Identifier: newmexicolandofd00jamerich (find matches)
Title: New Mexico, the land of the delight makers : the history of its ancient cliff dwellings and pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Franciscan missions; personal accounts of the ceremonies, games, social life and industries of its Indians; a description of its climate, geology, flora and birds, its rivers and forests; a review of its rapid development, land-reclamation projects and educational system; with full and accurate account of its progressive counties, cities and towns
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects: New Mexico -- Description and travel
Publisher: Boston : The Page company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rs past sufferedseverely from an over-abundance of prairie dogs. In1915 the U. S. Biological Survey exterminated the dogson one hundred thousand acres of range in the GuadalupeDivision. As a result of this work, the Guadalupe rangeis supporting many hundreds of additional head of cattle. To the sportsman or naturalist, the most interestingfeature of the Lincoln Forest is the small herd of moun-tain sheep that survive in some of the rugged escarpmentsof the Guadalupes. The Forest Rangers, the State au-thorities, and the New Mexico Game Protective Associa-tion are making a united effort to enforce the law protect-ing these sheep, in the hope that they will increase andeventually restock the other ranges of the State wherethey were formerly abundant. The Carson National Forest Situated in the extreme north central part of New Mex-ico, the Carson National Forest more closely resemblesthe mountainous regions of Colorado than those of NewMexico and Arizona. The Forest area lies in three di-
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The National Forests of New Mexico 329 visions and is administered from headquarters at the his-toric town of Taos, the home of the famous scout andpioneer, Kit Carson, after whom the forest is named. The Carson National Forest is an area of large eco-nomic importance, and of intense and varied interest.Its comparatively ample rainfall and heavy winter snowsgive rise to many streams which form a part of the head-waters of the Rio Grande and San Juan Rivers. Its tim-ber resources are of considerable magnitude, the totalstand being estimated as a billion and a quarter board feetof lumber, and over seven hundred thousand cords ofwood. These timber resources are in process of rapiddevelopment, and at present supply active sawmills withthe material for their operation. Among these is one ofthe largest sawmills of the Southwest, which is operatingin connection with fifty miles of especially constructedrailway lines. The pinion nut industry is also importantduring nut years. The grazing reso

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