San Luis Obispo National Forest was established as the San Luis Obispo 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 ...

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

on June 25, 1906 with . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 part of the forest was combined with

Santa Barbara National Forest Santa Barbara National Forest was established as the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve by the General Land Office in California on December 22, 1903 with by consolidation of Pine Mountain and Zaka Lake and Santa Ynez Forest Reserves. It included areas ...

, the remainder was used to establish

San Luis National Forest San Luis National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in California on July 1, 1908 from part of San Luis Obispo National Forest with . On July 1, 1910 the entire forest was combined with Santa Barbara National Forest and the name was ...

, and the name was discontinued.

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Forest 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.'' {{Former National Forests of the United States Los Padres National Forest Former National Forests of California Protected areas established in 1906 Protected areas disestablished in 1908 1906 establishments in California 1908 disestablishments in California