Calaveras Big Tree National Forest
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Calaveras Big Tree National Forest, in the Sierra Nevada, was established in California on May 11, 1954, with Script error: No such module "convert". to protect a grove of Giant Sequoias, although it had been authorized since February 18, 1909.[1]
Combined
Calaveras Big Tree National Forest was the smallest unit in the United States National Forest system, and was administratively combined with the Stanislaus National Forest.
Transfer
In 1990 it was proposed that the federal lands be transferred to the State of California to be included in the adjoining Calaveras Big Trees State Park.[2]
References
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- 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. - from the Forest History Society website
External links
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