National Wildlife Refuge · USFS · AZ · Roosevelt connection
Grand Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge
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.
- November 28, 1906: as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Grand Canyon Game Preserve (national game preserve). The Kaibab Plateau north of the Grand Canyon, set aside to protect its deer.
archive.org · presidency.ucsb.edu · law.cornell.edu · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
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
- Kaibab National Forest USFS · 1 miles
- Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni National Monument BLM · 24 miles
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument BLM · 30 miles
- Pipe Spring National Monument NPS · 34 miles
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail NPS · 36 miles
- Grand Canyon National Park NPS · 40 miles