Santa Rosa National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in Nevada on April 11, 1911 with . On July 1, 1917 the entire forest was transferred to Humboldt National Forest and the name was discontinued.
References
External links Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from the Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.