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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



September 



Investigations by the Reclamation 

 Service have been in progress in the 

 State of Utah for over two years. 

 These have extended to the reconnais- 

 sance of several localities and the pos- 

 sibilities of reclamation therefrom, and 

 more detailed studies have been made 

 of Utah Lake and the possibilities of 

 its development, but these failed to de- 

 velop a feasible project. 



In the Strawberry Valley, on one 

 of the tributaries of the Duchesne 

 River, it is found that water can be 

 stored in that valley and taken to the 

 Spanish Fork by a tunnel. The ca- 

 pacity of the reservoir will be approx- 

 imately 100,000 acre-feet, and the tun- 

 nel will be about 19,000 feet in length. 

 Borings have been made along the 

 line of the tunnel and no unusual diffi- 

 culties have been discovered which 

 might threaten the success of the pro- 

 ject. 



The lands which can be covered by 

 the combination of stored water from 

 Strawberry Valley and the natural 

 flow of Spanish Fork consist of about 

 50,000 acres. Approximately one-half 

 of this area is already irrigated but re- 

 ceives an insufficient supply of water. 

 The land to be benefited is all in pri- 

 vate ownership. 



Owing to the uncertainties of esti- 

 mates on the tunnel it is at present im- 

 possible to state with any degree of 

 accuracy the cost of the project. 



Michigan The initial, or organiza- 



tion meeting of the 

 Meeting A ,. , . ^ fe 



Michigan forestry As- 

 sociation was held in Grand Rapids 

 August 29 and 30, with a large attend- 

 ance of lumbermen, business men, 

 manufacturers, students, and others 

 interested in forestry in Michigan. 

 The first day's session was devoted to 

 short speeches from a number of 

 prominent members of the new Asso- 

 ciation, including Thornton A. Green, 

 Loyal A. Knappen, Charles W. Gar- 

 field, Filibert Roth, George B. Hor- 

 ton, Hon. Arthur Hill, and others. 

 The aim of the convention was ex- 

 pressed in the address of Prof. Roth: 

 to get members to express their faith 



in reforestation, to learn what to do, 

 and to do it. Considerable enthusiasm 

 was elicited through the appeal of 

 Prof. Roth, and others, for reforesta- 

 tion in Michigan, and the adoption of 

 conservative forestry throughout the 

 state. At the final session on August 

 31, all editors of the state were voted 

 honorary members of the association, 

 with privileges of active membership. 

 A vigorous campaign of education 

 was outlined, and the following offi- 

 cers elected: President, John H. Bis- 

 sell, Detroit ; Vice-President, Thorn- 

 ton A. Green, Ontonagon ; Secretary, 

 T. M. Sawyer, Ludington ; Treasurer, 

 J. J. Hubbell, Manistee; Executive 

 Board: Mrs. Francis King, Alma; C. 

 J. Monroe, South Haven ; Dr. Lucius 

 Hubbard, Houghton ; Walter C. Win- 

 chester, Grand Rapids ; H. N. Loud, 

 Au Sable ; George B. Horton, Fruit- 

 ridge. 



With such a strong personnel, and 

 with the energy displayed at this meet- 

 ing infused into the vigorous cam- 

 paign already planned, the Michigan 

 Forestry Association will undoubtedly 

 prove a power for good in Michigan. 



For the better protec- 

 Telephone ,- f ,, r 



for Reserves tlon of the forest re- 

 serves the Forest Ser- 

 vice, in co-operation with the Weather 

 Bureau, will install a system of tele- 

 phone lines and stations on them as 

 rapidly as possible. The first system 

 will be installed on the Big Horn For- 

 est Reserve, in Wyoming. This tele- 

 phone service will enable the forest 

 rangers to notify one another, without 

 delay, when forest fires break out. In 

 so large an area as the Big Horn For- 

 est Reserve, which comprises 1,151,- 

 680 acres, the value of rapid communi- 

 Cdtion is obvious, and there can be no 

 doubt that the elimination of delay 

 will result in a striking improvement 

 in the control of forest fires. 



It is greatly to be hoped that this 

 highly practical system of fire warning 

 may be extended in due course to 

 other reserves. This putting out of a 

 forest fire may often depend upon im- 

 mediate knowledge of its origin and 



