The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-07-25
FOREST AREAS
IN COLORADO
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN BOUN.
DIARIES OF MANY OF THE
RESERVES.
SUPERVISORS NAMED
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 LA
supervisors in the United States Will
administer the 1911 1000 900 acres OF ma
tional forest.
The Colorado forest resolves are as
follows:
Arapahoe, 261,44O acres, consisting
of portions of the Medicine Bow, Pike'a
Peak and Leadville forests, located In
Larimer, Grand. Boulder and Summit
countless supervisor. c. ]. Stahl, Sui
phur Springs.
Battlement, 797, 100 acres, formerly
known as Battlement Mesa, located in
Garfield. Mesa, Pitkin and Gunnison
countless supervisor, David Anderson.
Cochran.
Cochetopa, 922,24o acres consisting
of portions of the Leadville and Coche-
topa forests located in Saguache and
Hinsdale counties; supervisor, Eugene
Williams Saguache.
Gunnison 973,44O acres, consists OF
portions of the old Gunnson. Leaf
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-
Avi1 la
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 AMI
Chaffee countless 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, 1,176,5SO acres. consist
ing Of portions of former Montezuma
and Ouray forests. located in San MI
guel and Montezuma counties; acting
supervisor Ress Phillips. Mancos.
Pike $4,000 acres, consists Of por-
lions of former Pixies Peak and Medi-
cine Bow forests, located in Clear
Creek, Park Douglas, Teller. Ell Paso
and Fremont counties; acting supe.
visor, c. w, Fitzgerald, Denver
New Rio Grande Reserve.
Rio Grande, i ,265. 900 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. II. Ratcliff, Steam
boat Springs.
San Juan, 1.419,S10 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, j. N. LangWor-
thy, West Cliffe.
San Juan, 1,419,s40 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. X.
Porter, Delta.
White River, 97O,S3O acres located in
Routt. Rio Blanco. Garfield and Eagle
counties; supervisor, James A. Blair,
Meeker.