National Forest · USFS · AZ · Roosevelt connection
Coconino 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
- April 12, 1902: Proclamation 469, “Establishing the San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 469 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 2, 1908: Proclamation 818, “Setting Apart the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests, Arizona.” Today’s site began with this document.
Proclamation 818 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 2, 1908: Executive Order 909, “Kaibab National Forest, Arizona.” Today’s site includes land from this document. The Grand Canyon forest land south of the river joined the Coconino; more than 1.8 million acres today.
Executive Order 909 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
- Walnut Canyon National Monument NPS · 18 miles
- Montezuma Castle National Monument NPS · 25 miles
- Tuzigoot National Monument NPS · 29 miles
- Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument NPS · 32 miles
- Wupatki National Monument NPS · 45 miles
- Agua Fria National Monument BLM · 55 miles