Plumas National Forest
Plumas National Forest is a 1,146,000-acre United States national forest located in northern California at the northern terminus of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The Forest was named after its primary watershed, the Rio de las Plumas, or Feather River.
Geography
About 85% of Plumas National Forest lies in Plumas County, portions extend into eastern Butte, northern Sierra, southern Lassen, and northeastern Yuba counties.Management
The land is managed by the United States Forest Service under the Department of Agriculture with local management stationed at the Plumas National Forest Supervisor's office in Quincy, California. The forest is also subdivided into three Ranger Districts, the Beckwourth Ranger District, the Feather River Ranger District and the Mt. Hough Ranger District, with local management in Blairsden, Oroville, and Quincy, respectively.History
Plumas was established as the Plumas Forest Reserve by the United States General Land Office on March 27, 1905. In 1906 the forest was transferred to the United States Forest Service, and on March 4, 1907, it became a National Forest. On July 1, 1908, a portion of Diamond Mountain National Forest was added. The Bucks Lake Wilderness was officially designated in 1984 as a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.Ecology
A 2002 study by the Forest Service identified of the forest as old-growth, using an economic type definition. The most common old-growth forest types are mixed conifer forests of:- Coast Douglas-fir
- Pacific and Columbia Ponderosa pine in the west, transitioning to in the far eastern section
- Sierra White fir
- Jeffrey pine
- Red rir
- Sierra Lodgepole pine
- Incense cedar
- Sugar pine