On the #GrandMesa NF (then-Battlement Mesa reserve est. 1892) early federal surveys, from turn of the century note the high agricultural appeal on the mesas that rise up into the forest and are the northern flanks of #NorthForkValley. #copolitics
On the #GrandMesa NF (then-Battlement Mesa reserve est. 1892) early federal surveys, from turn of the century note the high agricultural appeal on the mesas that rise up into the forest and are the northern flanks of #NorthForkValley. #copolitics
Recreation as a use of the nascent national forest lands was also recognized on Battlement Mesa Reserve (now @GMUG_NF) within a decade of its inception. A 1900 federal survey notes presence of a hunting lodge with ‘proprietor’ in the vicinity of Leon Lake on the #GrandMesa.