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The following is a list of state forests in Indiana by area. The first three tie as number one, so they are listed in alphabetical order. ... 24,000 acres (97.12 km 2 ...
The Hoosier National Forest is a property managed by the United States Forest Service in the hills of southern Indiana.Composed of four separate sections, it has a total area of 204,303 acres (827 km 2; 319 sq mi). [1]
Owen–Putnam State Forest - 6,589 acres (47 km 2) Pike State Forest - 4,031.5 acres (9 km 2) Ravinia State Forest - 1,500 acres (38 km 2) Salamonie State Forest – 955.8 acres (11 km 2); Meigs County; Selmier State Forest – 350.4 acres (241 km 2); Scioto and Adams Counties; Starve Hollow Recreation Area - 278 acres (2.6 km 2)
Map of wood-filled areas in the United States, circa 2000 [1]. In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2]
Total area is 36,419.55 square miles (94,326.2 km 2), making Indiana the 38th largest in size out of the 50 states. [1]Lake Michigan is the largest body of water wholly or partially within the state borders.
∎ New York's Central Park is 843 acres. ∎ The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is 309 acres. ∎ Niagara Falls State Park in New York state is over 400 acres (140 acres of that is under water).
In 1940 the United States government leased the forest land to the state of Indiana, with Indiana being deeded the land in 1956. In 1994 and 1995 sixty-six additional acres (27 ha) of land in total were given to the forest. [4] Recreation in the park consists of camping, hunting, fishing, and hiking.
Feb. 10—SOUTHERN INDIANA — Indiana's environmental license plates celebrate a big birthday this year and have saved more than 70,000 acres of land since the early 1990s. The blue license plate ...