Ruby National Forest

Ruby National Forest

Ruby National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in the Ruby Mountains of northeast Nevada on June 19, 1912 with 433,570 acres transferred from part of Humboldt National Forest and other lands. On July 1, 1917 the entire forest was transferred to Humboldt and the name was discontinued. [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] The lands are presently part of the Ruby Mountains District of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. [ [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/about/ Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest] ]

ee also

*Ruby Mountains National Forest

References

External links

* [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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