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MISC. PUBLICATION IS, U. S. PEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



THE SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST 



The three divisions of the San Isabel Xational Forest, with a 

 combined area of about 598.000 acres, are grouped about the Wet 



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Fig. 22. — A sawmill at McPhee, Colo, (operating capacity about 35,000,000 board feet 

 annually). Montezuma National Forest 



Mountain Valley, each division being situated on a separate moun- 

 tain range. 



Across the San Luis Valley east of the Eio Grande Forest may be 

 seen the glorious snow-capped Sangre de Cristo Eange in the largest 



Fig. 23.— A sawmill in the Ri 



de National Forest 



of the three divisions of the San Isabel Forest. The Sangre de 

 Cristo Range extends continuously and in a well-defined line for 



