Pocatello National Forest

Pocatello National Forest

Pocatello National Forest was established as the Pocatello Forest Reserve by the General Land Office in Idaho and Utah on September 5, 1903 with 49,920 acres. After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905,it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 Port Neuf National Forest and part of Bear River National Forest were added. On July 1, 1915 the entire forest was transferred to Cache National Forest and the name was discontinued. The lands are presently included in Caribou National Forest and Wasatch-Cache National Forest. [citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.foresthistory.org/Research/usfscoll/places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf National Forests of the United States] |341 KB|date=September 29, 2005|author=Davis, Richard C.|publisher=The Forest History Society]

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* [http://www.foresthistory.org/ Forest History Society]
* [http://www.foresthistory.org/Research/usfscoll/places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf Forest History Society:Listing of the National Forests of the United States] "Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788."


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