Show prevent fires to save water during the summer months the weather becomes warmer legeta j tion of all kinds becomes drier and water becomes mor more e important it is during this time of the year that we are made to realize that water is the most valuable crop obtained from the mountain areas of utah the value of water which falls as rain and snow in the mountains of utah far exceeds the value of all other crops from the same areas other crops agriculture livestock timber game are secondary and in reality are permissible only to the extent our water crop allows quite frequently our water crop is jeopardized by poor methods of harvesting timber overgrazing of livestock or allowing fire to strip the soil surface bare nature puts the water into our mountains but we as men can help keep it there to come down in usable amounts during the summer months by preventing FIRES and regulating other activities on our mountain areas |