Missoula National Forest

Missoula National Forest was established as the Missoula Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Montana on November 6, 1906 with 194,430 acres (786.8 km2). It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 Missoula received a portion of Hell Gate National Forest. On December 16, 1931 the entire forest was divided between Lolo National Forest and Deerlodge National Forest and the name was discontinued. [1]

See also

  • List of Forests in Montana

References

  1. Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on February 12, 2013

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