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CALIFORNIA NATIONAL FOREST. 



The California National Forest comprises the interior ridges 

 of the Coast Mountains south of the Trinity National Forest. 

 It contains 1,062,622 acres and occupies portions of Mendocino, 

 Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, and Lake Counties. The range divides 

 the Forest north and south, the western slopes draining into Eel 

 River and the eastern slopes into Stony Creek, Thorns Creek, 

 and other tributaries of the Sacramento. 



Fishing streams are numerous and game is abundant. 



The Forest is accessible on the east side from points on the 

 Southern Pacific between Colusa and Coming and on the west 

 side from Hopland, Ukiah, Willitts, and Dos Rios on the North- 

 western Pacific. Willows is the Forest headquarters during 

 the winter. In summer the office is moved to Alder Springs. 



The Forest contains 4,814.728,000 feet of timber and provides 

 forage for 7,600 head of cattle and horses, 50,000 head of 

 sheep, and 400 hogs. 



SHASTA NATIONAL FOREST. 



The Shasta National Forest lies mostly in Siskiyou County, 

 taking in also portions of Shasta and Trinity Counties. The 

 eastern portion drains southward into Pit and McCloud Rivers, 

 the central portion into the Sacramento, and the western por- 

 tion includes the headwaters of the northernmost branch of the 

 Trinity River. 



The Forest contains 1,626,624 acres, of which 840,000 acres 

 are owned by the Government. Throughout most of the Forest 

 alternate sections are included in the Central Pacific land grant. 



The Forest contains merchantable Government timber to the 

 amount of 4,. 538. 888,000 feet. It provides forage annually for 

 40,000 head of sheep and goats, 11.400 head of cattle and horses, 

 and 800 hogs. 



The Shasta Forest is crossed north and south by the Southern 

 Pacific C Shasta route) and may be entered from a number of 



