THE NATIONAL FORESTS OF COLORADO 



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Fig. 6. — The National Forests of Colorado 



Table 1. — Area, volume of standing timber, grazing authorization for cattle, 

 horses, sheep, and goats, and supervisors' headquarters, Colorado National 

 Forests x 





Area 



Standing 



timber (all 



species) 



Grazing authorization 





Forest 



Cattle 



and 



horses 



Sheep and 

 goats 



Supervisor's headquarters 



Arapaho 



Acres 

 636, 506 

 908, 787 

 828, 744 

 659, 384 

 905, 256 

 65, 769 



1, 125, 174 



26, 631 



927, 413 



697, 582 



1, 087, 115 



1, 135, 764 

 750, 254 

 599, 416 



1,241,720 

 754, 291 

 884, 565 



M.ft.b.m. 

 1, 671, 873 

 1, 348, 277 

 1, 314, 070 



475, 305 



911, 119 



385, 930 



1, 532, 978 



* 6, 555 



798, 565 

 1, 320, 881 



520, 654 

 1, 517, 807 

 1, 675, 201 



825, 522 

 5, 779, 530 



397, 576 

 1, 685, 401 



11,900 

 14, 833 

 21, 900 

 50,300 

 36, 500 

 350 

 23,000 

 1,448 

 1?, 000 

 24,790 



14, 500 

 18,500 

 16,715 



15, 002 

 26,200 

 30, 030 

 37,200 



28,400 

 33, 133 

 21,800 

 15, 500 

 . 37,400 

 12,500 

 91, 500 



Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo. 





Salida, Colo. 



Colorado 



Fort Collins, Colo. 



Grand Mesa... 





Gunnison.. . 



Gunnison, Colo. 



Hayden 2. .. 





Holy Cross 



Glenwood Springs, Colo. 



La Sal 3. . 



Moab, Utah 



Leadville 



100, 000 

 67, 800 

 31,800 



185, 000 



114,495 

 25, 425 



167, 100 

 49, 450 

 51,000 



Leadville, Colo. 



Montezuma 



Mancos, Colo. 



Pike 





Rio Grande... .. 



Monte Vista, Colo. 



Routt 



Steamboat Springs, Colo. 



San Isabel 



Pueblo, Colo. 



San Juan 



Durango, Colo. 



Uncompahgre 



White River.. 



Delta, Colo. 



Glenwood Springs, Colo. 







Total 



13, 234, 380 



22, 167, 244 



378, 498 



1, 113, 700 





Average 1921-1925: 



Annual cut of timber, all national forests in Colorado (board feet) 



Cattle and Horses actually grazed on all national forests in Colorado 



Sheep and goats actually grazed on all national forests in Colorado 



National-forest receipts from all national forests in Colorado (from all uses). 

 Amount returned annually from receipts to counties in Colorado. 



39,134,000 



... 330,717 



884,058 



$389,969.80 



» $97, 492. 45 



Amount spent annually from receipts on roads and trails in Colorado 6 $38, 996. 98 



1 The "grazing authorization" states for any given national forest the number and class of livestock 

 which, based upon the estimated carrying capacity of the range, are authorized by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture to graze under permit upon that unit. (These figures in effect 1928.) 



3 Lies mostly in Wyoming. 



3 Lies mostly in Utah. 



4 Over 12 inches in diameter. 



5 25 per cent of annual receipts returned to counties in which national forests lie for roads and schools. 



• 10 per cent of annual receipts spent by Forest Service on local roads and trails in addition to other 

 appropriations, 



