Absaroka National Forest () is a
U.S. national forest in the U.S. state of
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
, established by the
General Land Office
The General Land Office (GLO) was an independent agency of the United States government responsible for public domain lands in the United States. It was created in 1812 to take over functions previously conducted by the United States Department o ...
on September 4, 1902, as the Absaroka Forest Reserve with a total area of .
On January 29, 1903, it was combined with the
Yellowstone Forest Reserve
Yellowstone National Forest was first established by the General Land Office on March 30, 1891 as the Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve of . On May 22, 1902 it became the Yellowstone Forest Reserve with lands of .
The reserve was first sugge ...
, but it was reinstated as a national forest under the
U.S. Forest Service on July 1, 1908, with , 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 Forest
The Gallatin National Forest (now known as the Custer-Gallatin National Forest) is a United States National Forest located in South-West Montana. Most of the Custer-Gallatin goes along the state's southern border, with some of it a part of North- ...
s.
See also
*
List of forests in Montana
References
External links
Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from the Forest History Society
The Forest History Society is an American non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of forest and conservation history."Forest History Society." Echo Project. Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. http://echo.gmu. ...
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.''
Former National Forests of Montana
1902 establishments in Montana
1908 establishments in Montana
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