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Daniel Boone National Forest
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: KY USA
- Telephone Number: +1-859-745-3100
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Daniel Boone National Forest is the only national forest completely within the boundary of Kentucky. Established in 1937, it was originally named the Cumberland National Forest, after the core region called the Cumberland Purchase Unit. About 2100000 acrekm2|0are contained within its current proclamation boundary, of which 706000 acrekm2|0 are owned and managed by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (as of April 2006), up from around 620000 acrekm2|0 in the early to mid-1990s.The forest was named after Daniel Boone, a frontiersman and explorer in the late eighteenth century who contributed greatly to the exploration and settlement of Kentucky.[1]
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