1908 



FOREST SERVICE 



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from the State in which a forest is 

 located. The Arkansas men who are 

 to take up this duty are Anderson T. 

 Wright, Will A. Gardner and James 

 B. Cassada. The latter two have al- 

 ready entered upon their work, and 

 Mr. Wright's appointment takes ef- 

 fect January 20. The National Forest 

 headquarters are at Fort Smith. 



Idaho 



Forests 



Re-Divided 



Some important changes 

 in the administration of 

 the National Forests in 

 central Idaho have been made since 

 the first of the year. The Eastern 

 Division of the Sawtooth National 

 Forest, embracing the Wood River 

 watershed, the headquarters of the 

 Middle Fork of the Salmon River, 

 and the South Fork of the Boise 

 River, has been established. This will 

 be known as the Sawtooth (East) No- 

 tional Forest, and will be in charge 

 of Supervisor C. N. Woods, with 

 headquarters at Hailey. 



The Payette National Forest, 

 which has been in charge of Supervi- 

 sor E. Grandjean, at Boise, will be 

 placed in charge of Supervisor Guy 

 B. Mains, with headquarters at Mead- 

 ows. Mr. Mains has been in charge 

 of the Lemhi National Forest since 

 its creation. Forest Ranger Charles 

 L. Smith, from the Henry's Lake For- 

 est, will assume charge of the Lemhi 

 Forest. Mr. Grandjean will continue 

 in charge of the Sawtooth (West) 

 National Forest, with headquarters at 

 Boise. 



Forest Ranger William McCoy, of 

 the Sawtooth National Forest, has 

 recently been placed in charge of the 

 Cassia and Raft River Forests, with 

 headquarters at Oakley, Idaho. 



This division of the larger forests 

 into smaller administrative units, with 

 headquarters located near the forests, 

 not only allows the supervisor a bet- 

 ter chance to give personal supervision 

 to the work of his entire forest, but 

 will make it much more convenient 

 for the users of the forest by placing 

 the supervisor's office in easier reach 

 for a majority of them. 



New National The 1 'roi'lcnt has ; 

 Forest m signed a ; 



Arizona 



creating the Vei la- 



tional Forest in Arizona. This r, 

 National Forest has an area of 721.- 

 730 acres, and is located in Maricopa 

 and Yavapai counties. It lies on the 

 west side of the Verde River and in- 

 cludes a large portion of the water- 

 shed of this stream. Jerome, the 

 headquarters of the United Verde 

 Copper Mine, is located in the north- 

 ern part of this Forest. West and 

 southwest of Jerome are the Mingus 

 Mountains. There is a small area of 

 commercial forest, which has been 

 badly abused in the past, but which 

 under proper management will fur- 

 nish a small local supply of timber 

 to the mining camp for many years. 



The greater part of the area of 

 this forest is covered with a growth 

 of brush, without commercial value. 

 The protection of this, however, is 

 just as important as heavily-forested 

 land, for, as in the case in Southern 

 California, this scrubby growth is the 

 only thing that conserves the water 

 supply and protects the watershed of 

 the Verde River from serious erosion. 



The creation of this new National 

 Forest is considered necessary by the 

 Reclamation Service for the best ad- 

 ministration of the Reclamation Act, 

 and the watershed has an important 

 relation to the full development of the 

 irrigable lands of Salt River Val' 

 In order that the rich lands in this 

 part of Arizona may be brought to 

 their highest development the water- 

 shed of the Verde River must be pro- 

 tected. Many parts of the Fo- 

 have suffered from overgrazing by 

 large bands of goats. The Foi 

 Service will by no mean< prohibit 

 future grazing on this new forest, but 

 will cndi-n\T so to regulate it that 

 the watershed of the Vonle River 

 will not be injured. 



Enlargement An addition of 

 of Tonto -, 20 acres has just been 

 'made to the Tout" Na- 

 tional Forest in Arizona, situated in 

 Maricopa. Gila and Final Counties. 



