FOEEST AND RANGE RESOURCES OF UTAH 99 



Besides the above national parks, monuments, and forests, any 

 mountainous section easily accessible to people may have recrea- 

 tional resources. Most of the water areas and marsh areas, such as 

 are included in the State public-shooting ground on Bear River 

 Bay, also furnish recreation. 



RELATION OF RECREATIONAL RESOURCES TO OTHER RESOURCES 



There is often a conflict between the use of the recreational re- 

 source and the other resources of an area. Grazing may sometimes 

 need to be excluded from limited portions of intensively used recrea- 

 tion areas. On the other hand, recreation seekers in large numbers 

 may disturb stock. The practice of forestry, in that it maintains a 

 forest in healthy condition, is an advantage to recreation. The 

 presence of recreation seekers, however, definitely increases the fire 

 hazard and complicates the management of timberlands and the har- 



Figuee 52. — Fire has laid waste enormous areas of virgin timberlands 



vesting of timber. On watersheds supplying water for domestic 

 purposes, the presence of people creates a hazard which requires 

 special sanitary precautions. 



The biggest problems brought about by recreational use of the 

 forests are fire, vandalism, and poor sanitation. These problems 

 can not be satisfactorily solved without an attitude of respect for 

 these recreational resources and a sense of personal responsibility 

 for them on the part of the individual. Such attitudes are best 

 fostered by appreciation of the value of these resources and by a 

 sense of proprietorship in them. 



PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE 



Every one of the renewable natural resources of Utah is subject 

 to damage by fire. There occur on an average 53 fires a year in 

 Utah on and near the national forests, burning an average area of 



