HomeMy WebLinkAbout1929-06 Protecting Water SupplyUNITED .~TATE3 DEPARTNENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary.
O00P~EATIVE AGt~EW~.NT ~OR THE i~IRPOSE OF CONSERVING AND PROTECTING THE
WATER SUPPLY OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND,
This AGPW,~U~.NT made a~ entered into this 21st
day of August one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-ni~e
by and between the City of Ashland, State of Oregon, thro~
J. Edw. Thornton , its Mayor, and the United S:tates Department
of Agriculture, ~hrough R.W. Dunlap, Actin~ Secretary
of Agriculture, WITNESHE~ that,
WH~qEAS, the following described lands: all national forest
~s in 'townships 39 and 40 south, ranges 1 west and 1 east, W.M.
within the watershed of Ashland Creek, comprising approx£~ately 11,482
acres, within the boundaries of the Crater National Forest, are within
the watershed from which the water supply of the Oity of Ashland is
obtained~
NOV~, TH~EFOI~E, for the purpose of conserving and protecting the
water supply cf the said city, it ia agreed:
1. That before entering into any ~greem~nt for the cutting of
timber or removal of other forest products from national forest lands
within the area, the officials of the City of Ashland will be consulted
and full consideration will be given to any requirements the City of
Ashland may desire to impose as necessary for the safeguarding of the
water supply.
2. That in permitting the use of said lands for timber cutting
or other purposes, full consideration shall be given to the preservation
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of the volume and purity of the city water supply, and if the proper
state or federal agencies shall determine, after due study and investi-
gation, that the city water supply is being or will be diminished, Con-
taminated or polluted through permitted operations ~pon said lands, and
there is no other more practicable remedy for the situation, the Secretary,
so far as he has legal authority to do so, will cause such permitted
operations to be restricted, modified or discontinued.
3. Grazing of livestock on national, forest lands in the watershed
will not be authorized by the Forest Service except with the consent of the
officials of the City of Ashland. Any fencing or other improvements
found necessary to effectively exclude livestock from the watershed or
to aid in safeguarding the water supply will be constructed and maintained
by the City under special use permit to be issued by the Forest Suloervisor.
4. So far as practicable with the means at his disposal, the
Secretary of Agriculture will extend and improve the forests upon these
lands by seeding and planting, and by the most approved methods of silvi-
culture and forest m~n~gement.
5. The Forest Service will administer and protect the area in
connection with adjoining national forest lands. Should the City of
Ashland desire any special protective reassures not provided by the
regular Forest Service administration, they may be obtained at the ex-
penes of the City of Ashland by the appointment of additional employees
to be appointed by and to be directly responsible to the Forest SUper-
visor of the Crater National Forest, but their compensation will be paid
by the said City at the same rate as men employed by the Forest Service
on similar duties.
6. Both parties reserve the right to terminate this agreement
at any time on notice to the other party, provided that all obligations
under the agreement up tO the date of the termination have been n~t.
The undersigned agree to the above propositions and agree to
carry them out so 'far as they have official power and authority to do so.
Attest ~ ~) .