National Forest · USFS · ID, MT · Roosevelt connection
Beaverhead National Forest
Alerts and conditions
Wildfire Bobcat Lakes Fire: 10,896 acres, 100% contained
A wildfire perimeter that overlaps this site is fully contained. Some areas may stay closed while crews finish work.
Wildfire Skull Fire: 67 acres, 100% contained
A wildfire perimeter that overlaps this site is fully contained. Some areas may stay closed while crews finish work.
History
The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.
The Roosevelt connection
Protected by T.R.
- : as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Beaverhead National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1902.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the USDA Forest Service for current hours, fees and access.
Whose lands these are
These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.
Pair it with
- Big Hole National Battlefield NPS · 28 miles
- Deerlodge National Forest USFS · 46 miles
- Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site NPS · 60 miles
- Bitterroot National Forest USFS · 64 miles
- Salmon National Forest USFS · 66 miles
- Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 84 miles