Diamond Mountain National Forest was established as the Diamond Mountain Forest Reserve by the
U.S. Forest Service
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in
California on July 14, 1905 with . It became a
National Forest
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Background
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on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 a portion of Diamond Mountain was transferred to
Plumas National Forest and the remainder to
Lassen National Forest. The name was discontinued.
References
External links
Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from the Forest History Society 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 California
Plumas National Forest