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Modoc National Forest was established as the Modoc Forest Reserve on November 29, 1904, by the United States General Land Office. It was named for the Modoc people who traditionally had their territory in this area. In 1905 federal forests were transferred to the U.S. Forest Service, and on March 4
The use of Sutter Buttes in the name was allowed temporarily by the California State Parks Commission in 2004. Currently no public access. [137] Sutter's Fort State Historic Park: State historic park Sacramento: 5.8 2.3 1914 Tahoe State Recreation Area: State Recreation Area Placer: 62 25 Campground on Lake Tahoe [138] Thornton State Beach ...
The Division of Forestry became the U.S. Forest Service. President Theodore Roosevelt set aside the reserve (as authorized by the Forest Reserve Act of 1891) [3] on February 6, 1907, as the Stony Creek Forest Reserve and one month later, the reserve was added to the national forest system as the Stony Creek National Forest. [4]
The areas that burned in the Eaton fire in January and Bridge fire in September will remain closed, an area that makes up about 17% of the 700,000-acre forest. Both fires' closure orders are set ...
Crystal Lake in Angeles National Forest, Azusa, California. Photo taken in July 1998 after a rainy season following a period of El Niño.. The Crystal Lake Recreation Area is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California, administered by the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (formally the San Gabriel River Ranger District) of the United States Forest Service.
Cermak, Robert W. Fire In The Forest-A History of Forest Fire Control on the National Forests in California 1898-1956 USDA Forest Service Publishers, 2005 ISBN 1-59351-429-8; Godfrey, Anthony The Ever-Changing View-A History of the National Forests in California USDA Forest Service Publishers, 2005 ISBN 1-59351-428-X
When the National Park Service was created in 1916, most of the first National Parks were carved out of National Forest Lands. Beginning in 1929, The United States Forest Service set some areas aside as primitive areas to keep the Park Service from continuing to acquire forest lands.
The U.S. Forest Service decided in May 2020 to thin 755 acres (306 ha) of land to reduce wildfire risk most of which is within the national forest. The decision memo states the project aims to "to improve forest health by reducing mortality risk, provide safe and effective locations from which to perform fire suppression operations, to slow the ...