Marquette National Forest was established 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
Chippewa County, Michigan
Chippewa County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 36,785. The county seat is Sault Ste. Marie. The county is named for the Ojibwe (Chippewa) people, and was set off an ...
on February 10, 1909, with . On July 1, 1915, the entire forest was transferred to
Michigan National Forest and the name was discontinued. On February 12, 1931, Marquette was re-established in Chippewa and
Mackinac counties with , changing its name back from Michigan. On February 9, 1962, the entire forest was transferred to
Hiawatha National Forest
Hiawatha National Forest is a National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan in the United States. Commercial logging is conducted in some areas. The United States Forest Service administers this National Forest; it is physica ...
and the name was re-discontinued. What was Marquette National Forest currently comprises the East Unit of Hiawatha National Forest.
References
External links
Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates(from the
Forest History Society
The Forest History Society is an American non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of forest and conservation history."Forest History Society." Echo Project. Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. http://echo.gmu. ...
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.''
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Former National Forests of the United States
Protected areas established in 1909
Protected areas established in 1931
1909 establishments in Michigan