National Forest · USFS · NM · Roosevelt connection
Gila 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
- 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 - June 18, 1908: Proclamation 811, “Modifying Boundaries of the Gila National Forest, New Mexico.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 811 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 15, 1909: Proclamation 843, “Modifying Boundaries of Gila National Forest, New Mexico.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 843 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
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
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument NPS · 7 miles
- Apache National Forest USFS · 52 miles
- Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area BLM · 70 miles
- Cibola National Forest USFS · 76 miles
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 90 miles
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail NPS · 91 miles