Calaveras Big Tree National Forest, in the Sierra Nevada, was established in California on May 11, 1954, with to protect a grove of Giant Sequoias, although it had been authorized since February 18, 1909.
Combined Calaveras Big Tree National Forest was the smallest unit in the United States National Forest system, and was administratively combined with the Stanislaus National Forest.
Transfer In 1990 it was proposed that the federal lands be transferred to the State of California to be included in the adjoining Calaveras Big Trees State Park.
References
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. - from the Forest History Society website
External links Forest History Society website Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates