10 Department Circular 2W, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



The National Forests of New Mexico are under the supervision 

 of the district forester, whose headquarters is at Albuquerque. 

 (Fig. 8.) The administration of each Forest is in the hands of a 

 forest supervisor under whom a number of forest rangers are em- 







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Fig. 7. — Among the pines and the spruces of New Mexico's National Forests, thousands 

 of campers each summer find relief from the heat of the surrounding valleys. Permits 

 may be obtained to erect summer homes on the Forests. 



ployed. To persons who may desire it, supervisors will be glad to 

 give detailed information about their respective Forests. 



THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST. 



(In Rio Arriba and Taos Counties.) 



Situated in the extreme north-central part of Xew Mexico and 

 embracing a gross area of 925,301 acres, the Carson National Forest 

 more closely resembles the mountainous regions of Colorado than 

 the topography of New Mexico and Arizona. The Forest area lies 

 in four divisions, known as the Amarilla, Taos, Picuris, and Jica- 

 rilla divisions, and the administrative headquarters is at the his- 

 torical town of Taos, once the home of the famous scout and pioneer, 

 Kit Carson, after whom the Forest is named. 



The Carson National Forest is an area of large economic im- 

 portance and of intense and varied interest. Its comparatively 

 ample rainfall and heavy winter snows give rise to many streams, 

 which form a part of the headwaters of the T\io Grande and San 

 Juan Rivers, and its watersheds accordingly bear an important rela- 



