| Show I used Helicopter I acres sagebrush sprayed f as Forest Service intention I A successful job of spraying with 2 to kill sagebrush on i acres of grazing land on i National Forest was completed on June o jj-tg Val ranger of he Roosevelt where is acreage r the ACCORDING to Ranger Simpson the acres of land were treated by spraying with a solution of mixed with deisel oil along the face of Farm Creek Mountain on the Farm Creek The sage- brush spraying was the first step in an overall range job on this allotment r to assure the sustained yield of the Other steps will be division water watering ponds and additional spray Ranker Simpson stated the spraying was done by mixing I one gallon of with eight colons of and applying the solution to the vegetation at the rate of three gallons per The helicopter would carry 60 gallons per treat acres each would about 10 Copter Service of contracted the helicopter to the U. S. Forest Service Tand Ellis owner-op-i of this service was the pilot on the Areas to foe sprayed were laid out on the ground prior to the start of the by marking the perimeters of the areas with news print DURING the actual Wayne Bastian and Scott dock flagged for the helicopter to retain control of sprayed and unsprayed of the Regional Office of the U. S. Forest Service pro- vided technical assistance to local Forest Officers on his Ranger the of spraying by the Service is to remove heavy sagebrush from the cattle allotments if and release the native grasses for use by Killing sagebrush removes an undesirable plant that competes directly with the native grasses for moisture and soil I This picture shows a typical sage brush area prior to treatment with Native grasses arc competing with the sage brush for sunlight and soil Heavy sagebrush makes much of the forage unavailable to Wayne Bastian and Curtis employees of the Roosevelt Ranger the areas to be sprayed by marking the perimeters with newsprint I Mixing of the solution was accomplished by mixing directly into the diesel tank truck supplied by John's Sinclair Service of Spraying sage uh on t Roosevelt Ranker District is done by Copter travels about GO miles per hour and sprays sagebrush at the rate of 20 acres every 10 |
