Ekalaka National Forest Explained

Ekalaka National Forest was established as the Ekalaka Forest Reserve in Montana on November 5, 1906, with a total area of 33808acres. It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, it was absorbed by Sioux National Forest and the name was discontinued.^[1]

The forest today comprises the Ekalaka Hills unit of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National Forest, in Carter County, southeast of Ekalaka.^[2]

See also

• List of forests in Montana

External links

• Sioux Ranger District, Custer 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.

coordinates = 45.825°N -104.4597°W

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: Sioux Ranger District. 2008-08-23. Custer National Forest. U.S. Forest Service.