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Show Apache Indians Ma Uies En Tour Of BintaSi-Ouray Indian Reservation; Uisitcrs Garcia From Sao Carlos, Ariz, j A group of 35 Apache Indians from the San Carlos Indian Reservation Res-ervation in Arizona, accompanied accompan-ied by Joe Wagner, Phoenix area range manager for the Indian In-dian Bureau, Paul . Buss, forester for-ester at the San Carlos Agency, and other Government officials, recently toured the Uintah and Ouray Reservation to observe the results of a top range management man-agement program on the reservation, reser-vation, as guests of the Ute, Indian In-dian Tribe. The range tour was conducted under the direction of Paul A. Krause, range manager at the Uintah and Ouray Agency, and various Ute tribal officials and officers of the Ute Indian cattle cat-tle associations. The tour included in-cluded inspeclion of range units, round-up of the Whiterocks cattle cat-tle association, lectures by the Forestry and Range department of the U. & O. agency, discussions, discus-sions, showing of educational films and slides. The U. & O. reservation was chosen as a site to observe the results of a scientific range management man-agement program because it has the reputation of being one of the best in the Indian Service. The record achieved at U. & O. is a result of careful planning, observance of rules and regulations regula-tions calculated to receive maximum max-imum benefit from the rang-es, recognizing land as a basic resource re-source which needs protection and care, and cooperation from all stock owners in executing the various phases of the range program in routine order. PauJ Krause, range manager, Lawrence Appah and Oran Curry, Cur-ry, range riders, advised the visiting Apaches on the values of strategic salting to keep the cattle dispersed between lower and high ranges, careful herding, herd-ing, use of bull pastures, rotation rota-tion and strict observance of the planned schedules in order to gain maximum use and improve im-prove the range simultaneously. Fifteen years ago the Uxe ranges were overgrazed, erosion ridden, rapidly becoming desolate, deso-late, and were considered as one of the poorest grazing areas in the state. Today, these same ranges are being pointed to by Indian Service officials and by other Government officials as an example of a wise and efficient ef-ficient range management program pro-gram and are considered to be the finest grazing lands in the area. Tribal officials stated that only a realistic approach and desire to save the land from intense in-tense exploitation saved the Ute ranges and made possible the lus"h grass lands today. The San Carlos Apaches are large cattlemen and dependent almost exclusively upon the livestock industry for livelihood. liveli-hood. Annually, the Apaches sell thousands of -cattle on the market. I |