Editing Daniel Boone National Forest (section)

===Federal protection===
[[File:Boone_National_Forest_Bounds_2016.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Daniel Boone National Forest as of 2016. The black line is the proclamation boundary. Green represents Forest Service land. White areas within the boundary are privately or locally owned. The inset map shows the ranger districts.]]
In 1900, [[United States Congress|Congress]] appropriated $5,000, and again in 1907, $25,000 for the investigation of areas in southern [[Appalachia]], for potential purchase as a national forest.<ref name="usfs"/>{{rp|183–4}} These efforts were further strengthened in 1911 by passage of the [[Weeks Act]], which allocated millions in additional funding. As part of the [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]]'s examination of the area, E. Murray Bruner published in 1914 an extensive report covering {{convert|900000|acres}} of land in Kentucky, and concluded in part:

<blockquote>Because of the general rugged topography of this section and very great influence it exerts upon navigation of the Kentucky River, it is very essential that its protection from extensive clearing be assured.  For these reasons the section is eminently desirable as a purchase area, and therefore, in view of the fact that the prices of land now prevailing are very reasonable, there is a favorable prospect for making large purchases...<ref name="usfs"/>{{rp|186–8}}</blockquote>

Land acquisition began in 1933, based largely on the purchase of {{convert|48000|acres}} from Stearns Coal and Lumber, {{convert|27000|acres}} acres from Castle Craig Coal, and {{convert|22000|acres}} from the Warfork Land Company.<ref name="usfs"/>{{rp|210}} By the time the area was officially declared the Cumberland National Forest in 1937, the tract spanned {{convert|409567|acres}} of federally owned land across 16 Kentucky counties.<ref name="fs1">{{cite web|title=Boone History|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/dbnf/learning/history-culture/?cid=stelprdb5291202|website=[[United States Forest Service]]|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref>

Both Daniel Boone{{efn|Both stylized as his full name, as well as shortened to simply "Boone"<ref name="usfs"/>{{rp|208}}}} and [[Henry Clay]] were originally put forth in the 1930s as potential namesakes.<ref name="usfs"/>{{rp|206}} However, it was not until 1966, following, among other things, a resolution to the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] by the [[Kentucky Senate]], that the name was officially changed by [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] to Daniel Boone National Forest on April 11.<ref name="fs1"/><ref name="usfs"/>{{rp|247–8}} The same year, some {{convert|300000|acres}} of the Redbird Unit were added.<ref name="fs1"/>