Government Forest Work In Utah PDF Download

Excerpt from Government Forest Work in Utah: March, 1931 An experiment on range where shrubs, principally oak brush, make up approximately 80 per cent of the vegetation, showed that such range should be grazed only to a degree that will permit the 1ncrease and perpetuation Of the more palatable browse species and grasses and weeds of approximately equal palatability, even though these last species make up considerably less than half the total vegetation and even though such grazing results in the nonuse Of the bulk of the less palatable shrubby vegetation. It is important to be able to recognize and correct overgrazing in its early stages. On many summer ranges in Utah the wheat grasses constitute the highest type of vegetation. If this cover is weakened by overgrazing, such plants as yellow brush, lupine, mountain sun flower, sneezeweed, yarrow, sweet sage, and pentstemon take the range and more or less erosion Of the soil takes place. If overgrazing is continued, these perennial weeds sooner or later are replaced by annual plants Of little forage value. Finally even these give way, leaving the area denuded and subject to heavy erosion, and eventually the fertile mountain slope 1s reduced to a barren waste. By learning what plants come in as the desirable type of plants begin to give way, it is possible to recognize overgrazing In its early stages, and to apply remedial measures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.