Apache National Forest was established by the

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in Arizona and New Mexico on July 1, 1908, with from portions of Black Mesa National Forest. In 1974 the entire forest was administratively combined with Sitgreaves National Forest to create Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The New Mexico section is now administered by the Gila National Forest. The area of the former Apache National Forest covers most of Greenlee County, Arizona (excepting the southernmost part of the county), southern Apache County, Arizona, and part of western Catron County, New Mexico. The former Apache is much the larger than the former Sitgreaves. As of 30 September 2008, its area was , representing 68.9% of the combined Apache–Sitgreaves total area. There are local ranger district offices in Alpine,

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Springerville Springerville is a town in Apache County, Arizona, United States, within the White Mountains. Its postal ZIP Code is 85938. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 1,961. Springerville sits at an elevation of above sea level. A ...

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Wilderness areas

There are four wilderness areas within Apache National Forest that are part of the

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Bear Wallow Wilderness The Bear Wallow Wilderness is an wilderness area in eastern Arizona in the United States. The wilderness, located in the Apache National Forest, is managed by the U.S. Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agenc ...

* Blue Range Primitive Area (bordering the

Blue Range Wilderness Blue Range Wilderness, along with Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Gila Wilderness, is part of Gila National Forest. It is located on the western border of New Mexico and west of U.S. Route 180 between Reserve and Glenwood. The wilderness is crossed b ...

managed by the Gila NF) * Escudilla Wilderness * Mount Baldy Wilderness

References

External links

Forest History Society

Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
( 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. {{Authority control Protected areas of Apache County, Arizona Protected areas of Catron County, New Mexico Former National Forests of Arizona Former National Forests of New Mexico Protected areas of Greenlee County, Arizona Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests