Missoula National Forest
{{short description|Former national forest in Montana, United States}}
Missoula National Forest was established as the Missoula Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Montana on November 6, 1906, with a total area of {{convert|194430|acre|km2}}. It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908, Missoula received a portion of Hell Gate National Forest. On December 16, 1931, the entire forest was divided between Lolo National Forest and Deerlodge National Forest and the name was discontinued.{{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=October 28, 2012 }}
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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] (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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Category:Former national forests of Montana