Washington National Forest
Washington National Forest was established by the General Land Office as the Washington Forest Reserve in Washington on February 22, 1897 with 3,594,240 acres (14,545.4 km2). After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, Chelan National Forest was established with a portion of Washington. On January 21, 1924 Washington was renamed Mount Baker National Forest. The lands presently exist as Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.[1]
References
- ^ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (pdf), Forest History Society
External links
- Forest History Society
- Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (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.