tables and grills were installed The family units on the area are placed at least feet so that people may en joy some privacy while camping Another reason is to keep use areas so that heavy compaction does not take killing vegetation and thereby causing erosion Barriers made of log and rock were constructed to form parking areas for the People generally are very good about cleaning up the jitter on developed campgrounds Ranger The story is different in the high particularly around popular mountain lakes Litter and garbage were still found scattered over many areas after people creating sanitation problems and spoiling the beauty of the area Garbage and other trash should be buried and the area cleaned up before Ranger Kuhns Other activities on the included the cutting of over 1 million board feet of timber during the first half of the year Some six million feet of timber was cruised and will be ready for sale Plans are underway to cruise more timber as the season The Cow Park Stream and Watershed located at the end of the Hell Canyon was expanded with the addition of new contour trenches and the deepening of the trenches made last year The contour trenches were put in to stop overland flow of water which was causing erosion problems to the area and to streams Some cattle and sheep grazed on the allotments of the Altonah Range i Fencing was started to separate common use on two allot- Mini Contour trenches made last year 3 Ranger Gene L. Khuns is in one of the contour trenches built on the Cow Park In order to curb the overland flow of water and allow It to soak into the contour trenches were put in and seeded with the following grasses during the past year Very good cooperation was obtained by the of the Pigeon Water and Yellowstone allotments concerning maintenance of range in all it was a very full Ranger Kuhns were recreation areas timber ate smooth slender timothy and white The construction of these dykes overland flow of water any farther than from one dyke to another where it disperses itself into the ranges i-oads built and bridges replaced You can see the uses of the Forest are many and They are important giving among other wildlife and a chance to get away from it all and enjoy tire outdoors and the bounties that nature |