William B. Bankhead National Forest

(Redirected from Alabama National Forest) Protected area in the U.S. state of Alabama

William B. Bankhead National Forest
Clear Creek

Location	Lawrence / Winston / Franklin counties, Alabama, United States
Nearest city	Decatur, AL
Coordinates	34°14′14″N 87°20′4″W / 34.23722°N 87.33444°W / 34.23722; -87.33444
Area	181,230 acres (733.4 km)
Established	January 15, 1918
Named for	William B. Bankhead
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Bankhead National Forest

The William B. Bankhead National Forest is one of Alabama's four National Forests, covering 181,230 acres (733 km). It is home to Alabama's only National Wild and Scenic River, the Sipsey Fork. It is located in northwestern Alabama, around the town of Double Springs. It is named in honor of William B. Bankhead, a longtime U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Known as the "land of a thousand waterfalls", this National Forest is popular for hiking, horseback riding, hunting, boating, fishing, swimming, canoeing and more. Within the forest lies the Sipsey Wilderness, with a host of wildlife and an abundance of swift streams, limestone bluffs, and waterfalls. The forest also surrounds the western portion of Lewis Smith Lake. Native American relics abound in Bankhead, one of the Southern United States's premier sites for petroglyphs, prehistoric drawings, and rock carvings, at sites such as the Kinlock Shelter.

The forest is headquartered in Montgomery, as are all four of Alabama's National Forests. The other National Forests in the state are Conecuh, Talladega, and Tuskegee. There are local ranger district offices located in Double Springs.

The forest was established as Alabama National Forest on January 15, 1918, with 66,008 acres (267.12 km). On June 19, 1936, it was renamed Black Warrior National Forest, which in turn was renamed William B. Bankhead National Forest on June 6, 1942. In 1959, Executive Order 10850 removed land from the forest's boundaries.

References

^ Proclamation 1423 of January 15, 1918. President Woodrow Wilson. 40 Stat. 1740
Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County - United States Forest Service - September 30, 2007
"National Forests in Alabama". USDA Forest Service. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
"Clear Creek Recreation Area". Retrieved September 26, 2023.
Proclamation 2178 by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 19, 1936. 49 Stat. 3526. 1 FR 645.
Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005). "National Forests of the United States" (PDF). The Forest History Society. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
AN ACT To change the name of the Black Warrior National Forest to the William B. Bankhead National Forest. Pub. L. 77–595, 56 Stat. 327, enacted June 6, 1942.

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Protected areas of Alabama

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Horseshoe Bend Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Institute
National Monuments	Birmingham Civil Rights Freedom Riders Russell Cave
National Forests	Conecuh Talladega Tuskegee William B. Bankhead
National Wildlife Refuges	Bon Secour Cahaba River Choctaw Eufaula Fern Cave Key Cave Mountain Longleaf Sauta Cave Watercress Darter Wheeler
Wilderness areas	Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain Wilderness Sipsey Wilderness
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Sipsey Fork
Other protected areas	Little River Canyon National Preserve Natchez Trace Trail Pinhoti National Recreation Trail Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Weeks Bay Reserve

State

State Parks	Bladon Springs Blue Springs Buck's Pocket Cathedral Caverns Chattahoochee Cheaha Chewacla Chickasaw Confederate Memorial Park DeSoto Florala Frank Jackson Gulf Joe Wheeler Lake Guntersville Lake Lurleen Lakepoint Meaher Monte Sano Oak Mountain Paul M. Grist Rickwood Caverns Roland Cooper Tannehill Ironworks Wind Creek
State Forests	Choccolocco Hauss Geneva Little River Macon Weogufka
Wildlife Management Areas	Cahaba River Lauderdale Mobile-Tensaw Delta-W L Holland Gaillard Island

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)

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