Show Vast recreation improvements in Uintah planned by Forest Service Ranger Val Simpson of the Roosevelt Ashley National recently reviewed improvements anticipated which arc in the definite planning for the Uintah Canyon area during the next fiscal SPEAKING before the Roosevelt Kiwanis Simpson outlined a very interesting of development that will give greater emphasis to the use of the Uintah Canyon recreational facilities by picnickers and tho general touring public who desire to take advantage of the beauty und tremendous opportunities offered in this area which has everything people in these various categories would for the fiscal year of which begins next July is the completing of a new road beginning with the forest boundary that starts at the Uintah River Bridge in the Canyon and extending north 2 miles beyond the U Bar Mr Simpson At the end of the which will be an additional two miles beyond the present complete camping large parking loading shutes for toilet facilities and plenty of picnic tables are in the the ranger further THE SMOKE Y Springs terminal for access to the High will be abandoned and and improved facilities to accommodate fishing for youngsters under New camping units and improved facilities for camping und picnicking will be added to the Wandin Big and Little Uintah and various other grounds scattered along the river from the south boundary to embarking point for packing trips to the High Uintah will also Sec FOREST page 8 Forest Service page be Simpson minimizing the great potential and beauty of other parts of the Ashley Forest and especially the western Uintah Canyon will get the major slice during the next couple of Ranger Simpson He indicated in his report that Pole Creek will get 13 new units and 25 are planned for Whiterocks which will greatly enhance usability of these two popular camping and fishing TO GIVE IHS listeners some more interesting data on why it is important and very necessary that Uintah Canyon must be Ranger Simpson reported is was estimated that in excess of motor traveling one had used the canyon from June 1 to with an average of persons in each vehicle for a total of over who had either camped or gone Into the canyon for various recreational He said approximately had been counted at Paradise Parle during the fishing This information had been collected by actual station An attempted count of the number of horses that had traveled over the trails above the U Bar Ranch into the higher regions had been with an estimate of having carried sportsmen or campers and their equipment to the many beautiful spots beyond the end of the RANGER SIMPSON also told that improvements to many popular trails were in the and that a skyline road connecting with Red Cloud of and ending in Whiterocks Canyon was being considered in the future Also that other areas west of Utah were to get added facilities as funds become It became evident from report and a discussion by that followed that the real stumbling block which is preventing more uses of Uintah Canyon for greater recreation purposes lies in the very poor road that crosses Indian land from Neola to the forest boundary that ends at the bridge in the It Is hoped this situation might be remedied a former now on leave from the club during the summer was introduced by Fred Brown j of the program who I arranged the John I club presided at the |