National Forest · USFS · NM · Roosevelt connection
Cibola 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 Cibola National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1906.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- November 6, 1906: Proclamation 685, “Setting Apart the Manzano Forest Reserve, New Mexico.” Today’s site renamed from it.
Proclamation 685 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - April 16, 1908: Proclamation 803, “Modifying Manzano National Forest, New Mexico.” Today’s site renamed from it.
Proclamation 803 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - June 18, 1908: Proclamation 812, “Setting Apart the Datil National Forest, New Mexico.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 812 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - February 23, 1909: Proclamation 851, “Consolidating the Datil and Magdalena National Forests, New Mexico.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 851 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - March 2, 1909: Proclamation 864, “Enlarging the Zuni National Forest, Arizona and New Mexico.” Today’s site absorbed into it. The Manzano was renamed the Cibola in 1931.
Proclamation 864 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
- Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 47 miles
- El Malpais National Monument NPS · 47 miles
- El Malpais National Conservation Area BLM · 47 miles
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail NPS · 54 miles
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 54 miles
- El Morro National Monument NPS · 67 miles