Missoula National Forest was established as the Missoula Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Montana on November 6, 1906, with a total area of 194,430 acres (786.8 km2). It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, Missoula received a portion of Hell Gate National Forest. On December 16, 1931, the entire forest was divided between Lolo National Forest and Deerlodge National Forest and the name was discontinued.[1]
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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
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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.