Kentenia State Forest is a
state 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, a ...
in
Harlan County,
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
,
United States
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. It became Kentucky's first state forest in 1919 when the land was donated to the state by the coal company
Kentenia-Cantron. The land is scattered across seven tracts on the south side of
Pine Mountain.
External links
Official Page
Kentucky state forests
Protected areas established in 1919
Protected areas of Harlan County, Kentucky
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