| Show cent ent changes in forest reserves july 17 Pie made considerable res es in national forests in mon arizona nevada utah and situa through presidential proc tion ion modifying modi tho the boundary sy these changes nearly acres of aind aro are eliminated tg forests foi ests about acres ajeo and about acres nsf ellred bet veen two forests 1 I a new foreba is created by the oa of an old unit into two 9 e net result is to bring down ital otal gross area of the national to about acres ich A nearly dearly acres are ah ka to a considerable extent ver er the reductions so far as dually conned ov ned by the govern is is concerned are apparent r than real owing to heavy boas in the tracts eliminated acres of the na I 1 forest gross area are not owned e government high watermark water mark of the total sal il forest gross area was reached when the forest boundaries ded d over acres it then ea realized however that in the examinations on which residential proclamations creat the he forests were ere based the work well too rapid to insure in all s the best boundaries some which should have been ded was left wt out while at t other land was taken in which was ast st suited to forest purposes i a complete overhaul and rectification of the forest pries aries was vas planned and has been on ever since by successive nations president Pies ident taft has sated nearly e eleven I 1 e v e i milli on while he has added about four ton oa acres i flontina ilo ntina the new proclamation nates a total of acres the gusher abcar kootenai lewis dark clark and Fla flatbed Flathe thed ud while 14 cres acres are transferred from the kneet 1 to the kootenai and 40 from the kootenai to the black I 1 to facilitate administration in ota ca acres are eliminated the coronado national forest ada acres are elim from the humboldt Humbold fc and 25 ill added of which re included deluded in the new ruby onal a forest com composed posed principally at part of the old humboldt ly south of the southern Paci fla 0 in 1 utah 1340 acres are coated from the sevier while in wa acres arg are added to shata ta and acres to the th u 1 I I 1 eliminated from the ey embrace ce tain valid claims P adjustment of the boun pot of the national forest to the ris of the ln the townships township 9 fell forest to avoid con cor which ch I 1 might perhaps pub put atry men to thought inconvenience it advisable to eliminate areas the i lying wg within with the I 1 will bo thrown open to settlement and entry at the discretion of the i secretary of the interior after due notice by publication in the local papers |
