Beaver National Forest was established as the Beaver Forest Reserve by the
U.S. Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency in ...
in
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
on January 24, 1906 with . It became a
National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 Beaver was combined with
Fillmore National Forest Fillmore National Forest was established as the Fillmore Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Utah on May 19, 1906 with . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 Beaver National Forest was added. On September 24, 192 ...
and the name was discontinued. The lands are presently included in
Fishlake National Forest.
References
External links
Forest History SocietyForest 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.''
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{{Former National Forests of the United States
Former National Forests of Utah