UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AG 



MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR No. 



Washington, D. C. 



AUG 4 



EMTOF 



NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES OF UTAH 



Prepared by the Forest Service 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Location and extent of national forests in Utah 1 



History 3 



Characteristics of the forests in different parts 



of the State 4 



National forest resources... 9 



Timber 4 



Page 

 National forest resources— Continued. 



Range resources 17 



Water resources 18 



Recreation -. 21 



National forest administration 23 



Summary 25 



Population and development in Utah have always clung close to 

 the higher mountain ranges, for here are the sources of the funda- 

 mental wealth of the State — minerals, water for irri- 



The Funda- gation and power, forage, and timber. National for- 

 mental Wealth of ests (£g ^) occupy most of these high mountain 

 From National ran g es > hemming in the populous valleys of the State, 

 Forest Lands and national" forest resources are perhaps more part 

 and parcel of the life of the people in Utah than in any 

 other State. The close relationship existing between the national 

 forests and the centers of population is also reflected in the fact that 

 Utah is the only State in the Union that has national forest land in 

 every county. 



In the interest of public welfare all the resources of these mountain 

 lands — timbered or not — must be wisely handled. A let-alone policy 



M will not do, nor will management that deals with only 



of A^^Nati^mal one resource. It is the job of the Forest Service to 

 Forest Resources manage all these mountain resources in such a way 

 Essential to Pub- that they may insure the prosperitv of the whole 

 lie Welfare. State 



LOCATION AND EXTENT OF NATIONAL FORESTS IN UTAH 



The national forests of Utah are not extensive as compared to 



those in the other western mountain States, except Nevada (see 



map, fig. 2), totaling only about 7>2 million acres, 



The National which is, by the way, a little greater than the total 



A^eFoundMa^ farm area of the State (5 milllon acres). National 

 ly in a Line Down forests usually occupy the high mountain ranges the 

 Through the crests of which exceed 8,000 feet, although they gen- 

 Middle of the erally extend down nearly to the foot of the range — 

 M^unTafns Ex- m some instances as low as 5,000 feet. On most 

 ceed 8,000 Feet mountain ranges which fail to reach an elevation of 

 in Elevation. about 8,000 feet, no national forests have been created 

 as there is no nucleus of timberland to form the basis 

 of a national forest unit which could be administered economically. 



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