Portales Forest Reserve Explained

The Portales Forest Reserve was established by the United States General Land Office in New Mexico on October 3, 1905 with 172680acres. On March 16, 1907 the forest was disestablished and the lands were returned to the public domain.^{[1] [2]}

The proclamation, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, stated that the land was "no longer required for experimental forest purposes."^[3]

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.

Notes and References

1. National Forests of the United States. September 29, 2005. Davis, Richard C.. The Forest History Society. July 20, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf. October 28, 2012. dead.
2. Web site: Initial Forest Reserves and National Forests. 2008-08-25. Southwest Region U.S. Forest Service. U.S. Forest Service.
3. Web site: Vol. 34, Part 3, pp. 3178-3179. 2008-08-25. U.S. Statutes at Large. Library of Congress.