National Forest · USFS · MT, WY · Roosevelt connection
Bighorn National Forest
Alerts and conditions
Wildfire Foot Creek Fire: 683 acres, 36% contained
An active wildfire perimeter overlaps this site. Check the managing agency for closures before you go.
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
His proclamations and orders
- December 23, 1904: Proclamation 537, “Modification of the Boundaries of the Big Horn Forest Reserve, Wyoming.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 537 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations
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
- Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area NPS · 56 miles
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument NPS · 70 miles
- Pompeys Pillar National Monument BLM · 105 miles
- Shoshone National Forest USFS · 114 miles
- Custer National Forest USFS · 125 miles
- Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 129 miles