Welcome to the Southwestern Region

The Forest Service Celebrates 50 years of the National Historic Preservation Act Syphon Draw in the Superstition Wilderness - Tonto National Forest White Mountain Wilderness - Lincoln National Forest Truchas Peak in the Pecos Wilderness - Santa Fe National Forest Kanab Creek Wilderness - Kaibab National Forest Aspen tree, Carson National Forest A Rosy Fitch sitting on a tree branch, Sandia Crest, Cibola National Forest Tusayan Elk, Kaibab National Forest Early morning mist rising off of Quemado Lake, Gila National Forest

The Southwestern Region is 20.6 million acres. There are six national forests in Arizona, five national forests and a national grassland in New Mexico, and one national grassland each in Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle.The region ranges in elevation from 1,600 feet above sea level and an annual rain fall of 8 inches in Arizona's lower Sonoran Desert to 13,171-foot high Wheeler Peak and over 35 inches of precipitation a year in northern New Mexico.  map of forest locations »

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Features

Every Kid In A Park

Every Kid in the Park logoFourth graders nationwide are eligible for a free pass that will give access to most federal lands and waters for them and their families.  Fourth grade students can visit the "Every Kid in a Park" website to get their pass.


Four Forest Restoration Initiative

Landscape, Kaibab National Forest

The Forest Service has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) that analyzes almost a million acres on the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests and proposes forest restoration treatments over a 10-year period.  The DEIS and associated documents are available on the 4FRI website.  For additional information, please send your request to 4fri_comments@fs.fed.us or call the 4FRI Team at 928-226-4684.


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Spotlights

New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse

NM Meadow Jumping Mouse

Information on the listing of the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse.  Summary and background information, links to projects and reference material.

Travel Management

[Photo] Rider on an ATV riding down a sand dune.

Information about off-highway vehicle use on national forests and grasslands.

 




Bark Beetle Outbreak

Information on bark beetle effects.

Discover the Forest

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Click here to access the "Discover the Forest" twitter page where you'll find suggestions, tips, camping recipes and much more....


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