Beartooth National Forest was established in

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

on July 1, 1908 by the

U.S. Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land. The major divisions of the agency are the Chief's ...

with from part of

Yellowstone National Forest Yellowstone National Forest was first established by the United States General Land Office on March 30, 1891 as the Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve of . On May 22, 1902 it became the Yellowstone Forest Reserve with lands of . The reserve wa ...

and all of Pryor Mountains National Forest. On February 17, 1932 the forest was divided between

Absaroka National Forest Absaroka National Forest is a U.S. national forest in the U.S. state of Montana, established by the United States General Land Office on September 4, 1902, as the Absaroka Forest Reserve with a total area of . On January 29, 1903, it was combin ...

and

Custer National Forest Custer National Forest is located primarily in the south central part of the U.S. state of Montana but also has separate sections in northwestern South Dakota. With a total area of , the forest comprises over 10 separate sections. While in the we ...

and the name preserved as the Beartooth Ranger District of Custer National Forest.

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Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from the

Forest History Society The Forest History Society is an American non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of forest and conservation history."Forest History Society." Echo Project. Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. http://echo.gmu. ...

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.'' {{Former National Forests of the United States Former national forests of Montana Protected areas of Carbon County, Montana Protected areas of Park County, Montana 1908 establishments in Montana Protected areas established in 1908 1932 disestablishments in Montana Protected areas disestablished in 1932

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