National Forest · USFS · ID · Roosevelt connection
Boise 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
Protected by T.R.
- : as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Boise National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- June 3, 1905: Proclamation 566, “Establishing the Payette Forest Reserve, Idaho.” Today’s site transferred to it. The 1905 Payette lands went to the Boise in 1944; the name Payette passed to a new forest to the north.
Proclamation 566 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
- Sawtooth National Recreation Area USFS · 36 miles
- Sawtooth National Forest USFS · 49 miles
- Challis National Forest USFS · 52 miles
- Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 68 miles
- Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area BLM · 72 miles
- Payette National Forest USFS · 73 miles