Show EXTENSION DIRECTOR URGES CONTROL OF UTAH watersheds by director willis william m peterson U 8 A C extension Ext enslo n service bervice watershed lands in utah must have some definite supervision merely passing into private ownership Is not sufficient unless the private ownership Is associated with the water users who want the protection small canyons and small ravines c lose close to many of the towns are being denuded of the small timber protection the cutting of a few acres of maple aspen or oak it if not done carefully might result not only in immediate flood damage but also in continued reduction in water supply and a menace to the community tor for many ye years rs to come this does not mean that that part of the material could not be cut for wood but something should be left to protect the snow in the area and retard the runoff and thus rehabilitate the bater supply an effort to make a oare ail study and a plan to be executed on the watersheds of the several streams Is just as essential as building reservoirs on the streams the time has come when everyone should be interested in the protection of the watershed up to date little planting has been done to increase its value however the the demands of the future may well take into account the possibility of not only protecting the vegetation on the upper watershed as it Is at present but extending the program to increase the protection of the watershed by new plantings of trees grasses and shrubs for it Is on these watersheds that the growth of this state depends |