# Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming

Author: United States. Forest Service

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59736

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Shoshone+National+Forest%2C+Wyoming+United+States.+Forest+Service&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Shoshone National Forest was set aside by proclamation of President Benjamin Harrison as the Yellowstone Park Timberland Reserve on March 30, 1891. It was the first unit of its kind created after the passage of the Act of March 3, 1891, authorizing the establishment of forest reserves—as national forests were then called—to protect the remaining timber on the public domain from destruction and to insure a regular flow of water in the streams. On the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Shoshone, the national forests embrace approximately 176,000,000 acres of forest land, located in 36 States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico.

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-59736/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shoshone-national-forest-wyoming-59736/chapters/1/index.md)