UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOREST SERVICE 



(Prom the ?orest Service , 'U. 3. Pepartment of Aer, culture , 



San Fr--- no is co Office ) 



ELIMINATION OF L^NT PROM C-2 



SANTA BARBARA NATIONAL PORIST 



On June 9 the President signed a ProclnmE tion 

 eliminating approximately 85,000 acres of land from the Santa 

 J,"rb.-ra National Forest, California. 



This elimination was recomutnclecl by the Secretrry 

 ,:i agriculture ' after careful examination 01 the lands in 

 Ucstion h;'.d been made by the Fcrcat Service. A large portion 

 C-i' the lands now eliminated has already been acquired by pri- 



t-: i'-.rtics either before their inclusion in the national 

 j/tf?! or uhrou&h the Forest Home s fct- ad l^w. The alienated 

 r'.as, of course, include most of the best land. The areas 

 vhich still remain in Government ovmership are semi-arid, brush- 

 ( overed Irnds of little value for grazing and rhricultural 

 s but of practically no value for forest purposes. 



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