National Forest · USFS · ID, MT · Roosevelt connection
Kootenai 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
Protected by T.R.
- : as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Kootenai National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1906.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- August 13, 1906: Proclamation 643, “Setting Apart the Kootenai Forest Reserve, Montana.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 643 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - November 5, 1906: Proclamation 677, “Enlarging Boundaries of the Kootenai Forest Reserve, Montana and Idaho.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 677 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
- Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 35 miles
- Kaniksu National Forest USFS · 40 miles
- Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 45 miles
- Northwest Montana Wetland Management District-Flathead County FWS · 66 miles
- Coeur D’alene National Forest USFS · 67 miles
- Glacier National Park NPS · 76 miles