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<br />(J::. c:3 <br /> <br />Overview <br />The White River National Forest and the Forest Plan <br /> <br />The White River National Forest is one of the Nation's largest and oldest national forests. <br />Established in 1891 as the White River Plateau Timber Reserve, the Forest later <br />incorporated several other reserves to reach Its current 2,270,000 acres. The Forest is <br />located in north-central Colorado. west of the Continental Divide (Figure 1). The Divide <br />marks most of the Forest's eastern boundary, which is about 60 miles from Denver. <br />Ready access to the Forest by residents of Denver and other Front Range commumties <br />is provided by Interstate 70. which enters the Forest at the Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel. <br /> <br />Figure 1 <br />Location of the White River National Forest <br /> <br /> <br />. White River National Forest <br />DOther Region 2 NF$ lands <br /> <br />_Denver <br /> <br />I. () R ADO <br /> <br />C:P <br /> <br />1? <br /> <br /> <br />The Forest boundary encompasses National Forest System (NFS) lands within nine <br />different Colorado counties: Eagle. Garfield, Gunnison, Mesa. Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco. <br />Routt and Summit. Table 1 provides the official acreages of NFS lands within each of <br />these counties: <br /> <br />Table 1 <br />Acres of NFS lands, by county, within the White River National Forest as of Sept. 1997 <br /> <br />Eagle County - 595,542 <br />Garfield County - 478,628 <br />Gunnison County - 60,880 <br /> <br />Mesa County - 83,069 <br />Moffat County - 3,679 <br />Pitkin County - 490.911 <br /> <br />Rio Blanco County ~ 247.318 <br />Roun County - 6.128 <br />Summit County - 309,671 <br /> <br />-3- <br />