"National forest" redirects here; for the National Forest in England, see National Forest, England; for those in Brazil, see List of Brazilian National Forests. The National Forest, is an area of 520 km² (200 square miles of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, in England. This is a list of National Forests in Brazil. North National Forest of Altamira National Forest of the Amapá

Camas flowers and the west vista of the Teton Range in Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho

United States National Forests are protected forests and woodland areas in the United States. Camassia is a Genus of six species native to western North America, from southern British Columbia to northern California, and The Teton Range is a Mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. Caribou-Targhee National Forest is located in the states of Idaho and Wyoming, with a small section in Utah in the United States. The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their environmental cultural or similar value A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria Ecologically a woodland is an area covered in trees differentiated from a Forest. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the National forests are controlled by the federal government and managed by the United States Forest Service, under the direction of the United States Department of Agriculture. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. The management of these lands focuses on timber harvesting, livestock grazing, water, wildlife, and recreation. Commercial use of national forests is permitted and in many cases encouraged, unlike national parks. A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution National Forests fall under IUCN Protected Area Management Categories VI.

The national forest system was created by the Land Revision Act of 1891. The US Land Revision Act of 1891 gave the president the authority to "set aside and reserve It was the result of concerted action by Los Angeles-area businessmen and property owners who were concerned by the harm being done to the watershed of the San Gabriel Mountains by ranchers and miners. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County California, USA. Abbot Kinney and forester Theodore Lukens were key spokesmen for the effort. Abbot Kinney (b 1850 New Brunswick, New Jersey - d 1920 Santa Monica, California) was a developer and Conservationist.

There are frequent conflicts between timber companies and environmentalists over the use of national forest land. These conflicts center on endangered species protection, logging of old-growth forests, over-intensive logging, undervalued stumpage fees, antiquated mining laws and road-building in national forests. An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation Ancient Woodland Old growth forest, (also termed primary forest, ancient forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, frontier Stumpage is the price charged by a land owner to companies or operators for the right to harvest timber on that land

In the USA there are 155 national forests containing almost 190,000,000 acres (297,000 mi² - 769 000 km²) of land. These lands comprise 8. 5 percent of the total land area of the United States, an area about the size of Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Only 13 percent of National Forest land lies east of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Alaska alone accounts for 12 percent of all National Forest land. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent

There are two distinctly different types of national forests. Those east of the Great Plains are primarily re-acquired or replanted forests; that is, the land had long been in the private domain but was purchased by the United States government in order to create new national forests. The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada In these cases, the areas of national forest noted on most maps do not actually represent the extent of the national forest, but only the extent of the authorized purchase zone. The actual amount of land acquired in most cases is much smaller.

Those national forests west of the Great Plains are originally-owned forests. These are mostly lands reserved from the public domain by the U. S. government, and were never in private hands. In these cases, the areas of national forests noted on maps are generally the true areas of the forest.

Many ski resorts operate in national forests. A ski area is a developed recreational facility usually on a Mountain or large Hill, containing ski trails and vital supporting services U.S. citizens are allowed to camp anywhere in national forests as long as their campsite is at least 200 feet away from any roads or paths. Article I section 8 clause 4 of the United States Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization

The Forest Service also administers United States National Grasslands. United States National Grasslands are Protected areas of the United States.

See also

• List of U.S. National Forests
• List of U.S. state forests
• Federal lands
• National Forest Management Act of 1976

External links

• USDA Forest Service
• Read Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding US policy on National Forests