National Forest · USFS · OR, WA · Roosevelt connection
Gifford Pinchot 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
- June 18, 1908: Executive Order 820, “Establishing Columbia National Forest in Washington from Portion of Rainier National Forest.” Today’s site began with this document. Created as the Columbia National Forest; renamed in 1949.
Executive Order 820 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
- Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument USFS · 19 miles
- Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 28 miles
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area USFS · 36 miles
- Pierce National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 38 miles
- Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 41 miles
- Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 48 miles