Big Belt National Forest was established as the Big Belt Forest Reserve by the United States Forest Service in Montana on October 3, 1905 with 630,260 acres (2,550.6 km2). It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 part of Big Belt was combined with Gallatin National Forest and the remainder with Helena National Forest. The name was discontinued.[1]

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References

  1. Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on 2012-10-28

46°32′35″N 112°12′47″W / 46.543°N 112.213°W / 46.543; -112.213

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