National Forest · USFS · MI · Roosevelt connection
Hiawatha 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
- February 10, 1909: Proclamation 838, “Setting Apart the Marquette National Forest, Michigan.” Today’s site absorbed into it. Took in the lands of the second Marquette National Forest in 1962.
Proclamation 838 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - February 11, 1909: Proclamation 841, “Setting Apart the Michigan National Forest, Michigan.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 841 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 Island National Recreation Area USFS · 27 miles
- Seney National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 31 miles
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore NPS · 36 miles
- Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 43 miles
- Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 61 miles
- Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 65 miles