Apache National Forest

{{Short description|Former name for Apache–Sitgreaves National Forests}}

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{{Infobox forest

| name = Apache National Forest

| photo = Apache_National_Forest_(5532623292).jpg

| photo_caption = Reservation Creek in the Apache National Forest (1936)

| coordinates = {{coord|33|35|00|N|109|05|02|W|display=inline,title}}

| map = USA Arizona

| area = {{convert|1,813,601|acre}}

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Apache National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona and New Mexico on July 1, 1908, with {{convert|1302711|acre|km2}} from portions of Black Mesa National Forest. In 1974 the entire forest was administratively combined with Sitgreaves National Forest to create Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.{{citation|title=National Forests of the United States |url=https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/National-Forests-of-the-U.S.pdf |format=pdf |date=September 29, 2005 |author=Davis, Richard C. |publisher=The Forest History Society }} The New Mexico section is now administered by the Gila National Forest. The area of the former Apache National Forest covers most of Greenlee County, Arizona (excepting the southernmost part of the county), southern Apache County, Arizona, and part of western Catron County, New Mexico. The former Apache is much the larger than the former Sitgreaves. As of 30 September 2008, its area was {{convert|1,813,601|acre}},[http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/2008/TABLE_6.htm Table 6 – NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District, and County, 30 September 2008] representing 68.9% of the combined Apache–Sitgreaves total area. There are local ranger district offices in Alpine, Clifton, and Springerville.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ufwda.org/pdfs/USDAForestServiceRangerDistricts.pdf |title=USFS Ranger Districts by State |access-date=2009-04-16 |archive-date=2012-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119235755/http://www.ufwda.org/pdfs/USDAForestServiceRangerDistricts.pdf |url-status=dead }} (Springerville is also the headquarters of the combined Apache–Sitgreaves.)File:Apache National Forest (5532039951).jpg

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