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Angelina National Forest is a United States National Forest, one of four located in the piney woods region of Texas. The 153,180-acre (619.9 km 2 ) [ 1 ] Angelina National Forest is located in East Texas in parts of San Augustine , Angelina , Jasper and Nacogdoches counties. [ 1 ]
The Sam Houston National Forest, one of four National Forests in Texas, is located 50 miles north of Houston. The forest is administered together with the other three United States National Forests and two National Grasslands located entirely in Texas, from common offices in Lufkin, Texas .
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.
The national forest is managed on a multiple-use philosophy and are used for lumbering, grazing, oil production, hunting, and recreation. In fiscal year 1994, 93.8 million board feet of timber was harvested from the national forests in Texas, providing 2,098 jobs and $73,108,000 in income to the surrounding Texas communities.
The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles (141,000 km 2) of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma.
The forest is administered together with the other three United States National Forests and two National Grasslands located entirely in Texas, from common offices in Lufkin, Texas. There are local ranger district offices located in Hemphill. The forest covers a total of 160,873 acres (651.03 km 2) in five counties - Sabine (95,410 acres ...
Sam Houston National Forest WMA Montgomery County, San Jacinto County, and Walker County. 161,508 acres 47,609 are located in Montgomery County, 59,746 acres in San Jacinto County, and 54,153 acres in Walker County. Operated under a memorandum of agreement with the US Forest Service. [55] Area 3 Sierra Diablo WMA Hudspeth County and Culberson ...
In 1994 the national forests alone in Texas produced 93.8 million board feet (221,000 m 3) of timber, providing US$73.1 million (US$150 million in today's terms) in income and 2,098 jobs. [36] In 1992 the timber companies in the state produced more than 1,250 million board feet (2,900,000 m 3 ) and in 1997 they produced more than 1,370 million ...