Trinity National Forest was established as the Trinity Forest Reserve by the
U.S. Forest Service in
California
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on April 26, 1905 with . It became a
National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it gave up some acreage to
California National Forest. In 1954 it was combined administratively with
Shasta National Forest
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Native American
* Shasta Costa, a people group native to southwestern Oregon
* Shasta language, extinct language of the Shasta people
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to create
Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Trinity National Forest is located overwhelmingly in
Trinity County, which has 89.46% of its acreage. In descending order of land area the rest of the counties are
Tehama with 7.37%,
Shasta with 2.93%, and
Humboldt with 0.23%.
[Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District, and County, 30 September 2008](_blank)
/ref> There are local ranger district offices in Hayfork and Weaverville.USFS Ranger Districts by State
/ref> Its administrative offices reside in Redding, as part of the combined Shasta-Trinity National Forest. As of 30 September 2008, the Forest has an area of 1,043,677 acres (4,223.61 km²), comprising 47.23% of the combined Shasta-Trinity's total 2,209,832 acres (8,942.87 km²).
References
External links
Forest History Society
Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from the Forest History Society
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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 California
Protected areas of Humboldt County, California
Protected areas of Shasta County, California
Protected areas of Tehama County, California
Protected areas of Trinity County, California
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
1907 establishments in California
Protected areas established in 1907
1954 disestablishments in California
Protected areas disestablished in 1954