Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-23
NEW MEXICO NATIONAL
FORESTS HAVE BEEN
REO|STR|CT{O
President Signs Executive
Orders Making Important
h d.ngeS in
Reserves
DESIRE UNIFORM
Administrative UNITS
Effort Made to Have Approximate
ly d Million Acres In Each Re-
serve but This Has Been I'm.
possible /. In Some Cases
The OfflCers In Charge

washington, July Z3.-The preSi-
dent has just signed executive orders
making important changes in the
boundaries of practically all of the
national forests in the territory of
New Mexico. This Is another step in
the comprehensive plan of redistriot-
ing the national forests In all of the
western states.
No addition in forest area is in
volved in the redistricting plan. The
object of the work is to eQualize the
area OF administrative units and to
arrange their boundaries In such a
manner as to promote the most prac-
tical and efficient administration of
the forests. 1t will enable officers of
the forest service to give prompt at
tention to all forest business and
further the interests and add to the
convenience of stockmen, lumbermen,
miners and other users or settlers in
the national forests. The New Mex
leo national forests which will be af-
fected by this rearrangement are as
follows:
The Alamo national forest, compris-
Ing an area of 1,164,906 acres, IL un-
der the supervision of Acting Super
visor Arthur M. Neal with headQuar-
ters at Alamogordo. This forest Is a
consolidation of the old Sacramento
and Guadalupe national forests
What was formerly known as the
Gila (N) national forest Is now the
Datil national forest, with an area
of 1,S4S,915 acres. Supervisor John
Kerr is in charge, with headquarters
at Magdalena.
The Gila (S) and Big Burros ma
tional forests have been made one
forest and will be known as the Gila
national forest. with an area of
1,762.621 acres. Acting Supervisor
w. II. Goddard will be retained in
charge. with headquarters at Silver
City.
by the consolidation of the Lincoln
and Gallinas national forests, cover
ing an area of $3.50 acres, has been
created what will oe known as the
Lincoln national forest. Supervisor j.
III. Kinney, with headquarters at Mag
dalena, is in charge.
The Magdalena national forest is a
consolidation of the Magdalena and
San Mateo national forests. This for
est Is in charge of Supervisor John
Kerr, with headquarters at Magda-
lena.
The name of the Manzano national
forest is unchanged. Its area is $751;
110 acres. Acting Supervisor 4. ID.
Read, with headquarters at Albu-
querque, is in charge.
The Pecos River national forest Is
now known as the Pecos national for
est, and has an area of 430,SS0 acres
Supervisor Ross Mcmillan, with head
quarters at Santa Fe, is in charge.
The Carson national forest includes
the Taos and that portion OF the Je-
mez north of the Chama river, and
is administered by Supervisor Ross
Mcmillan, with headquarters at Santa
Fe. The area of this forest is &c.,
900 acres.
The Jemez national forest consists
of that portion of the old Jemez ma
tional forest south of the Chama river
This forest, together with the Pecos,
will be administered by Supervisor
Ross Mcmillan, with headquarters at
Santa Fe. The area of the New
Jemez is 97s.720 acres.
The forest service desires to reduce
the area of the average administrative
units 10 approximately 1,000,000
acres. This was not possible in all
cases, as Is shown by the fact that
under the plan of redistricting there
will be 144 supervisors in the United
States who will administer more than
1670O0,OOO acres of national forests.