McClellan Creek National Grassland
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McClellan Creek National Grassland is a
U.S. Forest Service together with Cibola National Forest and Black Kettle, Kiowa, and Rita Blanca National Grasslands, from common headquarters located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1] The grassland is part of the combined Black Kettle and McClellan Creek Ranger District with offices in Cheyenne, Oklahoma
.
In February 2006, all of McClellan Creek National Grassland was burnt out in the 750,000-acre (300,000 ha) Interstate 40 fire. The majority of the trees were lost.[2] The grassland's area is only 1,449 acres (586 ha).[3] The grasslands surrounds McClellan Lake, a reservoir on the namesake McClellan Creek.[4]
Gallery
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Map of states andSoil Conservation Service. The most severely affected counties are colored . -
Frank Baldwin's charge on Grey Beard's Band, McClellan's Creek, TX, Nov. 8, 1874 -
McClellan Creek National Grassland after the 2006 fire
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See also
References
- ^ "Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ^ "The Lone Tree Exhibit". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ^ "Land Areas of the National Forest System". U.S. Forest Service. January 2013. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ^ "Windmills on the National Grasslands". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
External links
Media related to McClellan Creek National Grassland at Wikimedia Commons- Black Kettle and McClellan Creek National Grasslands
