42 Recreation Uses on 



Appendix III 

 National Monuments within National Forests 



1. Bandelier National Monument, in the Santa Fe Forest, New 

 Mexico; area, 22,075 acres; created to preserve prehistoric 

 aboriginal ruins. 



2. Devil's Post Pile, in the Sierra National Forest, California; 

 area, 800 acres; created to reserve lands of scientific interest due 

 to the existence of lava field, etc., and as an illustration of vol- 

 canic activities. 



3. Gila Cliff Indian Dwellings in the Gila National Forest in 

 New Mexico; area, 160 acres. The Gila Hot Springs Cliff Houses 

 are the best representative of cliff dwellers' remains in that 

 region. 



4. Grand Canyon National Monument, in Arizona, made from 

 Kaibab and Tusayan National Forests; area, 806,400 acres. 

 This is the greatest eroded canyon in the United States. 



5. Jewel Cave, in the Black Hills Forest in South Dakota; area, 

 1,280 acres. Natural formation consisting of a cave of great 

 scientific and public interest. 



6. Mount Olympus National Monument, in the Olympic 

 National Forest, Washington; area, 299,370 acres. This reserves 

 certain lands containing objects of unusual scientific interest, 

 including numerous glaciers; the region has formed a summer 

 range and breeding ground for the Olympic elk, a peculiar species 

 rapidly decreasing in numbers. 



7. Old Kassaan, in the Tongass, Alaska; area, 38 acres; for the 

 preservation of certain aboriginal ruins of the former Haida 

 Indian village, representing a distinctive type of aboriginal 

 American civilization. 



8. Oregon Caves, in the Siskiyou Forest, Oregon; area, 480 

 acres. These are natural caves of unusual scientific interest and 

 importance. 



