Bull Run National Forest was established as the Bull Run Forest Reserve by the

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on June 17, 1892, with . After the transfer of federal forests to the

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in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, the entire forest was combined with part of

Cascade National Forest Cascade National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon on March 2, 1907 with when its name was shortened from Cascade Range National Forest and land was added. The Cascade Range Forest Reserve was established by the General La ...

to establish

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and the name was discontinued. The lands are now part of

Mount Hood National Forest The Mount Hood National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, located east of the city of Portland and the northern Willamette River valley. The Forest extends south from the Columbia River Gorge across more than of fore ...

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Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(

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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 Oregon 1892 establishments in Oregon Protected areas established in 1892 1908 disestablishments in Oregon

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