Bull Run National Forest
{{Short description|Former National Forest of Oregon that is now part of Mount Hood National forest}}
Bull Run National Forest was established as the Bull Run Forest Reserve by the United States General Land Office in Oregon on June 17, 1892, with {{convert|142080|acre|km2}}. After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, the entire forest was combined with part of Cascade National Forest to establish Oregon National Forest and the name was discontinued. The lands are now part of Mount Hood National Forest.{{citation |title=National Forests of the United States |url=http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf |format=pdf |date=September 29, 2005 |author=Davis, Richard C. |publisher=The Forest History Society |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf |archivedate=2012-10-28 }}
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External links
- [http://www.foresthistory.org/ Forest History Society]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates] (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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{{Former National Forests of the United States}}
Category:Former national forests of Oregon
Category:1892 establishments in Oregon