Crazy Mountain National Forest Explained

Crazy Mountain National Forest was established as the Crazy Mountain Forest Reserve in Montana by the U.S. Forest Service on August 10, 1906 with 234760acres. It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it was combined with part Yellowstone National Forest to re-establish Absaroka National Forest and its name was discontinued.^[1]

The forest is part of the Jefferson Division of Lewis and Clark National Forest. The Crazy Mountains are included in the unit, primarily in Meagher County.^[2]

See also

• List of forests in Montana

External links

• Lewis and Clark National Forest
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Forests of the United States . September 29, 2005 . Davis, Richard C. . The Forest History Society . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf . 2012-10-28 .
2. Web site: Maps and Brochures. 2008-08-23. Lewis and Clark National Forest. U.S. Forest Service.