McClellan Creek National Grassland

McClellan Creek National Grassland
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Lake McClellan
Location	Gray County, Texas, United States
Nearest city	Alanreed, TX
Coordinates	35°12′39″N 100°52′08″W / 35.2107°N 100.8689°WCoordinates: 35°12′39″N 100°52′08″W / 35.2107°N 100.8689°W
Area	1,449 acres (5.86 km^2)
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Black Kettle and McClellan Creek National Grasslands

McClellan Creek National Grassland is a National Grassland located in southern Gray County, Texas, United States. It was purchased with the goal of restoring badly eroded land to its natural state. The grassland is administered by the 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]

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  Frank Baldwin's charge on Grey Beard's Band, McClellan's Creek, TX, Nov. 8, 1874
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  McClellan Creek National Grassland after the 2006 fire

References

1. "Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
2. "The Lone Tree Exhibit". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
3. "Land Areas of the National Forest System". U.S. Forest Service. January 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
4. "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