Sopris National Forest
Sopris National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado on April 26, 1909 with 655,360 acres (2,652.1 km2). On August 7, 1920 the entire forest was transferred to Holy Cross National Forest and the name was discontinued. The lands are presently included in White River National Forest. [1]
References
- ^ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on February 12, 2013
External links
- Forest History Society
- Forest History Society:Listing of the National Forests of the United States 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.