National Forest · USFS · SD, WY · Roosevelt connection
Black Hills 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
- March 1, 1907: Proclamation 716, “Establishing the Bear Lodge Forest Reserve, Wyoming.” Today’s site absorbed into it. Bear Lodge became part of Sundance National Forest in 1908, and Sundance's land went to the Black Hills National Forest in 1915; the Bearlodge Ranger District carries the old name.
Proclamation 716 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
- Norbeck Wildlife Preserve National Game Refuge USFS · 15 miles
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial NPS · 16 miles
- Jewel Cave National Monument NPS · 19 miles
- Wind Cave National Park NPS · 32 miles
- Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 35 miles
- Devils Tower National Monument NPS · 64 miles