National Forest · USFS · ID, MT · Roosevelt connection
Bitterroot National Forest
Alerts and conditions
All clear. The managing agency, the National Weather Service and wildfire reporting show no current alerts.
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
- June 14, 1904: Proclamation 531, “Diminution of Bitter Root Forest Reserve, Idaho and Montana.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 531 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
- Big Hole National Battlefield NPS · 37 miles
- Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 44 miles
- Salmon National Forest USFS · 49 miles
- Deerlodge National Forest USFS · 51 miles
- Nezperce National Forest USFS · 53 miles
- Clearwater National Forest USFS · 60 miles