Graham guardian., 1910-10-28
CHANGE FOREST AREAS
Presidential Proclamations
Create New Boundaries
for National Forests

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 2S.-
The President has signed procama-
tions making changes in the boun-
daries of the Tonto, the Crook and
the Apache national forests, Arizona.
These changes are the result Of a
careful field examination made by
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture in pursuance of a general plan
for the correction of all national
forest boundaries.
From the southwest portion of
the Tonto forest 7.04O acres of des-
ert lands are eliminated. None of
this land drains into any existing or
proposed reclamation reservoir. A
considerable non-timbered area is
retained within the Tonto forest at
the request of the Reclamation
Service, to protect the watershed Of
the Verde and Salt rivers and Queen
creek. The Tonto gains by trans
fer from the Crook forest 52,940
acres in T. 3 and N. r. IL, 13 and
Ia E. This area is located south
east of Roosevelt, east of Fish creek,
and south of Salt river. The trans
fer is made because the national
forest business of this area can be
more easily transacted from Roose-
velt than from Stafford, headquar-
ters of the Crook forest.
The Crook forest has 4,480 acres
of eliminations, 149,S acres of ad-
ditions, ard 134, 400 acres transfer
red from the Apache forest. The
eliminations consist of seven sections
of -timbered lands in T. 2 S., R.
II E., and T. 8 S., R. IL E..
Twenty-Five sections of land are
added in T. 2 S., r. II, 13 and Ia E.,
in order to include within the for
est certain portions of the Queen
creek watershed on the west slope
of the Pinal Mountains. Eight Sec
tions of timberland are added at the
northeast corner Of the Santa Ter
esa division, and twelve sections at
the extreme south end of the Mount
Graham division.
The most important addition, how
ever, brings within the Crook for
est the Galiuro mountains, west of
the old Ft. Grant military reserva-
ton. This range forms the water
shed between Aravaipa creek on the
east and the San Pedro rivers on
the west. 1t is estimated that this
addition contains 100000 feet B.
M. of yellow pine saw timber and
l ,629, 900 cords of juniper and pinon.
The best stand of yellow pine is
located in the head of Rattlesnake
canyon, estimated at 100000 feet
B. M.
The transfer from the Apache
forest to the Crook carries over
that part of the Natanes division
which lies west Of the old military
road between Ft. Apache and San
Carlos. National forest business
relating to this area will hereafter
be handled by the supervisor at
Stafford. There is eliminated from
the Apache 7O.376 acres. Along
the southern boundary there is cut
out an erea of approximately &c.
900 acres to the north and north
west of Clifton, Oroville, Metcalf
and Morenci, and extending west to
the east boundary of the White
Mountain Indian Reservation. This
area is largely mineral, and bears a
very scattering stand Of woodland
and scrub yellow pine. An elimi-
nation on the north, from two to
four miles wide, embraces the low
est foothills of the White Mountain
range and contains no forest cover
whatever. Two other small elimi-
nations are made, one from the
south end of the Forest and one
from the north end. They are
rough. mountainous areas with a
very scattering growth of brush
and woodland.
The lands eliminated by these
will be restored to
settlement and entry after they
shall have been advertised in the
local papers by the Secretary of the
Interior.