Niobrara National Forest was established as the Niobrara Forest Reserve by the United States General Land Office in Nebraska on April 16, 1902 with 123,779 acres (50,092 ha). After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 the entire forest was combined with Nebraska National Forest and the name was discontinued. [1] In 1971, the Niobrara reserve was designated as the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest. [2]
References
- ^ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on October 28, 2012, retrieved August 13, 2011
- ^ "Nebraska National Forest". History Nebraska. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
External links
- Forest History Society
- 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.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Niobrara Wilderness