national forest

national forest

In the U.S., any of numerous forest areas under federal supervision for the purposes of conserving water, timber, wildlife, fish, and other renewable resources and providing public recreation areas. Administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, in the early 21st century the forests numbered 155 and occupied 352,000 sq mi (911,700 sq km) in 40 states and Puerto Rico. They were founded in 1891 as a system of forest reserves and were renamed national forests in 1907. See also Gifford Pinchot.

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National Forests

Allegheny National Forest Angeles National Forest Angelina National Forest Apache & Sitgreaves National Forests Apalachicola National Forest Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Ashley National Forest Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Bienville National Forest Bighorn National Forest Bitterroot National Forest Black Hills National Forest Boise National Forest Bridger-Teton National Forest Caribbean National Forest (El Yunque) Caribou-Targhee National Forest Carson National Forest Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Cherokee National Forest Chippewa National Forest Chugach National Forest Cibola National Forest Clearwater National Forest Cleveland National Forest Coconino National Forest Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Colville National Forest Conecuh National Forest Coronado National Forest Croatan National Forest Custer National Forest Daniel Boone National Forest Davy Crockett National Forest Delta National Forest Deschutes & Ochoco National Forests DeSoto National Forest Dixie National Forest Eldorado National Forest Finger Lakes National Forest Fishlake National Forest Flathead National Forest Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests Fremont-Winema National Forests

Gallatin National Forest George Washington & Jefferson National Forests Gifford Pinchot National Forest Gila National Forest Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre & Gunnison National Forests Green Mountain National Forest Helena National Forest Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Hiawatha National Forest Holly Springs National Forest Homochitto National Forest Hoosier National Forest Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest Huron-Manistee National Forests Idaho Panhandle National Forests Inyo National Forest Kaibab National Forest Kisatchie National Forest Klamath National Forest Kootenai National Forest Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area Lassen National Forest Lewis & Clark National Forest Lincoln National Forest Lolo National Forest Los Padres National Forest Malheur National Forest Manti-La Sal National Forest Mark Twain National Forest Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests Mendocino National Forest Modoc National Forest Monongahela National Forest Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Mount Hood National Forest Nantahala National Forest Nebraska & Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests Nez Perce National Forest Ocala National Forest Okanogan National Forest Olympic National Forest Osceola National Forest Ottawa National Forest

Ouachita National Forest Ozark-Saint Francis National Forests Payette National Forest Pike & San Isabel National Forests Pisgah National Forest Plumas National Forest Prescott National Forest Rio Grande National Forest Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Sabine National Forest Salmon-Challis National Forest Sam Houston National Forest San Bernardino National Forest San Juan National Forest Santa Fe National Forest Sawtooth National Forest Sequoia National Forest Shasta-Trinity National Forest Shawnee National Forest Shoshone National Forest Sierra National Forest Siuslaw National Forest Six Rivers National Forest Stanislaus National Forest Superior National Forest Tahoe National Forest Talladega National Forest Tombigbee National Forest Tongass National Forest Tonto National Forest Tuskegee National Forest Uinta National Forest Umatilla National Forest Umpqua National Forest Uwharrie National Forest Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Wasatch-Cache National Forest Wayne National Forest Wenatchee National Forest White Mountain National Forest White River National Forest Willamette National Forest William B. Bankhead National Forest