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Wyoming National Forest was first established July 1, 1908 from part of Yellowstone National Forest with 976,320 acres (3,951.0 km 2). On May 14, 1923, the lands of the first Bridger National Forest were added, and on March 10, 1941, its name was changed to Bridger National Forest .
The forest was enlarged over the following decade, to the point where it administratively required division. The Wapiti Ranger Station was built in 1903 by W. H. Pierce, the first administrator of the forest's Shoshone division. [5] The station was the first forest service ranger station built with federal funding.
Shoshone National Forest highlighted in light green. Shoshone National Forest is managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The forest is separated into five districts and from 2008 and 2012 had an average staff of 165 employees and an annual operating budget of $17,500,000. [24]
Located within the forest are the Gros Ventre, Bridger and Teton Wildernesses, totaling 1.2 million acres (4,900 square kilometers).Other points of interest contained in the forest include Gannett Peak at 13,804 feet (4,207 m), the tallest mountain in Wyoming, and the Gros Ventre landslide, which is one of the largest readily visible landslides on earth.
Medicine Bow–Routt National Forest is the official title to a U.S. Forest Service managed area extending over 2,222,313 acres (8,993.38 km 2) [3] in the states of Wyoming and Colorado, United States.
The Thunder Basin National Grassland is located in northeastern Wyoming in the Powder River Basin between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills.The Grassland ranges in elevation from 3,600 to 5,200 feet (1,100 to 1,600 m), and the climate is semi-arid.
The Bighorn National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in northern Wyoming, United States and consists of over 1.1 million acres (4,500 km 2).Created as a US Forest Reserve in 1897, it is one of the oldest government-protected forest lands in the U.S.
U.S. Forest Service The Bridger Wilderness is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming , United States . Originally established in 1931 as a primitive area, 428,169-acre (1,732.74 km 2 ) region was redesignated as a wilderness in 1964 and expanded to the current size in 1984.