History
Gifford Pinchot National Forest is one of the older national forests in the United States. Included as part of the Mount Rainier Forest Reserve in 1897, the area was set aside as the Columbia National Forest in 1908. It was renamed the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on June 15, 1949. In 1985 the non-profit Gifford Pinchot Task Force formed to protect the area. At 338 spots more than 6,000 culturally modified trees were identified, of which 3,000 are protected now.
The forest was named after Gifford Pinchot, one of the leading figures in the creation of the national forest system of the United States.
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