Sitgreaves National Forest
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Sitgreaves National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona on July 1, 1908 with Script error: No such module "convert". from portions of the Black Mesa and Tonto National Forests. In 1974 the entire forest was administratively combined with Apache National Forest to create Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.[1] The Sitgreaves National Forest is located in the southern parts of Navajo, Coconino, and Apache counties. It had an area of Template:Cvt as of 30 September 2008.[2] There are local ranger district offices in Lakeside and Overgaard.
The forest was named after Lorenzo Sitgreaves (d. May 14, 1888). Sitgreaves was a lieutenant who made the first topographical mission across Arizona in 1851. [3]
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References
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External links
- Forest History Society
- Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743–788.
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- Protected areas of Apache County, Arizona
- Protected areas of Coconino County, Arizona
- Former national forests of Arizona
- Protected areas of Navajo County, Arizona
- Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests
- 1908 establishments in Arizona Territory
- Protected areas established in 1908
- 1974 disestablishments in Arizona
- Protected areas disestablished in 1974