Croatan National Forest

Croatan National Forest
Croatan National Forest
	View from Patsy Pond Nature Trail, in the Croatan National Forest.
Location	Craven / Carteret / Jones counties, North Carolina, United States
Nearest city	Havelock, NC
Coordinates	34°54′52″N 77°03′23″W / 34.914441°N 77.056446°W
Area	159,885 acres (647.03 km2)
Established	July 29, 1936
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Croatan National Forest

The Croatan National Forest (/ˈkroʊətæn/)^[3] is a U.S. National Forest, was established on July 29, 1936, and is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It is administered by the United States Forest Service, a part of the United States Department of Agriculture. The forest is managed together with the other three North Carolina National Forests (Nantahala, Pisgah, and Uwharrie) from common headquarters in Asheville, North Carolina. However, Croatan has a local ranger district office in New Bern.

In 2023, more than 32,000 acres burned in the Great Lakes Fire, which began on April 19 and continued until heavy rains in June.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
^ "The National Forests of the United States". Forest History Society. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
^ Talk Like A Tarheel Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
^ "NCNCF Great Lakes". InciWeb. 2023-06-24. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
^ "NCFS 2023 Newsdesk". www.ncforestservice.gov. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
^ "Acres burned in Croatan National Forest fire adjusted, still 90% contained". WNCT. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-06-24.