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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.
It has been estimated that before European settlement, forests in the United States mainland covered nearly 1 billion acres (4,000,000 km 2). [1] Since the mid-1600s, about 300 million acres (1,200,000 km 2 ) of forest have been cleared, primarily for agriculture during the 19th century.
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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.
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In 1889 the original name was resumed. [11] [12] During the nearly century and a half since their founding, they: originated the idea for a national forest system and the U.S. Forest Service; created the first conservation periodical in the nation; successfully advocated for the expansion of national forests in the eastern U.S.;
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