Davy Crockett National Forest

National forest in east Texas

31°20′00″N 95°05′00″W / 31.33333°N 95.08333°W / 31.33333; -95.08333Area160,647 acres (650.12 km²)^[1]EstablishedOctober 13, 1936^[2]Governing bodyU.S. Forest ServiceWebsiteDavy Crockett National Forest

Davy Crockett National Forest in Kennard, Texas is off U.S. Highway 69 lying west of Lufkin, Texas and east of Crockett. It is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service local headquarters in Lufkin. There are local ranger district offices located in Ratcliff.

The forest, part of the Piney Woods ecoregion, covers a total of 160,647 acres (251.0 sq mi; 650.1 km²) in two counties - Houston 94,481 acres (147.6 sq mi; 382.4 km²) and Trinity 67,361 acres (105.3 sq mi; 272.6 km²).

Davy Crockett National Forest, which is bordered on the northeast by the Neches River and is located in Kennard, Texas, includes the 45-acre (180,000 m²) Ratcliff Lake. The area is pine-hardwood woodlands with flat to gently rolling terrain.

Uses

The national forest is managed on a multiple-use philosophy and are used for lumbering, grazing, oil production, hunting, and recreation. In fiscal year 1994, 93.8 million board feet of timber was harvested from the national forests in Texas, providing 2,098 jobs and $73,108,000 in income to the surrounding Texas communities. In addition, Texas ranchers with special permits could graze their cattle in the national forests. At the Davy Crockett National Forest, 386 head of cattle grazed in fiscal year 1994.

Recreational facilities within the national forest at the Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area include a bathhouse, camping, picnicking and swimming areas, boat ramps, and hiking trails. The Big Slough Wilderness also lies within the forest.

References

^ "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
^ "The National Forests of the United States" (PDF). ForestHistory.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.

External links

Davy Crockett National Forest USDA Forest Service - National Forests & Grasslands in Texas
Davy Crockett National Forest from the Handbook of Texas Online.
Media related to Davy Crockett National Forest at Wikimedia Commons

Davy Crockett

History

Family and personal life	Davy Crockett John Crockett John Wesley Crockett Charles C. Walcutt East Tennessee Historical Society Limestone, Tennessee State of Franklin Rogersville Historic District List of Freemasons
Politics	United States political families Tennessee's 9th congressional district Tennessee's 12th congressional district U.S. 20th House of Representatives
Texas and the Alamo	Battle of the Alamo List of Alamo defenders Siege of the Alamo Susanna Dickinson Francisco Antonio Ruiz Sterne-Hoya House

Honors and
memorials

Tennessee	Colonel David Crockett statue Crockett County Crockett Tavern Museum David Crockett Birthplace State Park Davy Crockett Lake, Greene County Davy Crockett Lake, Crockett County David Crockett State Park David Crockett High School
Texas	Alamo Cenotaph Davy Crockett National Forest Crockett County Crockett, Texas Crockett High School David Crockett High School Davy Crockett Lake Fort Crockett

Popular culture

Television	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier Davy Crockett miniseries Davy Crockett and the River Pirates The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory Tall Tales and Legends James A. Michener's Texas A Line in the Sand MythBusters – "Davy Crockett's Magic Bullet"
Film	The Alamo (1960) The Alamo (2004) Davy Crockett – In Hearts United Davy Crockett (1910) Martyrs of the Alamo Davy Crockett (1916) With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo The Painted Stallion Heroes of the Alamo Man of Conquest The Man from the Alamo The Last Command The First Texan Alamo: The Price of Freedom
Plays	Davy Crockett
Music	The Ballad of Davy Crockett Riders in the Sky Present: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Publications	Bibliography of works on Davy Crockett Roswell, Texas (webcomic)

Misc

Protected areas of Texas

Federal

National Parks	Big Bend Guadalupe Mountains
National monuments and memorials	Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Castner Range National Monument Chamizal National Memorial Military Working Dog Teams National Monument Waco Mammoth National Monument
National Historical Parks and Historic Sites	Fort Davis NHS Lyndon B. Johnson NHP Palo Alto Battlefield NHP San Antonio Missions NHP
National Historic Trails	El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
National Recreation Areas	Amistad Lake Meredith
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Rio Grande
National Wildlife Refuges	Anahuac Aransas Attwater Prairie Chicken Balcones Canyonlands Big Boggy Brazoria Buffalo Lake Caddo Lake Grulla Hagerman Laguna Atascosa Little Sandy Lower Rio Grande Valley McFaddin Muleshoe Neches River San Bernard Santa Ana Texas Point Trinity River
National Forests	Angelina Davy Crockett Sabine Sam Houston
National Grasslands	Caddo Lyndon B. Johnson McClellan Creek Rita Blanca
Other Protected Areas	Big Thicket National Preserve Padre Island National Seashore

State

State Parks and Natural Areas	Abilene Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area Atlanta Balmorhea Barton Warnock Visitor Center Bastrop Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley Big Bend Ranch Big Spring Blanco Bonham Brazos Bend Buescher Caddo Lake Caprock Canyons Cedar Hill Chinati Mountains State Natural Area Choke Canyon Cleburne Colorado Bend Cooper Lake Copper Breaks Daingerfield Davis Hill Davis Mountains Devils River State Natural Area Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area Dinosaur Valley Eisenhower Enchanted Rock State Natural Area Estero Llano Grande Fairfield Lake Falcon Fort Boggy Fort Parker State Park Fort Richardson State Park Franklin Mountains Galveston Island Garner Goliad Goose Island Government Canyon State Natural Area Guadalupe River Hill Country State Natural Area Honey Creek State Natural Area Huntsville Indian Lodge Inks Lake Kickapoo Cavern Lake Arrowhead Lake Bob Sandlin Lake Brownwood Lake Casa Blanca International Lake Colorado City Lake Corpus Christi Lake Livingston Lake Mineral Wells Lake Somerville Lake Tawakoni Lake Whitney Lockhart Longhorn Cavern Lost Maples State Natural Area Martin Creek Lake Martin Dies Jr. Matagorda Island McKinney Falls McKinney Roughs Meridian Mission Tejas Monahans Sandhills Mother Neff State Park Mustang Island Old Tunnel Palmetto Palo Duro Canyon Palo Pinto Mountains Pedernales Falls Possum Kingdom Purtis Creek Ray Roberts Lake Resaca de la Palma San Angelo Sea Rim Sheldon Lake South Llano River Stephen F. Austin Tyler Village Creek Walter Umphrey Wyler Aerial Tramway
State Historic Sites	Acton Admiral Nimitz Barrington Living History Farm at Washington-on-the-Brazos Battleship TEXAS Caddo Mounds Casa Navarro Confederate Reunion Grounds Eisenhower Birthplace Fanthorp Inn Fannin Battleground Fort Griffin Fort Lancaster Fort Leaton Fort McKavett Fort Richardson State Park Fulton Mansion Goliad Hueco Tanks Kreische Brewery Landmark Inn Levi Jordan Plantation Lipantitlan Lyndon B. Johnson Magoffin Homestead Mission Espiritu Santo Mission Rosario Monument Hill Penn Farm Point Isabel Lighthouse Sabine Pass Battleground Sam Bell Maxey House Samuel T. Rayburn House San Felipe San Jacinto Battleground Sauer-Beckmann Farm Seminole Canyon Starr Family Home Varner–Hogg Plantation Washington-on-the-Brazos Zaragoza Birthplace
State Forests and Arboretums	E.O. Siecke I.D. Fairchild John Henry Kirby Masterson W. Goodrich Jones Ruth Bowling Nichols Arboretum Olive Scott Petty Arboretum
State Wildlife Trails	Great Texas Coastal Heart of Texas Panhandle Plains Prairies and Pineywoods

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