National Forest Resources of Utah 



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NATIONAL FOREST ADMINISTRATION 



The management of these national forest properties in Utah is 

 carried out on the ground by 49 rangers, who work under the forest 

 supervisors, each supervisor having charge of a national forest. In 

 addition, specialists of one kind or another are from time to time 

 attached to the supervisor's office to handle technical timber or 

 grazing problems. The forest supervisors report to the district 

 forester at the district office, located at Ogden, under whose juris- 



•- Irrigated Land 



• Hydroelectric Power Plant 



Fig. 15.— Map showing irrigation and hydroelectric plants 



diction come not only the forests of Utah but those of the greater 

 part of Nevada, southern Idaho, and a portion of Wyoming. The 

 national forests as a whole are administered under the direction of 

 the chief forester, in Washington, who is directly responsible to the 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



