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The Santiam 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
Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
on July 1, 1911 with from portions of
Cascade National Forest Cascade National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon on March 2, 1907 with when its name was shortened from Cascade Range National Forest and land was added. The Cascade Range Forest Reserve was established by the General La ...
and
Oregon National Forest Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
. On July 1, 1933 the entire forest was combined with Cascade to establish
Willamette National Forest The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon. It comprises . Over 380,000 acres (694 mi2, 1,540 km2) are designated wilderness which include seven ...
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Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from
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.'' {{coord missing, Oregon Former National Forests of Oregon 1911 establishments in Oregon Protected areas established in 1911 1933 disestablishments in Oregon