Choctawhatchee National Forest is a United States National Forest established by President Theodore Roosevelt on November 27, 1908. The supervisory headquarters was established at DeFuniak Springs and moved to Pensacola in September 1910. It remained there until 1936 when it was relocated to Tallahassee. The Choctawhatchee's two districts (Easy Bay-Camp Pinchot and Niceville) were separated by what is now State Road 85. U.S. National Forests are protected forests and woodland areas in the United States. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... De Funiak Springs is a city located in Walton County, Florida. ... Nickname: The City of Five Flags Location of the city within the state of Florida Country United States State Florida County Escambia County, Florida Mayor John Fogg Area    - City 102. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location Location in Leon County and the state of Florida. ... Niceville is a city located in Okaloosa County, Florida. ...

But the national defense needs of a changing world prompted Congress to transfer the national forest to the War Department just prior to World War II. Congress transferred the 340,890 acres of the Choctawhatchee from the Forest Service to the War Department for military purposes on June 27, 1940. The law provided that the land may be restored to national forest status by proclamation or order of the President when it was no longer needed for military purposes. It has been home to Eglin Air Force Base ever since. Seal of the U.S. Congress. ... Line drawing of the Department of Wars seal. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The USDA Forest Service, a United States government agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, is under the leadership of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Eglin Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force that belongs to the Air Force Materiel Command; the Air Armament Center is the host unit. ...

During the early years, Camp Pinchot was the Forest Supervisor's summer headquarters. At that time, the only mode of transportation from Pensacola (site of the main supervisory headquarters) was by boat. In 2000, Camp Pinchot celebrated its 50th anniversary as the residence for the Eglin Air Force Base Commander.

The current acreage of the Choctawhatchee consists of several dispersed parcels that are managed by the Apalachicola National Forest. Some parcels lost many of their national forest characteristics by changing land-use over the years and others are difficult to manage because they are not contiguous. They may therefore be traded or sold to allow the Forest Service to acquire privately held land within the boundaries of other national forests in the state. The Apalachicola National Forest is the largest U.S. National Forest in the state of Florida, with 564,961 acres of wilderness. ...

External links

• National Forest service page

	Protected Forests of Florida
National	Apalachicola | Choctawhatchee | Ocala | Osceola | Milford Sound: Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1692 meters above the Sound. ... Eucalyptus Forest at Swifts Creek in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... The Apalachicola National Forest is the largest U.S. National Forest in the state of Florida, with 564,961 acres of wilderness. ... The Ocala National Forest is the second largest National Forest in Florida and is the closest to a major city. ... Osceola National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Florida. ...
State	Belmore | Big Shoals Public Lands | Blackwater River | Carl Duval Moore | Cary | Cottage Hill | Deep Creek | Etoniah Creek | Four Creeks | Goethe | Holopaw | Jennings | John Bethea | Lake George | Lake Talquin | Lake Wales Ridge | Little-Big Econ | Matanzas | Myakka | Okaloacoochee Slough | Picayune Strand | Pine Log | Point Washington | Simmons | Ross Prairie | Seminole | Tate's Hell | Tiger Bay | Twin Rivers | Wakulla | Watson Island | Welaka | Withlacoochee | Image File history File links Flag_of_Florida. ... Picayune Strand State Forest in Florida is primarily comprised of two major tracts of land, the South Golden Gate Estates Tract and the Belle Meade Tract. ... Tates Hell State Forest is 187,700 acres of land in Franklin and Liberty County Florida. ...