Highwood Mountains National Forest

Highwood Mountains National Forest

Highwood Mountains National Forest was established as the Highwood Mountains Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Montana on April 12, 1906 with 45,080 acres. It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was combined with Little Belt, Snowy Mountains and Little Rockies National Forests to establish Jefferson National Forest (Montana) and the name was discontinued. The lands are presently included in Lewis and Clark 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]

The forest is presently part of the Jefferson Division of Lewis and Clark National Forest. The Highwood Mountains are included in the unit, primarily in Chouteau and Judith Basin Counties. [cite web|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/maps/|date=2008-08-23|work=Lewis and Clark National Forest|title=Maps and Brochures|publisher=U.S. Forest Service] A Wilderness Study Area has been designated in the Highwoods. [cite web|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/about/|date=2008-08-23|work=Lewis and Clark National Forest|title=About Us|publisher=U.S. Forest Service]

References

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark/ Lewis and Clark National Forest]
* [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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