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UNITED STATES 



DEPARTMENTofAGRIC 



DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 318 





Washington, D. C. 



August, 1924 



THE NATIONAL FORESTS 

 OF ARIZONA 



Prepared by the Southwestern District of the Forest Service 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



The Apache National Forest 5 



The Coconino National Forest 7 



The Coronado National Forest 9 



The Crook National Forest 11 



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The Kaibab National Forest 13 



The Prescott National Forest 14 



The Sitgreaves National Forest 15 



The Tonto National Forest 17 



The Tusayan National Forest 18 



INTRODUCTION 



Little does one realize as he speeds through portions of Arizona 

 on a fast transcontinental train, or motors along a desert highway, 

 that the far-away blue mountains are clothed with timber. Yet it is 

 true that the mountains of Arizona contain the largest unbroken ex- 

 panse of virgin western yellow pine timber in the United States. 

 One vast forest extends from north of AYilliams, Ariz., in a south- 

 easterly direction, for about 300 miles air line, almost to the Rio 

 Grande in New Mexico. A large part of this timber is situated so 

 far from railroads that it has not been possible to log it. Most of 

 the national forests in Arizona have been located in this timber 

 belt. The other forests cover timbered mountains that are de- 

 tached from the main body of timber. 



There are nine national forests in Arizona, covering an area of 

 more than 12.000,000 acres and bearing a total stand of over 14,500,- 

 000,000 feet of saw timber and 11,500,000 cords of wood. They con- 

 tain 73 per cent of the timber of the State, and under their present 

 conservative management are supph^ing much of the present demand 

 of the State for lumber, and will go a long way toward meeting the 

 requirements of the future. Already a flourishing and well-estab- 

 lished lumber industry uses these forests as a source of supply. The 

 amount now annually cut can, however, be considerably increased 

 before the productive capacity of the forests is reached. 



The national forests are under the jurisdiction of the Forest Serv- 

 ice, a bureau of the United States Department of Agriculture. All 

 the resources of the national forests are for use. It is the i'>olicy of 



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