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}}
}}
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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Wilderness areas
There are four wilderness areas within Apache National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System:
- Bear Wallow Wilderness
- Blue Range Primitive Area (bordering the Blue Range Wilderness managed by the Gila NF)
- Escudilla Wilderness
- Mount Baldy Wilderness
References
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External links
- [http://www.foresthistory.org/ Forest History Society]
- [https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/National-Forests-of-the-U.S.pdf Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates] (Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743–788.{{ISBN?}}
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Category:Protected areas of Apache County, Arizona
Category:Protected areas of Catron County, New Mexico
Category:Former national forests of Arizona
Category:Former national forests of New Mexico
Category:Protected areas of Greenlee County, Arizona
Category:Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
Category:1908 establishments in Arizona Territory
Category:1908 establishments in New Mexico Territory
Category:Protected areas established in 1908
Category:1974 disestablishments in Arizona