Absaroka National Forest
Coordinates: 43°57′40″N 109°20′21″W / 43.96111°N 109.33917°W [1] Absaroka National Forest was established by the General Land Office in Montana on September 4, 1902 as the Absaroka Forest Reserve with 1,311,600 acres (5,308 km2). On January 29, 1903 it was combined with the Yellowstone Forest Reserve, but it was reinstated as a National Forest under the U.S. Forest Service on July 1, 1908 with 980,400 acres (3,968 km2), including portions of Yellowstone National Forest and all of Crazy Mountain National Forest. On February 17, 1932 part of Beartooth National Forest was added. On July 1, 1945 the entire forest was divided between Lewis and Clark and Gallatin National Forests.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Absaroka Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005). "National Forests of the United States" (pdf). The Forest History Society.
External links
- Forest History Society
- Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from the Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.
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