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The entire Sam Houston National Forest is designated as a wildlife management area through a cooperative agreement between Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the U.S. Forest Service. This special designation provides benefits to those who use the Sam Houston National Forest, including hunters, and to the wildlife that live or forage there.
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.
Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) is an agency chartered by the Texas Legislature to manage the interests of Texas' forests. The Legislature created the service in 1915. It is a part of the Texas A&M University System and is headquartered in College Station, Texas.
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Part of the Lone Star Trail travels through Sam Houston National Forest, which borders parts of Lake Conroe and Lake Livingston. The Little Lake Creek Wilderness is the only wilderness area in the forest. [44] Samuel R. McKelvie: Nebraska: October 15, 1971
The Healthy Forests Initiative (HFI), officially the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–148 (text)), is a law proposed by President George W. Bush following the forest fires of 2002 which was devastatingly widespread.
By 1984 there were 2,510 certified, privately owned farms in the state encompassing more than 4 million acres (16,000 km 2) of timberland, mostly in East Texas. [34] 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 ...
The trail starts just South of Richards, Texas and ends North-West of Cleveland, Texas. The LSHT was conceived by the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club in 1966. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) approved construction of the trail and flagging began in 1967, with the first 30 miles constructed in 1968.