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National forests listed in this column in small text are constituent national forests managed by, but not included in the name of, the named national forest in normal text. To reach the figure of 154 national forests, count hyphenated names as two forests, with the exception of Manti–La Sal, which is the official name of one forest.
There are 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands containing 193 million acres (297,000 mi 2 /769 000 km 2) of land. [10] These lands comprise 8.5 percent of the total land area of the United States, an area about the size of Texas. [1] About 87 percent of national forest land lies in the Western United States, mostly in mountain ranges.
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 million acres (780,000 km 2) of land. [5]
Major uses of forests include timber production, recreation, hunting, fishing, watershed and fisheries protection, wildlife habitat and biodiversity protection, and gathering nontimber products such as berries, mushrooms, and medicinal plants. [1] There are boreal forests in Alaska. [4] Forests in Hawaii and the U.S. territories are tropical. [5]
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, including official trees of the following of the states, of the federal district, and of the territories. State federal district
Young pine trees growing on the Valley floor on June 18, 2024, at Yosemite National Park, California. Credit - George Rose via Getty Images. A merica’s National Forests cover 193 million acres ...
National forests of New York (state) (1 C, 1 P) National forests of North Carolina (4 C, 5 P) O. National forests of Ohio (1 P) National forests of Oklahoma (1 C, 1 P)
Dec. 27—Last week, the U.S. Forest Service issued a Notice of Intent to amend the Northwest Forest Plan, which encompasses 19 million acres of federal forest lands in Washington, Oregon, and ...