The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-26
Government Realizes Great I'm.
portance of Adding to
Timber Growth.
HAS VITAL BEARING ON
IRRIGATION ENTERPRISES
Vast Areas, Denuded of Trees,
Are Being Replanted,
With Success.

Special to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, y. c., March 25.-For-
est planting on the National forest re-
serves has gained far broader scope and
a wholly new Importance since the ad-
nlnistration of the reserve passed to the
Secretary or Agriculture a year ago. This
work now forms a leading part OF the
activity Of the forest rervice and gives
great promlss for the future.
This change is due to n fuller apprecia-
ton OF the needs of timber supply and
water conservation, and to the knowledge
that nature, uuaided can rot repair the
forest ravage and waste OF the past.
Vast Areas Devastated.
The area now under forest In the West
is legs by millions of acres than the nrca
suitable for forest growth. In the first
pace arc mas destroyed an enormous
slopes so completely that forest renewal
by natural means has been rendered Inn
possible for ages. Again, vast areas
scores of millions OF acres, like the
chaparral lands of soathcrn California,
which once bore forest growth, but long
since lost II, must remain indefinitely un-
productive wastes unless brought again.
by planting. under forest. Moreover, the
demand for climber even the local de-
rnaud. can not long be supplied from the
reserves unless they ere developed 10 tne
highest productive capacity; and Tor thls'
forest replacement md extension quite
as much as conservative Logging, are es-
sentlal
Will Aid Irrigation.
Finally. the indirect use OF the reserves
is not less impressive. The vital import
ance of water for irrigation would, In the
ca Sc of several Of them. alone suihre TO
render forest planting on watersheds I'm.
pcratiVe. III southern California forest
extension on the mountains Is strongly
&c, M n :
anv expense. because il is water, not the
supply Of fertile soil. which limits oSri"
culture; so that land worth $1,000 an acre
With water could hardly be given away
without Il
Six Permanent Reserves.
There are now six permanent reserve
planting stations, two IN CalliorIhe. ono
in New Mexico, ono in Colorado, one IN
l'tah and one in Nebraska. others VIII
be established as II is found adNisaple.
The past winter mas bCcn extremely Ia
vorable for planting in California. A
large force of mon has been employed
10th in the San Gabriel and in the santa
Barbara mountains, since tne oegiru,rnS gsin,vrnS
thousand seedlings have been set out Az
least a dozen kinds were tried, TO hscer
tain which are most suitable TOT use at
different attitudes and under diuerent eN-
uosures Besides tho seedlings set OUT
o.. the mountain slopes, from TWO hundrcu
10 thre, hundred thousand more nave
ba1 fT1ngnlantGll from CONtItu Nf'i bNt9
to opcn nursery beds. there to be held for
IIsa I'm the winter OF 1867 The prime
object of the operations In southern Can,
fornIa is the Improvement OF important
watersheds.
Trees for Nebraska.
At tho approach of the spring season
plans are being made for active work at
Inc other stations The most extensive
nIantIng will be done In the Dlsmal kiNcr
reserve. nenr Halscy, Neb. idere Sg;ooS
twoyeer-od pine seSdlingS WIZ th oe bPnrseTv Pr1seT
site This work viii begin about the MD
ole OF April and VIII continue ior inoLln .l!.a
or elk. weeks This Dismal River reserve
ia located in the typical snndhlll country,
-yherc the ground is of little value ior
aerlculture. but well adapted to tree
rTowth. The forestation of this laree re-
serve will cresIe an nh ,InPf' pc Inc Inc same time
Scoonstratc thnt these sandhill lards gem
walls can be put to productive use.
Pines for Watersheds.
ON the Pixies Peak reserve planting VIII
DO done near CLYDE About ioUo E1llloH%
nine and red fir seedlings VIII be sh,Ppca 2ca
fInno Nebraska for that purpose. since
ssedIInrs in the Clyde nursery are 700
small for trlnsDlantlnG INC pI9ntinnSS IN 5 :
yiU he done on dcnuded watersheds tot
the conservation oil water epN i'i
tIre store of timber. ,., ..o -,
In the recently established reserve III
Tho vicinity of Garden CITY, han,s cN
tcpsiSe eSpcTImcntdl pldh'liS w.
,Isd on For this project D9Gp pine SeSu a,e,
Tnrs will be shipped from NeorasHal 5 a,l9
1n en6 broad deaf seedlings viii be purchasS,,I,
from nursecymen. A section 0i ldiI1 W.,
~ ~ repced and nre guarda Will be piowS3
~ ~ iro,cct tho plPntco- are The work VII,
sC,I,o Tho game purpose as In the Ilslhal
Dt,,sr reserve and VIII, heslues' nc d
great incentive 10 settlement
Scattering Tree Seeds,
Tho success which accompanied Teea @
IL. In tho Black Hills reserve last
S"GIntS bns encouraged the forest service
| ~ Ian similar work for this spfhs,
| p,onJca st sowing had never before prove
| i,cccsor,n in reserve WORK, Dul ~.
1cTnjs of yellow pine seed cast upon i tne
| rrnng, in thIs experiment produced resuIts
o. he,ond all oNDcctations' "nlch SPpI1d
20 indicate the practlcstpluy oi III
,es.,hod - ON thousa NOS OF acres IN @ @thls
| repjon OF all methods ol lores' p,lu i 'tte th
| .. - Tho simplest and cheapest ara tht
| II , ~ Ian,ond for timber for mining pur-
| pC ses is great.
New Bed in Utah.
e-urscrv work VIII he carried on ,,, OK,
a. I,rsi,,ojy at all the stations Al the TOT
| - - llsIE a Sst1tIon New Mexico. permanent
io'S S5i'',rter. ~ win be established and opcr
,,,,slniont beds constructed. WIN th'
| @ @v,&r.N I,,I,rsc,-y beds at the Wasatch STA
| -, Utah. ut the Bear Creek sthtl3h -
| ~ py<e's peak reserve ana ~ ILSue S
| SnIo and the enlarged bcds AT II, hia,sv? ,'o
! Mn tbc total area or seed ptue WIZ WI, nc 20 ~
an annual capacity of about t"e'e mn
/ Ion seedlings ,o,+tr,, season near
~ VI - aorns will have been new