Columbia National Forest

'''Columbia National Forest''' was established in [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] by the [[U.S. Forest Service]] on July 1, 1908 when it was established from part of [[Rainier National Forest]] with {{convert|941440|acre|km2}}. On June 15, 1949 it was renamed [[Gifford Pinchot National Forest]] in honor of the forestry pioneer [[Gifford Pinchot]]. ==External links== *[http://www.foresthistory.org/ Forest History Society] *[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 [[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.'' {{coord missing|Washington}}