Mount Baker National Forest

History

Mount Baker National Forest was established as the Washington Forest Reserve on February 22, 1897, with 3,594,240 acres (14,545.4 km). It became a national forest on March 4, 1907, and was renamed as Mount Baker National Forest on January 21, 1924. Snoqualmie National Forest was established from land in Washington NF on 1 July 1908 with 961,120 acres (3,889.52 km). A part of Rainier National Forest was added on October 19, 1933. The two were administratively combined in 1974.