Ouray National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado on February 22, 1907, with 273,175 acres (1,105.50 km2). On July 1, 1908, the entire forest was divided between Montezuma National Forest and Uncompahgre 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 from the original (pdf) on October 28, 2012, retrieved August 24, 2009
External links
edit- Forest History Society
- Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from the Forest History Society website) 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.