Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-05
Applications for Grazing Permits
Far Exceed Capacity Of
Forest Reserves.
PASTURAGE is VERY LIMITED.
For the Purpose of Protecting Water
shed, No Animals Are Allowed on
salt Lake Reserve.

There Is such a rush of applications
for sheep grazing permits on the Utah
national forest reserves that only n
small fraction can be accommodated;
and when Supervisor Clark was asked
today. what was to be done to take
care of all the applicants, he said moth
ing. aud II would be necessary for the
sheep owners to dispose of a large num-
ber of animals, If summer pasturage
could not be found for them elsewhere.
The Wasatch national forest reserve
includes S5,440 acres, which it is estim-
ated win take care Of 1850 cattle and
horses and 10000 sheep. The appltca-
tions for sheep amount to 22,ls6, to
date. while the applications for cattle
and horses largely under run the num-
Der allowed
PROTECTING WATERSHED.
The Salt Lake national forest re-
serve includes 05,44O acres, or 10000
more than the wasatch; and this VIII
accommodate 1900 head Of cattle and
horses, but no sheep, as none Of the
latter animals will be allowed on the
Salt Lake city watershed, It seems
to be the desire of the department to
let nature cover It all over with second
growth timber and chapparal This
will hold the winter SHOWS, which will
gradually melt and soak into the ground
thus filling up the springs, and preserv-
ing and even surface flow into the
creeks giving the water supply for
the city. And in the case of cloud
bursts. the water Will be prevented
from rushing down the mountain sides
in torrents, filing the creeks with mud
and debris, as the timber and under
growth will hold back the floods. Su-
pervlsor Clark says If sheep are ADMIT
tea to this reserve, they Will eat on
all the underground SO none are al
lowed there. AS cattle and horses are
not destructive OF the underground Md
tender shoots OF young timber they
are admitted in limited numbers. Up
10 date, there are only applications for
GOO head, falling Off Of 1876 head from
last years record. But. the supervisor
thinks. by the first of June, the number
win have been doubled
EIGHTEEN RESERVES IN UTAH.
There are IS national forest reserves
in this state now, as follows: The
Aquarlus, Bear River. Beaver, Dixie
Fillmore, Fish Lake, Glenwood, Grants
vile. La sal, Manti. Monticello, Pay
son, Raft River, Salt Lake. Sewer.
Uintah Vernon, Wasatch, This state
is included In the fourth inspection dis
trlct, which comprises Utah. southern
Idaho, western Wyoming, eastern Me-
vada, and northern Arizona, with r.
T., Benedict as chief Inspector, with
headquarters in this city, and under |
him as assistant inspectors, F. w. |
Reed j. NJ Fetherolf, L. L. White, |
all OF this city, Mr.. Benedict is at |
present on tour of inspection over |
Field Program. the official bulletin OF |
the service. contains the following rule |
relative to giving notice when stock !
enter forest:
REGULATION AMENDED
1T has been found that in many
cases It was very announcement for
stocknen fully to comply with regu-
latlon 81 In reference to notifying the
supervisor of the time when their stock /
would enter the forest, Therefore. the
first paragraph Of this regulation has
been amended to read as follows;
when an owner who has n permit |
is ready to drive in his stock he must
notify the nearest forest officer. by mail
pF ollfiNlSet SlHtluE lHt number 10 DC |
driven in
This means that hereafter the stock
men. instead Of notifying the super
visor. as heretofore will notify the
anger or guard IN charge of the dis
.rict upon which the stock will Craze,
As no notice Of the time when stock
will leave the forest Is now required.
t will be necessary for the forest ON
,crs to see to It that stock are not
Kept in the forest after the expiration
IF the permits"
TOTAL RESERVES.
The Program also contains this notice
'elative to now national forests:
During the past month the president
dgncd proclamations making tho fol-
owing additions: Monticello national
crest. Ol.3sS acres Aquarlus national
crest s7.l59 acres. The Vegas nation
Il forest was created on Dec, ~. with
m area OF 1880 acres, and the pro-
'lnmatlon creating the Arkansas ma
ionnl forest. with an area Of i0739
lcres was signed on Dec. rs. The Ar
,ansas has the distinction OF being
arther east than any other national
crest a proclamation adding about
Il .42b acres 10 the San Gabriel national
crest cal, was aligned Dec 80. These
reations make the total area OF ma