Executive Order 876

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 a part of the Black Mesa National Forest, shall be known as the Apache National Forest. The remaining portions of the Black Mesa National Forest shall continue reserved and constitute the Sitgreaves 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, August 17, 1898 (30 Stat. L., 1782)

Amended by

• Proclamation 866, March 2, 1909 (35 Stat. L., 2244)
• Proclamation 1088, September 26, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 2746)
• Proclamation 1089, September 26, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 2747)
• Executive Order 1337, April 19, 1911
• Executive Order 1417, October 2, 1911
• Executive Order 1475, February 17, 1912
• Executive Order 4341, November 11, 1925

See related

• Executive Order 868, July 1, 1908
• Executive Order 869, July 1, 1908