Little Rockies National Forest was established by the
U.S. Forest Service in
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
on March 2, 1907 with . On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was combined with
Little Belt
The Little Belt (, ) is a strait between the island of Funen and the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish Straits that drain and connect the Baltic Sea to the Kattegat strait, which drains west to the North Sea and Atla ...
,
Snowy Mountains and
Highwood Mountains
The Highwood Mountains are an island range (sub-range of the Rockies entirely surrounded by prairie) which cover approximately 4,659 km² (1,799 sq mi) of the Central Montana Alkalic Province in north central Montana in the U.S. They are in ...
National Forests to establish
Jefferson National Forest (Montana) Jefferson National Forest in Montana was established by the U.S. Forest Service on July 1, 1908 with from the consolidation of Little Belt National Forest, Little Belt, Highwood Mountains National Forest, Highwood Mountains, Snowy Mountains Nationa ...
and the name was discontinued. The entire Jefferson National Forest was later consolidated with the
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Lewis and Clark National Forest is located in west central Montana, United States. Spanning , the forest is managed as two separate zones. The eastern sections, under the Jefferson Division, is a mixture of grass and shrublands dotted with "islan ...
.
The former Forest Service lands in the Little Rockies are now administered by the
Bureau of Land Management.
See also
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List of forests in Montana
Based on the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, there are at least 20 named National and State Forests in Montana. In addition to currently named forests, there are at least 22 former named forests that have been consolidated into current forest land ...
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.''
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Former National Forests of Montana
1907 establishments in Montana
Protected areas established in 1907
Protected areas disestablished in 1908
1908 disestablishments in Montana