The Glenwood post., 1908-07-25
FOREST AREAS
IN COLORADO
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN BoUN.
DIARIES OF MANY OF THE
RESERVES.
SUPERVISORS nam ED
ARRANGEMENT OF NEW RIO
GRANDE RESERVES IN SOUTH
WESTERN COUNTIES.

Denver.-The President has signed
the order making important changes in
the boundaries of practically all the
forest reserves in Colorado
No additions have been authorized
and an attempt has been made to bring
the area of forest under each super
visor as close as possible to 100000
acres. Under the new plan the 144
supervisors in the United States will
administer the 167 100000 acres of ma
| tional forest.
The Colorado forest resolves are as
| follows:
Arapahoe, 261, ,440 acres, consisting
of portions of the Medicine Bow, Pike .
| Peak and Leadville forests, located in
Larimer, Grand, Boulder and Summit
| counties; supervisor, c. j. Stahl, Sui
| phuf Springs.
B4ttlement, 797,72O acres, formerly
known as Battlement Mesa, located in
| Garfield, Mesa, Pitkin and Gunnison
counties; supervisor, David Anderson.
| Colbran.
Cochetopa, 922,240 acres, consisting
of portions of the Leadville and Coche-
topa forests, located in Saguache and
| Hinsdale counties; supervisor, Eugene
| WllllamS, SaSuacne.
Gunnison, 973,440 acres, consists of
portions of the old Gunnison, Lead-
vile and Cochetopa forests, located in
Gunnison, Delta, Montrose and Chaffee
counties; supervisor, w. r. Kruetzer,
| Gunnison.
Holy Cross, 1,29O,SSO acres, consists
of portions of the Holy Cross, Gunni-
son, Battlement, Mesa and Leadville
forests located in Eagle, Pitkin, Gar
| field and Gunnison counties; super
visor, H. H. French, Glenwood Springs.
Las Animas, 196,620 acres; no
change in boundaries; located in Huer-
fano, Costilla and Las Animas coun-
ties; acting supervisor, c. A. Whitney,
La Veta.
Leadville, 100000 acres, made up
of portions of the old Leadville, Pixies
Peak, Gunnison and Cochetopa forests,
located in Summit, Lake, Park anil
| Chaffee counties; supervisor, A. l..
Stroup, Leadville.
Medicine Bow, 692 $40 acres, located
in Larimer and Boulder counties and
consists of the eastern portion of the
Colorado division of the old Medicine
Bow forests; supervisor, H. N Wheel
er, Fort Collins.
Montezuma, 1,176,5S0 acres, consist
ms vi pol lloIlo vi loi INCL
and Ouray forests. located in San MI
guel and Montezuma counties; acting
supervisor Ress Phillips, Mancos
Pike, 1,336,000 acres, consists of por-
tions of former Pixies Peak and Medi-
cine Bow forests, located in Clear
Creek, Park, Douglas, Teller, Ell Paso
and Fremont counties; acting super
visor, G. w. Fitzgerald Denver.
New Rio Grande Reserve.
Rio Grande, 1,265 500 acres consists
of portions of old San Juan and Coch-
etopa forests, located in Hinsdale,
Mineral, Rio Grande and Conejos
counties; supervisor, F. c. Spencer,
Monte Vista.
Routt, 1,04S,0S6 acres known form
erly as Park range forest, located in
Routt, Larimer and Grand counties ;
acting supervisor, j. H. Ratcliff, Steam.
boat Springs.
San Juan, 1,419,s1O acres; consists
of territory formerly in San isabelle
and Wet Mountain forests, located in
Chaffee, Fremont, Saguache. Custer,
Pueblo, Huerfano and Costilla coun-
ties; acting supervisor, ]. N. Langwor-
thy, West Cliffe.
San Juan, 1,419,840 acres; consists
of portions OF old San Juan and Monte
yuma forests, located in Hinsdale, San
Juan, La Plata, Mineral and Archuleta
counties; supervisor, E. W. Shaw,
Durango.
Uncompahgre, 941, ,120 acres; consis' s
of the old Uncompahgre, Fruita and Ou.
ray forests and portions of the Monte.
yuma forests. located in Mesa. Mont
rose, Ouray, San Miguel. Gunnison and
Hinsdale counties; supervisor. H. K.
Porter, Delta.
White River. 970,s3O acres, located in
Routt, Rio Blanco, Garfield and Eagle
counties; supervisor, James A. Blair
Meeker.