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Title page 2 Media Coverage Water Plans Central Utah Water Project, page 2
Coverage Electronic reproduction;
Date 1967-08-16 1967-08-16;
Format 2 text/PDF
Rights Brigham Young University; http://lib.byu.edu/about/copyright/generic.php Public Domain Public
Language English; eng; en
Relation Central Utah Project; Western Waters Digital Library; 7 & W KN 4 ki if 14 1nl t sau spu s7u A 12 IR AA M rik rig eik 11 1 Q A C discussing DISCUSSIN G WATER resdu ressu resources r bek bes and hha aha 660 conservation klrdfldii aurihfe oftiiht ft a todr codr bt jhb th& thb alaericdn rl fo dry creek watershed project 1 in utah county cdunty 6ufify hib dib bib U S se secrelrry b ii in i y df bi A agricultlae gr i c biffi iffi e orlle orile lia lla 11 1.1 la L freeman vreeman right leo P haryey preside presided lukiw LUTLW of the utah state associ assoni association atlon of soil 011 soll oil soi sol 01l c97 conservation ditricts dvtricts ditrichs C enter center and lynn S budlow tudlow right secretary sccr6tai manager of the ih central utah tjtah totah u lau luu iau water 11 i Distl district ici F freemon freeman r eeman praises utah watershed and unity nit nii I 1 by VAL HESS j ther there e i is s much lo 10 to be learned fro from m visiting this area US secretary of agriculture orville L freeman commented as he hel hei i toured the american fork dry ary ory i creek watershed project tuesday the project won national honors as watershed of the year in 1966 in utah valley we can seq SCQ an excellent example of the type of cooperation between citizens and government needed to accomplish our goals he said after the tour of the gigantic 119066acre 119066 119006 acre 45 4.5 45 45million million project the vi visiting s iting biting secretary also praised the cooperation among governmental agencies working on the project and the spiritof spiritos spi spirit ritof of unity between these agencies and the north utah count county ater conservancy district i i good combination he was impressed by the combination local residents have workedout worked worke dout out of doingexcel doing excellent farming parttime part time wh while working in industry or elsewhere we ne need ed more of this combination across th the nation enation i he said inthe the ifthe bottling upof ulof up of more and more people on less and less lessi iessi lessl I 1 spac space spae e is one of the major prob I 1 lems welace delace we face to today day t secretary I 1 freeman said thl this thisarea Thi sarea area is a demonstration how we can solve the problem of our crowded cities by moving more in industry dustry austry into the countryside in 1 siead stead s tead of in the big cities ty i he also indicated that he has been stressing progress toward an urban rural balance and said that the balance in in this field has developed well in utah county cou nty delegation leaders secretary freeman edward P cliff chief of the forest service and donald aa a4 A wil liams hams bams iiams ilams soil sk conservation service administrator led a dele delei i 1 gation of local state and water officials on the daylong day long tour toure the tlle tile niornin morning ghouls ghours hours were spent inspecting floodwater retarding I 1 structures ystructures and other features of cohtinued 6fitinued continued from page one the american fb fork or k dry creek W atrshed watershed project in ut utah a h valley pa p6 following I 1 lowl bowl ng a steak d dinner dianer inne r whichwas whichways which was prepared prepare d and served a at t little millcreek mill creek campground in american fork canyon under t the lid ild ile direction of ralph mcdonald aid general assistant ranger 0 of lh the pleasant grove district ot the ahe ihe uinta national forest the group oup aup moved into th the e high mountain country to examine g watershed aler ater shed and flood control work ork that has been done there tibbie tibble fork the tibbie tibble fork debris basin which was completed last year was examined and during a four lour tour of the watershed area high abbye grove creek and battle battie creek citek cleek mr freeman A sked asked ma many mans hy penetrating et rating questions regarding the work hd lid ild ila inspected contour trench lifie lifig ing and nd re reseed seeding mg projects that k hava have hav& done much muth to reduce the 1hr6kof threat of floods from these high ji buntain areas he walked through lush growths of mountain grasses ind afthesarne at the same time looked at pictures piclures pldjuj68 pie pic lures showing the same nead mead neadows meaddsa readows dsa a few years a11 ago 10 when hey we were f e ero eroded ded and lacking ac kinght in egetallon ege tailon tallon i clarenee clarence ciarence atee ftee thornock p0visot &upcrvisor u 1 f tl the e uinta vinta ointa national for foresi forest 1 I ol 01 old oid the grou group P that the water hed bed d project had restored the we CUVCD CUVICD RECD RECDZ F R REF E F NAME 1 initial x atl utu utl 6 H FILE I 1 ir s f l 1 t f s DAILY HERALD i august 162 16 1967 natural hydrology to t the headsi headdi yvrc yv rc s b of the watersheds wati ersheds and anddl&mkh did lid much ID ij reduce the threat be 61 nash hash floods during heavy heady but afi bfi brief ef summertime rain ftvv showers er s before leaving for salt sak sait saa lake take bake I 1 city and alright allight a flight to the hlldclle ibiddl fork of the salmon riv river er in in idaho and a 3 d das day holm bohm boat trip se secretary ere fre freeman m remarked 0 on ft ihie ibie number of dowf duwf out of state stafe license plates piates he 1 had seen sten on cars in ip the pany pony canyon oft are art area1 aread and d pial piai plai praised s ed the i e beautiful mountains and vall vali vail valleys tys hd had seen dil during ri ng the ihi iki ibe e day it was hit1iist his first ti visit lo 10 biah tiah count coti Coil nty although he bib hib has bit bas hit his been blen in salt sait sali S ail lake city tt severe ver 6 iia 011 ila times I 1 before befor bedfor incluaed included in the official officiai official parly party were mrs free freeman m ap L leo eo P ilat ilai harvey ay 6y oids president idelt ideht ot of the utan UJ ih state ai association b dt soil con ton eon ser serration ration valion lyls districts tr1618 joseph memmi p H hil hll francis randis franeis f chairmah tfihifthh chairman cha irmah of bf lh W ysl slate stale ate department of agric abric agriculture ultwit ul igie twit jerry hansen lehi lehl unit con coa coh servdtlonl9ti servdtlonlsl sthephen stfephen stbhth M rushton ush distfidt dislhct railget raflger goi joi gob ton tor ion thel the pleasant plasant grove district Di stritt of bf the uintn uw4 uwe national forest super2 superl sumerl visor thornock flbyd floyd d nerson Oe jtverson oerson Jt berson verson rson b leg regional ohia ofia ofha fo resler foresti A ri sw swanson soni state stated conservatlonist tonservationia conservationist for ford forn ihe ahe abit sbit cotiservalldii a t tl6d 8& servie6y va v0 ralph balph ph felker area conservationist zionist tionist lionisfi Ti onist fi and loren spencer area atea engineer ongilee onginee r of the soil conserva cpnsem aition ition ciofi tiofi service YA y I 1
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