The Coeur d'Alene National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in the
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...
panhandle and is one of three forests that are aggregated into the
Idaho Panhandle National Forests (the other two are the
Kaniksu and
St. Joe National Forests). Located in
Shoshone
The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ), also known by the endonym Newe, are an Native Americans in the United States, Indigenous people of the United States with four large cultural/linguistic divisions:
* Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming
* Northern Shoshon ...
,
Kootenai, and
Bonner counties in northern Idaho, it has a total area of 726,362 acres (1,135 sq mi or 2,940 km
2).
The forest headquarters is located in
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Coeur d'Alene ( ; ) is a city and the county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the most populous city in North Idaho and the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 54,628 at th ...
. There are local
ranger district offices located in Coeur d'Alene and
Silverton.
See also
*
List of national forests of the United States
The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering . National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The first national forest was established as the Yellows ...
References
External links
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Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District- Idaho Panhandle National Forests
Protected areas of Bonner County, Idaho
Protected areas of Kootenai County, Idaho
National forests of Idaho
Protected areas of Shoshone County, Idaho
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Protected areas established in 1906
1906 establishments in Idaho
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
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