Executive Order 868

It is hereby ordered that on and after July 1, 1908, the land within the boundary shown on the attached diagram, heretofore set apart, reserved, and proclaimed as parts of the Black Mesa and Tonto National Forests, shall be known as the Sitgreaves National Forest. The remaining portions of the Black Mesa National Forest shall continue reserved and constitute the Apache National Forest and parts of the Coconino and Tonto National Forests. It is not intended by this order to release any land from reservation or to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

July 1, 1908.

Notes

Amends (in part)

• Proclamation 423, 1898 (30 Stat. L., 1782)

Amended by

• Proclamation 859, March 2, 1909 (35 Stat. L., 2236)
• Proclamation 1080, August 24, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 2739)
• Executive Order 1479, February 17, 1912
• Executive Order 3291, June 26, 1920
• Executive Order 4722, September 16, 1927
• Executive Order 7534, January 12, 1937 (2 FR 63)

See related

• Executive Order 869, July 1, 1908
• Executive Order 876, July 1, 1908