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raise orchards, gardens, and poultry. They are are necessary to pro- 

 vide cheap routes for good roads. In short, these creek bottoms, by 

 and large, are the key not only to the prosperity of Forest industries, 

 but to decent social conditions and the building up of Forest homes. 

 The fact that these creek bottom lands are passed into private owner- 

 ship does not make their conservation the less a Forest problem. 



The seriousness and inter-relation of the foregoing conditions is, 

 of course, self-evident to all thinking conservationists. The practical 

 question is : to what extent do these conditions exist, and what can 

 be done to remedy them? 



I can not answer this question except for the Southwestern Forests. 

 The following tabulation lists only the more important valleys which 

 have or had extensive ranch communities within the present Forests, 

 and their present condition with respect to erosion : 



Forest Valley State of erosion 



Apache Blue River Ruined 



Eagle Creek Started 



Little Colorado Xone 



Nutrioso Slight 



Bush Valley Slight 



Carson Tusas Started 



Val'.ecitos Slight 



Coconino Oak Creek Slight 



Coronado None on Forest 



Crook Pinal Slight 



Datil Luna Valley Started 



Apache Creek Started 



Tularosa Started 



Frisco Partly ruined 



Gila Mimbres Started 



Gila Paitly ruined 



Lincoln Ruidoso Slight 



Manzano Tijeras Partly ruined 



Tajique Xone 



Prescott Walnut Creek Started 



Verde Started 



Santa Fe Pecos None 



Rio Las Bacas Started 



Sitgreaves Showlow Creek None 



Cottonwood Wash Partly ruined 



Tonto Tonto Creek Partly ruined 



Cherry Creek Partly ruined 

 Tusayan None on Forest 



SUMMARY 

 Valleys Number Per cent 



Ruined 1 4 



Partly ruined 6 24 



Started 9 36 



Slight 6 24 



None 3 12 



25 100 



