Teton National Forest was first established by the

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on February 22, 1897 as the Teton Forest Reserve with . A commission was established in 1896 to plan for a system of national forest reserves, recommending an expansion of the territory protected by the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve. President

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's 1897 proclamation established a protected area encompassing the northern end of

Jackson Hole Jackson Hole (originally called Jackson's Hole by mountain men) is a valley between the Gros Ventre and Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County, one of the richest counties in the Unite ...

, extending from the south boundary of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve south to the area of the

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, and from the

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border in the west to the area of the

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in the east. Much of this area would eventually be incorporated into

Grand Teton National Park Grand Teton National Park is an American national park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately , the park includes the major peaks of the Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. Grand Teton Na ...

. In 1902 the southern porion of the Yellowstone reserve was added, while the Teton Reserve was greatly expanded to the south and east while excluding the southern portion of Jackson Hole around the town of

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. On January 29, 1903 it was combined with the

Yellowstone Forest Reserve Yellowstone National Forest was first established by the General Land Office on March 30, 1891 as the Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve of . On May 22, 1902 it became the Yellowstone Forest Reserve with lands of . The reserve was first sugge ...

, but it was reinstated as a separate unit on July 1, 1908 with . In 1973 Teton National Forest was administratively combined with Bridger National Forest, creating Bridger-Teton National Forest. In descending order of land area, Teton National Forest is located in parts of Teton, Sublette,

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, Fremont, and Lincoln counties. It is now administrated as part of the Bridger-Teton National Forest from its headquarters in Jackson, but there are local ranger district offices in Jackson and

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.USFS Ranger Districts by State
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and the Teton Wilderness, both officially designated by the

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References

External links

Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
( 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.'' {{Authority control Former National Forests of Wyoming Grand Teton National Park Protected areas of Teton County, Wyoming 1897 establishments in Wyoming Protected areas established in 1897 1973 disestablishments in Wyoming Protected areas disestablished in 1973