National Forest · USFS · AZ, NM · Roosevelt connection
Coronado 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 Coronado National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1902.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- April 11, 1902: Proclamation 468, “Establishing the Santa Rita Forest Reserve.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 468 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 2, 1902: Proclamation 481, “Establishing the Santa Catalina Forest Reserve.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 481 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 22, 1902: Proclamation 485, “Establishment of the Mount Graham Forest Reserve.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 485 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 30, 1902: Proclamation 487, “Establishment of the Chiricahua Forest Reserve.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 487 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
- Chiricahua National Park NPS · 13 miles
- Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 17 miles
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site NPS · 24 miles
- San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 34 miles
- San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area BLM · 53 miles
- Coronado National Memorial NPS · 65 miles