Michigan National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Michigan on February 11, 1909 with 132,770 acres (537.3 km2). On July 1, 1915 Marquette National Forest was added. On February 12, 1931 the name was changed to Marquette National Forest. The lands presently exist in Hiawatha National Forest.[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
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.