Sundance National Forest was established in the
Bear Lodge Mountains
The Bear Lodge Mountains ( lkt, Mato Tipila) are a small mountain range in Crook County, Wyoming. These mountains are protected in the Black Hills National Forest as part of its Bearlodge District. Devils Tower National Monument was the first U.S. ...
of
Wyoming 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 ...
on July 1, 1908. It covered from part of
Black Hills National Forest and all of
Bear Lodge National Forest. On July 1, 1915 the entire forest was transferred to
Black Hills National Forest and the name was discontinued.
References
External links
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
Former National Forests of Wyoming