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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



this Forest, with headquarters at Sis- 

 son, Cal., as at present. The area of this 

 Forest is i 089,280 acres, located in 

 Shasta and Trinity Counties. 



The name of the Sierra National 

 Forest, with new additions on west side, 

 beginning, approximately, T. five. S., 

 R. twenty, E., M. D. M., and running 

 in a general southeasterly direction to 

 T. twelve, S., R. twenty- four, E., 

 M. D. M., will not be changed. Super- 

 visor C. H. Shinn will continue in 

 charge of this Forest, with headquarters 

 located at Northfork. This Forest is 

 located in Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, 

 and Tulare Counties, and has an area 

 of 1,911,840 acres. 



The Stanislaus National Forest, with 

 a small part of the Sierra (N) in the 

 northwest part, will continue to be 

 known as the Stanislaus. y\cting Su- 

 pervisor R. W. Ayers will be in charge 

 of this Forest, with headquarters located 

 at Sonora. The area of the Stanislaus 

 is I 114,380 acres, located in Calaveras, 

 Alpine, Tuolumne, and Mariposa 

 Counties. 



The Tahoe National Forest, with a 

 portion of the Stanislaus, will continue 

 to be known as the Tahoe National For- 

 est. Supervisor Madison B. Elliot will 

 be in charge of this Forest, with head- 

 quarters located at Nevada City. The 

 area of the Tahoe is 1,652,960 acres, lo- 

 cated in Sierra, Yuba, Nevada, Placer. 

 Eldorado, Amador, and Alpine 

 Counties. 



The name Trinity will be retained for 

 the new Forest which was formerly 

 Trinity National Forest, with a small 

 part of the Shasta in the southwest cor- 

 ner. Supervisor F. H. Hafley will be 

 in charge of this Forest, with headquar- 

 ters located at Weaverville. The Trin- 

 ity is located in Humboldt Trinity, 

 Shasta, and Tehama Counties, and has 

 an area of 1,718,400 acres. 



The Washington National Forests re- 

 districted are as follows : 



The Chelan National Forest will have 

 an area of 2,048,640 acres and will con- 

 sist of that portion of the Washington 

 National Forest formerly known as the 

 Washington (East). It is located in 

 Chelan and Okanogan Counties. The 



Forest will continue to be administered 

 by Supervisor George W. Milham, with 

 headquarters at Chelan, Wash. 



Approximately 946,880 acres, com- 

 prising the southern portion of the 

 Rainier Forest, will form the new Co- 

 lumbia National Forest. It is located 

 in Lewis, Cowlitz Klickitat. Skamania, 

 and Yakima Counties. The Forest is 

 to be administered by Acting Super- 

 visor Thos. P. McKenzie. with head- 

 quarters at Portland. Oreg. Mr. Mc- 

 Kenzie is promoted to this position from 

 Deputy Supervisor of Wenaha Forest. 



No change is made in the boundaries 

 of the Colville Forest, which has an ap- 

 proximate area of 869,520 acres, located 

 in Okanogan and Ferry Counties. It 

 will also continue to be administered by 

 Supervisor W. W. Cryder, with head- 

 quarters at Republic, Wash. 



The Olympic Forest also remains 

 without change and has an approximate 

 area of 1.594,560 acres and is located in 

 Clallam, Chehalis and ]Mason Counties, 

 under the administration of Supervisor 

 Fred Hansem, with headquarters at 

 Hoodsport, Wash. 



The Rainier Forest includes the 

 northern part of the old Forest of this 

 name and a small part of the Washing- 

 ton (W), and will have approximately 

 1, 676, 160 acres. It is located in Pierce. 

 Lewis, Skamania, Kittitas, and Yakima 

 Counties. This Forest will continue to 

 be administered by Supervisor G. F. 

 Allen, with headquarters at Orting, 

 Wash. 



Snoqualmie is the appropriate name 

 which has been given the southwest por- 

 tion of w^hat was formerly known as the 

 Washington (West), with an area of 

 approximately 1,004,166 acres. It is 

 located in Snohomish and King Coun- 

 ties, and will be administered by Super- 

 visor Burt P. Kirkland, with headquar- 

 ters at Seattle, Wash. 



The Washington Forest will have an 

 area of 1,493,400 acres and will include 

 the northern portion of what was for- 

 merly called the Washington (West). 

 It is located in Whatcom, Skagit, and 

 Snohomish Counties. This Forest is to 

 be administered by Supervisor Charles 



