San Jacinto National Forest
San Jacinto National Forestwas established as theSan Jacinto Forest Reserveby theUnited States General Land OfficeinCaliforniaon February 22, 1897 with 740,000 acres (3,000 km2). After the transfer of federal forests to theU.S. Forest Servicein 1905, it became aNational Foreston March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was combined withTrabuco Canyon National Forestto establishCleveland National Forest,and the name was discontinued.[1]
References
[edit]- ^Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005),National Forests of the United States(PDF),The Forest History Society, archived fromthe original(pdf)on October 28, 2012
External links
[edit]- Forest History Society
- Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates(from theForest History Societywebsite)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.