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  The valley floor along the East Fork appeared to early settlers, a likely place to grow stable alfalfa crops. However, the high altitude, short summers and unpredictable lack of moisture forced many to abandon the John’s Valley area and move on. A few settlers remained and continued to grow high altitude lettuce and carrots – the only consistent crops. Today, the East Fork Sevier River is diverted before it enters John’s Valley. In addition, exclusion of fire and extensive grazing by domestic livestock and big game has resulted in dense pinion -juniper woodlands along the valley bench. This “encroachment” of pinion juniper has eliminated many of the grasses and shrubs that protect the soil from the erosive forces of nature. |
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