Sabine National Forest is located in

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near the

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border. The forest is administered together with the other three

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s and two National Grasslands located entirely in Texas, from common offices in

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. There are local ranger district offices located in Hemphill. The forest covers a total of in five

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(95,410 acres), Shelby (59,037 acres), San Augustine (4,317 acres), Newton (1,781 acres), and

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(64 acres). It includes the officially designated Indian Mounds Wilderness, which is a part of the

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. The Sabine National Forest is notable for extensive forests of American beech and other hardwood trees. Other important tree species include loblolly pine, longleaf pine, shortleaf pine,

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, southern red oak,

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, and Florida maple. The

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(CCC) helped the Texas Forest Service develop the forest between 1933 and 1940. CCC Company 893 established camp near

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on June 14, 1933, and planted pine seedlings in the southern part of the forest. These men also built roads and

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s and completed the Red Hills Lake Recreation Area near Toledo Bend Reservoir. CCC Company 880 established camp near

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on October 26, 1933, and planted thousands of pine trees in an area that became the northern part of Sabine National Forest. The CCC built the Boles Field Campground, including a pavilion and amphitheater, in the forest near

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. Toledo Bend Reservoir, Indian Mounds Wilderness, Sabine National Forest, Texas. File:American Coots (Fulica americana), Sabine National Forest, Texas.jpg, A raft of American Coots ('' Fulica americana'') at dusk in Toledo Bend Reservoir, Sabine National Forest, Texas. File:Sabine National Forest, Trail Between the Lakes, with hiker, Texas.jpg, A hiker on the Trail Between the Lakes, Sabine National Forest, Texas. File:Sabine National Forest, Trail Between the Lakes creek crossing, Texas.jpg, A creek crossing on the Trail Between the Lakes, Sabine National Forest, Texas. File:Sabine National Forest, cypress slough with sphagnum bog, Texas.jpg, A cypress

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with

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bog and blackwater, Sabine National Forest, Texas.

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National Forests and Grasslands in Texas
- U.S. Forest Service
Sabine National Forest
from the Handbook of Texas Online * {{Authority control National forests of Texas Protected areas of Sabine County, Texas Protected areas of Shelby County, Texas Protected areas of San Augustine County, Texas Protected areas of Newton County, Texas Protected areas of Jasper County, Texas Protected areas established in 1936 1936 establishments in Texas

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