Wyoming National Forest was first established July 1, 1908 from part of
Yellowstone National Forest
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 ...
with . On May 14, 1923, the lands of the first
Bridger National Forest were added, and on March 10, 1941, its name was changed to
Bridger National Forest. In 1973 Bridger National Forest was administratively combined with
Teton National Forest Teton National Forest was first established by the General Land Office 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 t ...
, creating
Bridger-Teton National Forest.
References
External links
Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from the 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.''
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Former National Forests of Wyoming