National Forest · USFS · NM · Roosevelt connection
Carson 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 Carson National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- November 7, 1906: Proclamation 691, “Enlarging Boundaries of the Jemez Forest Reserve, New Mexico.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 691 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - November 7, 1906: Proclamation 692, “Setting Apart the Taos Forest Reserve, New Mexico.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 692 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
- Río Grande del Norte National Monument BLM · 27 miles
- Santa Fe National Forest USFS · 43 miles
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park NPS · 47 miles
- Valles Caldera National Preserve NPS · 48 miles
- Bandelier National Monument NPS · 54 miles
- Jemez National Recreation Area USFS · 59 miles