tˈuː pˈɜːtʃɪsᵻz baɪ ðə jˌuːˈɛs ɡˈʌvɚnmənt ðə fˈɜːst ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti θɹˈiː ʌv ɐbˌaʊt ænd ðə sˈɛkənd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː ʌv ɐbˌaʊt wɜː kəmbˈaɪnd wɪð pˈoːɹʃənz ʌv θɹˈiː ˈʌðɚ nˈæʃənəl fˈɔːɹɪsts tə fˈɔːɹm ðə wˈaɪnmə nˈæʃənəl fˈɔːɹɪst.
Two purchases by the US government - the first in 1963 of about  and the second in 1973 of about  - were combined with portions of three other national forests to form the Winema National Forest.