National Forest · USFS · NV, UT · Roosevelt connection
Dixie 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 Dixie National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1903.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- October 24, 1903: Proclamation 507, “Establishment of the Aquarius Forest Reserve.” Today’s site absorbed into it. The northern part of the old Aquarius Plateau lands is managed by the neighboring Fishlake.
Proclamation 507 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - September 25, 1905: Proclamation 593, “Establishment of the Dixie Forest Reserve, Utah.” Today’s site began with this document.
Proclamation 593 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - May 22, 1908: Proclamation 809, “Modifying Dixie National Forest, Utah and Arizona.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 809 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
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument BLM · 20 miles
- Capitol Reef National Park NPS · 30 miles
- Bryce Canyon National Park NPS · 40 miles
- Fishlake National Forest USFS · 58 miles
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail NPS · 67 miles
- Cedar Breaks National Monument NPS · 70 miles