Cache - Inspection,
Fenn , H. E.,
July 16 - 29 . July 30, 1910.
District Forester ,
Ogden, Utah.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your instructiona , I made
an inspection of the Cache National Forest during the
period pecified. My work involved a complete inspec-'
tion of the office records , which required a period of
three days. From July 19 to July 28 , inclusive , as thor-
ough a field inspection was made as time would permit .
Sunervi or ~mith ~oc o mp'tnied me throw~hout my trip over
the orest, ~nd we visited e~oh Ranger District .
I ~ very gl'i.d indeed to report that 1 found
the bu.,iness on the Ca.che ... ·orest in 'Jplendid shape . '!'he
office records are the best maintained t h~t it h'i.s been
my pleasure to inspeot since being conneoted with the
District Office. I found th t the Special Use records
were a little out of date . but all matters were pr operly
adjusted by Supervisor Smith before leaving the offioe for
the field inspeotion.
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L. 1 . - - Ogden.
The ranee throughout the ,b'oreet wile 1n better
oondition than 1 hsd antioipated. It is only natural to expeot
this seaso n, owing to the lons period of drought. that
ranges whioh 1n ordinary years would be properly stocked, to
show some eVidence of hsrd use th1s year. 1 ith the exception
of Di.trict 10. 8 , however, the range tllotted to both cattle
~nd sheep will eu~port the number ot tock permitted. In tact,
both ~hee~ ~nd c~ttle will be ~b le to rem,in on the Forest
th1s y~~r t~rougho ut the regul~ grazing period. While the
stock w1 11 not le~v"! the Porest in '\~ good flesh as uou'l.l,
o,ine to t he dry wellther , whioh 11'1.'3 somewh"l.t 'lffeoted the feed,
th y should be in marketable condition.
I found the syste t, of 1ndi viduI!I.l ranee allotments
,orking splendidly. Individunl allotment boundaries are well
~sted with bound~y notioes, and the 9tockmen generally Ihow
a oommend~ble tendenoy toward reepecting the allotment linel.
This is largely due to the aotivity of the Ranger force . They
have mingled freely with the atookmen and impres8ed upon them
not only the neoe8sity of obeerving the Regul~tions, but also
of oarefully hUBb~nding the forage orop this yeST, in order
th~t tho stook will not h~ve to 10 ve the Forest bofore the
clo~e of the grQ1.ing period. The o ~tt le r'nge show8 the effect
of he~vy ~t o ck 1n6 ~erhqpe more th~n the sheep r~nge, but there
I'll no d"nger of in.lur;l ro ulting from the nre"enoe of the number
of c~ttle Ilnd horees permitted this yeqr .
While the e.rea8 allotted to shoep I~rszing will
8upport the number of stock now ~llotted th1s 8e'\lon, it is ~
D. 1i' . -- Ogd An.
my opinion thllt this i6 the perm'l.Ilcnt grnzinc; cnp'lcity of
tile l"oreet. prob'l.bly tae c;rell.ter proportion of sheep r'l.nge
1$ burned over timber lunde , whioh 9.I'e reetooking with '3.
he'lvy st'Uld of lodgepole pine. It will only be 'l. v'Jry few
YC'lrs until the denBe stand of younG tiI!lber will r;r9.du'~lly
oro ~d out the ~r'J,!l'les 'l!ld fOT'lrO pl'lnt5, o:md n. reduction in
the n~~her of ~h~e~ will h~ve to be ro~de ~roportion'l.tc to
now bein~ u~~rl for p~'l.~in~ ~urno~o~ re~tock vith timber, in
my judg1"''lnt the onon p:r'l.z1ng l'l.ndq \7h1ch re~'l.ln will not eup-
~ort in ex e~~ of 50 , 000 ~'!'l.d of ~heep. The numbe~ of c~tt le
will ,190 h'lve to be reduoed for tho a me re~BO~.
'rhe gr'\~.inll of both ohoc1? 'l.nd cattl"" ,,-pn'lrently
1s not ret'lrding tne r e"roduc tion of lodgepole pine, 'l1thougb
it may '\ffeot the reproduction of other apecico. The G~che
Foreet haa great potential timber possibilities . and they
should be given first consideration in the manll/Icment of the
1.
ForestK 1f it is found as time progresses that the grazing
of liveetock: int erferes wi th tne extenaion or tho cro'7th of
treee , grazing enould give way to the production of timber ,
since I believe that without dOtlbt the gre test uee to wh10h
th", l'l.'1rl<\ .uj.thin thn C'l.che n,t1on'l.1 Forest C'l.n be put ie to
gro~in~ trqes. Thi~ does not mo n thc totl,\l exolusion of live-
"tocle , but 1 t dOOR l'!'e'll"l th,t silvic'\l cond! tlOl'lf) '\n(1. rtlQuirc-mente
'3houlrt b~ ~.i ven first oon!!iderlltion on this ioreet , and
gr,,.1ng con'lidered ~~ ... ~emnor'l.r~ u e .
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D. F •. - Ogcien.
District 1;0. 8 , which includes i.iherm'ln Lount 9.in,
.30d'l ~ount'l i n . 'l.nu the -;':ieht ii1e oountry. OhOWB pl'linly
the effeot of P'10t misuse. Vn.lua.b1e for!lgll pl=ta h'lvC been
repl'\oed to a. gre'lt extent by noxious weede, rmd '\lthough
t hie portion of the l/orcl3t haB been uno.or tld'Jliniatration for
four YO'J.rs , v9.1u!1ble (S'r'lI)O 0 ,\1d other fOt"lGO -pl'l.nta !lIe
g'l1n1n~ he~dwa~ v~ry elo~ly . In my opinion, 'I. hr~du~l re-duction
sl1ou1c\ be m c\e in !)1~triot No . 8 until !t !'Iuffioient
r'lduoti"n i" TII",dl'! to Tl'!rmit of '1. rct.'\tion '3:'{'Jte"TI of h ~nd]ing
i
the 1''\n.'':o. '"'hi .. ..,\11 YIl'l'l.n "., n1Jot"lont for ,'tch outfit l ,uge
c>nour:h to 'I.1J.0 ... 't]t :rn'lt.!! U99 of th~ r'lnge froll! y."u· to year .
,!'hj,9 ia tl1l'! only m'1 n'l hy ~h1ch"llth() r'1.ng .)"In b'l b"'o~ht
b"ck to wh'\t it .,hon)d be.
! Jl'lVO t lkeci the 6i tuntion ever fully Tii th
Sunervi or dmith, 'lnd he concurs in my opinion ~d will work
to th~t end. He b 1ievee th'lt deeired results c'l.h be I\ccom-pliehed
by c eli1t1ng all reductions on RCOOunt of tl·'I.llefer'l ,
as well ns forfe .. ted p crmi te by rel100n 0 f nOIl-uOJe or other-wiee
, to Ili strict Ho. a. In this way 9. slidinu SOllIe reducti on
on the tot'll nUIO'bcr of sheep gr'lzed on ill\! .\Iorest mllY be avo1ded.
'rhe preeenoe of l<l.rge '1rel16 of tlt'lte l'lnds llIi thin
th .. t !lortien of the Foreet loc'lted in the State of Utah h'l.s
cnnoed mol''! or leos emb'lrr'l'lsment to the l?oreet 'ldmin 1 .. tration
!'I inc e i t!3 ore'ltion. 'i'h,)1'e i'l one blocl{ of ',';" to ] n'1l: on tTt'!
he d of J.ogq,n TUv~T' of 'lYlproxi:n'ltely 20,000 'lcres. In addi-tion,
there 'U'C '1.1r. dy four Cection'l of school l'lnd 1n each
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D. :F . -- Ogden.
To~n~1p. ~ During the existenoe of the cooper~tive agreement
between the Forest Servioe ~nd the Utah St~te Lund Bo~d the
Gtq,te l q.nds were handled by the ,i<'orest Uervica , 9.nd Q suffi_
cient number of regul~ ~orest Service permittees were nasigned
to the State to t&ke up ita quota . Upon the cancellation of
the agreement thele permittees were of neceos1ty reinet9.ted
and g1 ven p erml t allotments on 119.tlon'.ll .Forest l ande . '.i'hls
neoess1tated a reduot10n this year of 8. 000 head of eheep.
During the season of 1910 the Stato I.and l:)o'll'd
d1sposed of the gr~zing priv11ege on the State land under an
'lore'lge oampaU t1 ve eyotem. The stocmen too,k 'ldvant'lge of
the Gt.te 'lnd only le~eed sm~ll soattered traots and took in
lqrge number of stock to gr'lze upon them. As a consequence
the ~t~te 1 nde, and especi~lly the 20 , 000 aore unit, have
been ~cverely ov ergrazed t his year, to ~n extent th~t h~6 le~
the people who ~re dependent upon the use of Lognn ,Ri ver for
1rrig~tion purposeo to believe that the overgrazing of this
area is largely responsible for the diminution of the stre~
flow thi year. 'any we.ter users h!lve oom];llained to the lo c&l
officere regarding the use of the Gt'£te lands, but of couree
no relief oan be granted by the 40reet Dervioe, The people
have now under oonsideration the preparation of !l. request in
the form of a petition to the State Legislatur~ , asking that
the Forest Servioe be allowed to regulate gr~z1ng on thie area,
Since the m'ltter is a live issue ~mong the people living in
the vioinity of the Caohe Forest , it will no doubt be brought
to the 'l.ttention of both this office 'lnd the Ut~te I.end BO'l.rd
D. • -- Ogden .
:lot 9. l 'llter d a te.
I took oee 'Jion to invite l~r . \,,'illi 'l.ID 'rh'l.in of
Lop'ln. f1 T'lICl1bl!'r of the UtVl 13t"lte J,'l.nd Bo~..rd . to q,ecompg,ny me
durinr: ~ brief in"nection of (lx1 ~ting conn! tiona on the Sta.te
l 'tncll'. The invit.'l.tioTl "'fl.'! r;l'1dly '.ccepted . ·,nd on July 23 we
1001r"d ov" r t,> ~ nru"o'li tio"1 c'lrefu] ly. Mr. '.'h'lin m'l.o.e no com-mont
on t't'l ("ondition ::'n , nia.1 !.o t'"ound the :..ltato l'mtIs . but I
'lm convinc "d th'lt l'.e wi} 1 . r;rce >Ii th Joe should the gr'lzing of
the number of i'ltock now on tho .;tr,te la.nd!; be contin'.led,very
serious injury "'ill result to tttc Log:>.n ~dver watershed .
!.ll':i Thq,in is 0: t 'le opillion that th~ Ut!l.t.e is no t
in '.I. poai tion to pro,crly n~6\ll:J. te tn., gr'l.zing . J,nd will. f'J.vol'
else ','edel'al le~i<;lnt1on. 11hic'\ wi11 p ' LJi t tIle ;..t'l.te to make
'!elections of' public l'lnd in lieu of the st'ite lands Idtllin the
exterior bound'\ri es of the li<\tion ... l :ii'orests in Utqh. He rather
f'l.vors the l~te;;tonor cont.rol of cr'l.z1nr; on the l)~.rt.icul:1r
'\re'\ of St",te 1"'n0, in Quostion i'3 very import'l.1lt !UI 'l. me'3.f:urc
of w'\ter'J')od protection. 'l.'he T.ogttn TUv!'r flo"a; the I n rgcst
volu","! of '",,,tor of 'I.11Y etrc':I.m in the St to 0 f Vt'lh, ?nd there
'l.ro none more v'llu'tolc for irrig1.tion. In response to '\ popu-lar
dem'1.nd by the people of J'l.ohc l:ounty . tile iorest tiervice
h'\s civen 1\ " r er.t de"l of ~ttention to the LOBOln Hiver f{1).tershed.
Stock h'l.ve been el'lcluded . an efficient fire p'ltrol m1.int.'l.ined
on the headwl\tcrs of thi'l stre'llll • • md everythlng th'lt is pos-sibTh
h'l.o been done by the Uervice to me.intq,in a nornJ~l flow.
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D. F. - - Og den.
It 113 to be regretted thnt misuse of the Utate
l'nds will be al10",ed to offset the good work the Service hilI!!
done , qnd I most urgently recommend th'lt, if Q~ee ble to the
nt .. te 1. nd BO'lrd, some I\('reemcnt '\:·e ent red into lookinr: to 'l.
.. ore ff1cient control of" th1" q.ro'l. I do not wiah to be
und.ratood 1\9 r commen~1~e , cooner~tive 'lffreement between
the ',t'l.te of tlt'\h 'lnd tho Ji'oroat Service for the control of
'1.11 Gt"1.te 1ll1lde ',vi thin the .I"tion'l.l lorest, but only to cover
this p rticul'lr cnse.
Oener&lly speaking, l have no reoommendations to
offer for the improvement of the methods of m~ag1ng the Brazing
bueiness on the l,)e.che ]i'orest . 1 found the Hegul'1.tiono bCill8
enforced satisfactorily in every way . The ~angcrs t~e the keen-est
interest in their work , and the well b'1.l~nced personnel hae
resulted in a uniformly high st'lndard of efficiency throughout.
Supervi'lor Smith is to be commended for the splendid work he
has done since "13 uming ch'l%'re of the C .. che N'!.tion!l.l l<'orest .
Very truly yours .
