Henry's Lake National Forest was established as the Henry's Lake 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
Idaho on May 23, 1905 with . 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
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on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was combined with a portion of
Yellowstone National Forest to establish
Targhee National Forest and the name was discontinued.
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.''
{{Former National Forests of the United States
Former National Forests of Idaho