Ekalaka National Forest was established as the Ekalaka Forest Reserve in Montana on November 5, 1906, with a total area of . It became a

National Forest A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by some agency of a sovereign or federated state, or territory. Background The precise application of the terms vary by jurisdiction. For example: * In Australia ...

on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, it was absorbed by

Sioux National Forest Sioux National Forest was a National Forest (NF) established bExecutive Order 908(President Theodore Roosevelt) on July 1, 1908. The order called for the consolidation of the following national forests and forest units into a single entity: Fores ...

and the name was discontinued. The forest today comprises the Ekalaka Hills unit of the Sioux Ranger District of

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 ...

, in Carter County, southeast of

Ekalaka Ekalaka is a town in and the county seat of Carter County, Montana, United States. The population was 399 at the 2020 census. History Ekalaka was named after a Sioux girl, Ijkalaka, who was the wife of David Harrison Russell, a scout. Ijka ...

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Sioux Ranger District, Custer National ForestForest 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.'' coordinates = {{Former National Forests of the United States Former National Forests of Montana Protected areas of Carter County, Montana 1906 establishments in Montana

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