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With the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, the president of the United States is given the power to set aside forest reserves in the public domain. With the Transfer Act of 1905 , forest reserves became part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the newly created U.S. Forest Service.
Bitterroot National Forest, Boise National Forest, Salmon–Challis National Forest, Nez Perce National Forest, Payette National Forest, Idaho BLM Coeur d'Alene District USFS, BLM ID 2,366,907 3,698.292 957,853 9,578.53 July 23, 1980: Funeral Mountains: California BLM California Desert District BLM CA 25,707 40.167 10,403 104.03 October 31, 1994
State Forest Name County Area acres (ha) Founded Remarks Kittanning: Jefferson: 13,266 acres (5,369 ha) 1919: Summer 2007, renamed Clear Creek State Forest Valley Forge: Chester: 812 acres (329 ha) January 1935: August 2007, renamed William Penn State Forest Lackawanna: Lackawanna 44,743 acres (18,107 ha)
Blue Rock State Forest: Muskingum County: 4,578 acres Brush Creek State Forest: Rarden: 13,515 acres Cravat State Forest: Belmont County: 350 acres Dean State Forest: Lawrence County: 2,745 acres (10 km 2) Fernwood State Forest: Jefferson County: 3,023 acres Gifford State Forest: Athens County: 320 acres (1.3 km 2) Harrison State Forest ...
Thirty-eight of the U.S.'s 50 states have state forests, as does one territory, Puerto Rico. The remaining twelve states do not have state forests. This is a list of links to state forests in the United States. See also Category:State forests in the United States.
About 87 percent of national forest land lies in the Western United States, mostly in mountain ranges. Alaska has 12 percent of all national forest lands. [10] Within the national forest system, there are 1,200 sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places and 23 are National Historic Landmarks. [1]
The park is an extension of Otter River State Forest: Lake Lorraine State Park: Hampden: 3 acres 1.2 ha: closed to the public Lake Wyola State Park: Franklin: 42 acres 17 ha: 1997: Lake Wyola: Lawrence Heritage State Park: Essex: 50 acres 20 ha: 1980: Leominster State Forest: Worcester: 4,246 acres 1,718 ha: 1922: The Midstate Trail runs ...
Established in 1935. The name of the forest is derived from its location near the Northwest Angle, the northernmost point of the contiguous United States. The forest borders the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. Pat Bayle: Cook: 180,403 acres (730.07 km 2) Established in 1963, located within the Superior National Forest.