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Beartooth National Forest was established in
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 ...
on July 1, 1908 by the U.S. Forest Service with from part of
Yellowstone National Forest 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 ...
and all of Pryor Mountains National Forest. On February 17, 1932 the forest was divided between Absaroka National Forest and
Custer National Forest Custer National Forest is located primarily in the south central part of the U.S. state of Montana but also has separate sections in northwestern South Dakota. With a total area of , the forest comprises over 10 separate sections. While in the wes ...
and the name preserved as the Beartooth Ranger District of Custer National Forest.


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 the United States Former National Forests of Montana Protected areas of Carbon County, Montana Protected areas of Park County, Montana 1908 establishments in Montana Protected areas established in 1908 1932 disestablishments in Montana Protected areas disestablished in 1932