National Forest · USFS · AZ · Roosevelt connection
Kaibab 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
- November 28, 1906: Proclamation 694, “Setting Aside Game Preserve in Grand Canyon Forest Reserve, Arizona.” Today’s site includes land from this document. Holds most of the plateau.
Proclamation 694 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 2, 1908: Proclamation 818, “Setting Apart the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests, Arizona.” Today’s site began with this document. FS-612 records the Kaibab as established by executive order of the same date; the proclamation names it.
Proclamation 818 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 2, 1908: Executive Order 909, “Kaibab National Forest, Arizona.” Today’s site began with this document. About 1.6 million acres; effective July 1, 1908.
Executive Order 909 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 Canyon Preserve National Game Refuge 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 · 35 miles
- Grand Canyon National Park NPS · 40 miles