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Washakie National Forest
Washakie National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Wyoming on July 1, 1911 with from part of Bonneville National Forest Bonneville National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Wyoming on July 1, 1908 with from part of Yellowstone National Forest. On July 1, 1917 the entire forest was transferred to Washakie National Forest Washakie National Fores .... On July 1, 1916 the remainder of Bonneville was added. On July 1, 1945 the entire forest was transferred to Shoshone National Forest and the name was discontinued. References External linksForest History Society ''Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south. With a population of 576,851 in the 2020 United States census, Wyoming is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, least populous state despite being the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 10th largest by area, with the List of U.S. states by population density, second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and List of municipalities in Wyoming, most populous city is Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne, which had an estimated population of 63,957 in 2018. Wyoming's western half is covered mostly by the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern half of the state is high-elevation prairie called the High Plains (United States), High Plains. It is drier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonneville National Forest
Bonneville National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Wyoming on July 1, 1908 with from part of Yellowstone National Forest. On July 1, 1917 the entire forest was transferred to Washakie National Forest Washakie National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Wyoming on July 1, 1911 with from part of Bonneville National Forest. On July 1, 1916 the remainder of Bonneville was added. On July 1, 1945 the entire forest was transferred ... and the name was discontinued. References External linksForest History Society ''Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoshone National Forest
Shoshone National Forest ( ) is the first federally protected National Forest in the United States and covers nearly in the state of Wyoming. Originally a part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve, the forest is managed by the United States Forest Service and was created by an act of Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Benjamin Harrison in 1891. Shoshone National Forest is one of the first nationally protected land areas anywhere. Native Americans have lived in the region for at least 10,000 years, and when the region was first explored by European adventurers, forestlands were occupied by several different tribes. Never heavily settled or exploited, the forest has retained most of its wildness. Shoshone National Forest is a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, a nearly unbroken expanse of federally protected lands encompassing an estimated . The Absaroka and Beartooth Mountains are partly in the northern section of the forest. The Wind River Range is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
