Columbia National Forest

The Columbia National Forest was established in Washington on July 1, 1908 by the United States Forest Service by separating a 941,440 acres (3,809.9 km²) section from the Rainier National Forest . On 15 June 1949 he was named in honor of the forestry pioneer Gifford Pinchot in Gifford Pinchot National Forest renamed.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Richard C. Davis: National Forests of the United States . The Forest History Society. September 29, 2005. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013.

Web links

• Website of the Forest History Society (English)
• List of National Forests of the United States and their dates (text from Forest History Society website ) 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. (English)

46 ° 12 '0 "  N , 121 ° 36' 0"  W Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '0 "  N , 121 ° 36' 0"  W.