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Monongahela National Forest
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- Overview
Monongahela National Forest (MNF) was established by the U.S. Congress in 1915 as the 7200acre "Monongahela Purchase". It became a U.S. National Forest on April 28, 1920 and now encompasses . It is located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA and includes parts of 10 West Virginia counties including much of the Potomac Highlands Region. The MNF includes some major landform features such as the Allegheny Front and the western portion of the second growth forest, grown back after the land was heavily cutover around the turn of the 20th century. Species for which the Forest is important include red spruce (Picea rubens), balsam fir (Abies balsamea), and mountain ash (Sorbus americana). The MNF includes five U.S. Wilderness Areas and several special-use areas, notably the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.[1]
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