Vernon National Forest

Vernon National Forest was established as the Vernon Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Utah on April 24, 1906 with 68,800 acres (278 km2) in the northwestern part of the state near the town of Vernon.[1] It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 Vernon and Payson National Forests and part of Fillmore were combined to create Nebo National Forest. The lands presently managed under the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.[2]

See also

Harker Canyon (Tooele County, Utah)

References

  1. Debra Tatman, Uinta National Forest Boundary 1906 (pdf), Uinta National Forest
  2. Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (pdf), The Forest History Society

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