] Natural Bridge State Resort Park is surrounded by the only national forest completely within the boundary of Kentucky and was originally named what?
Natural Bridge State Resort Park Natural Bridge State Resort Park is a Kentucky state park located in Powell and Wolfe Counties along the Middle Fork of the Red River, adjacent to the Red River Gorge Geologic Area and surrounded by the Daniel Boone National Forest. Its namesake natural bridge is the centerpiece of the park. The natural sandstone arch spans 78 ft and is 65 ft high. The natural process of weathering formed the arch over millions of years. The park is approximately 2300 acre of which approximately 1200 acre is dedicated by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission as a nature preserve. In 1981 this land was dedicated into the nature preserves system to protect the ecological communities and rare species habitat. The first federally endangered Virginia big eared bats, "Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus", recorded in Kentucky were found at Natural Bridge State Resort Park in the 1950s.
Wyoming National Forest Wyoming National Forest was first established July 1, 1908 from part of Yellowstone National Forest with 976320 acre . On May 14, 1923 the lands of the first Bridger National Forest were added, and on March 10, 1941 its name was changed to Bridger National Forest. In 1973 Bridger National Forest was administratively combined with Teton National Forest, creating Bridger-Teton National Forest.