Trinity National Forest was established as the Trinity Forest Reserve by the

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in California on April 26, 1905 with . It became a

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on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it gave up some acreage to California National Forest. In 1954 it was combined administratively with Shasta National Forest to create Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Trinity National Forest is located overwhelmingly in Trinity County, which has 89.46% of its acreage. In descending order of land area the rest of the counties are Tehama with 7.37%, Shasta with 2.93%, and

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with 0.23%.Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District, and County, 30 September 2008
/ref> There are local ranger district offices in Hayfork and Weaverville.USFS Ranger Districts by State
/ref> Its administrative offices reside in Redding, as part of the combined Shasta-Trinity National Forest. As of 30 September 2008, the Forest has an area of 1,043,677 acres (4,223.61 km²), comprising 47.23% of the combined Shasta-Trinity's total 2,209,832 acres (8,942.87 km²).

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Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from the 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.'' {{Authority control Former National Forests of California Protected areas of Humboldt County, California Protected areas of Shasta County, California Protected areas of Tehama County, California Protected areas of Trinity County, California Shasta-Trinity National Forest 1907 establishments in California Protected areas established in 1907 1954 disestablishments in California Protected areas disestablished in 1954