The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree for 2019 came from New Mexico and was selected from the Questa Ranger District of the Carson National Forest.
The forest was once inhabited by the Ancestral Pueblo people, who left ruins of adobe dwellings and other artifacts at an archaeological site now called Pot Creek Cultural Site. Carson is located primarily in Rio Arriba and Taos Counties, extending into Mora and Colfax Counties, and encompasses 6,070 square kilometers (1.5 million acres). A part of the United States Forest Service system, Carson is home to big game animals, including mule deer, elk, pronghorn, black bears, coyotes, bobcats, foxes, cougars, and bighorn sheep. And not to forget our little friends, a sanctuary to many species of smaller mammals and songbirds. Carson has four hundred miles of sparkling clean mountain streams and numerous lakes, many of them stocked with native trout.
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