Ruby National Forest
Ruby National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in the Ruby Mountains of northeast Nevada on June 19, 1912 with 433,570 acres (1,754.6 km2) transferred from part of Humboldt National Forest and other lands. On July 1, 1917 the entire forest was transferred back to Humboldt and the name was discontinued.[1] The lands are presently part of the Ruby Mountains District of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.[2]
See also
References
- Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on February 12, 2013
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
External links
- 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.
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