Vernon National Forest was established as the Vernon Forest Reserve by the
U.S. Forest Service
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in
Utah
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on April 24, 1906 with in the northwestern part of the state near the town of
Vernon. It became a
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** National forest (France)
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on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 Vernon and
Payson National Forests and part of
Fillmore were combined to create
Nebo National Forest. The lands presently managed under the
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
See also
*
Harker Canyon (Tooele County, Utah)
References
External links
Forest History SocietyListing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates
(from 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 Utah
Protected areas of Tooele County, Utah
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