| HISTORIC EVENT | ACTION BY GOVERNMENT |
DATE | REFERENCE |
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| Beginning of the Forest Reserve system in U.S. |
Forest Reserve (Creative) Act of 1891. | 3/3/1891 | 26 Stat. 1095 |
| Cascade Range Forest Reserve (FR) created. |
Presidential Proclamation. | 9/28/1893 | 28 Stat. 1240 |
| Management of the FRs authorized by Congress. |
Sundry Civil Appropriations Act (Organic) Act of 1897. | 6/4/1897 | 30 Stat. 11 |
| Organization of the Cascade Range FR. |
Administrative separation of the CRFR into a Northern, Central, and Southern Divisions. Headquarters at Salem. |
1898 |
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| Cascade Range FR boundary modifications. |
EO — land released. | 4/29/1898 |
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| Cascade Range FR boundary modifications. |
EO — land released. | 4/6/1899 |
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| Cascade Range FR boundary modifications. |
EO — land released. | 6/29/1901 |
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| Cascade Range FR boundary modifications. |
Proclamation — land added. | 7/1/1901 | 32 Stat. 1972 |
| Cascade Range FR administrative changes. |
Internal reorganization combined the three divisions into two: Northern and Southern. |
1902 |
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| Transfer of the Forest Reserve administration from Dept. of Interior (General Land Office) to Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Forestry. |
Transfer Act of Congress. |
2/1/1905 | 33 Stat. 628 |
| Creation of the Forest Service from the Bureau of Forestry. |
Act of Congress. | 7/1/1905 | 33 Stat. 861 and 872 |
| Cascade Range FR boundary modifications. |
Proclamation — land added. | 1/25/1907 | 34 Stat. 3270 |
| Cascade Range FR name changed to Cascade FR. |
Proclamation — change of name and land added. | 3/2/1907 | 34 Stat. 3300 |
| Umpqua Forest Reserve created in Coast Range. |
Proclamation — Forest Reserve created from Public Domain land. |
3/2/1907 | 34 Stat. 3301 |
| All Forest Reserve names changed to National Forest (NF) designation. |
Act of Congress | 4/4/1907 | 34 Stat. 1269 |
| Cascade NF boundary modifications. |
EO — Portions of the larger Cascade NF were separated into the Oregon, Cascade, Umpqua, Crater, and Deschutes NFs. |
6/30/1908 effective 7/1/1908 | EO 863 |
| Cascade NF boundary modifications. |
Proclamation #1130 — land transferred to the Deschutes, Paulina, and Santiam NFs. Land added from the Umpqua NF. |
6/7/1911 effective 7/1/1911 | 37 Stat. 1684 |
| Santiam NF created. |
Proclamation #1163 — land transferred from the Oregon and Cascade NFs. |
6/30/1911 effective 7/1/1911 | 37 Stat. 1712 |
| Willamette NF created. |
EO — Combined the Santiam and Cascade NFs to create the Willamette NF. |
4/6/1933 effective 7/1/1933 | EO 6104 |
| Willamette NF boundary modifications. |
Proclamation 2151 — added land. |
12/7/1935 | 49 Stat. 3486 |
| Willamette NF boundary modifications — O & C Railroad grant lands exchange to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). |
Joint Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior Order No. 69332 for the exchange of administrative jurisdiction of small portions of the O&C Railroad Grant land to the BLM. |
6/12/1956 (U.S.D.A.) 6/21/1956 (U.S.D.I.) | 21-FR 4525 |
| Willamette NF boundary modifications. |
Public Land Order 1885 — eliminated lands. |
6/25/1959 | 24-FR 5371 |
| Willamette NF boundary modifications. |
Public Land Order 2149 — transferred lands to the Umpqua NF and eliminated other lands. |
7/1/1960 | 25-FR 6435 |
