Three Forks is a location in Apache County, Arizona where three forks of the Black River converge. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level. The

Three Forks springsnail The Three Forks springsnail, scientific name ''Pyrgulopsis trivialis'', is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United ...

is found exclusively there. The species is endangered and the Three Forks area has consequently been declared a

critical habitat Critical habitat is a habitat area essential to the conservation of a listed species, though the area need not actually be occupied by the species at the time it is designated. This is a specific term and designation within the U.S. Endangered Spe ...

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Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

camp was established at Three Forks in 1932.

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