National Forest · USFS · CA · Roosevelt connection
Lassen 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 Lassen National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- June 2, 1905: Proclamation 564, “Establishing the Lassen Peak Forest Reserve, California.” Today’s site renamed from it.
Proclamation 564 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 14, 1905: Proclamation 579, “Establishment of the Diamond Mountain Forest Reserve, California.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 579 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 2, 1908: Executive Order 906, “Lassen National Forest, Calif., Created.” Today’s site began with this document. Still a separate, discrete national forest.
Executive Order 906 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
- Lassen Volcanic National Park NPS · 4 miles
- Plumas National Forest USFS · 47 miles
- Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area USFS · 55 miles
- Shasta National Forest USFS · 64 miles
- Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 66 miles
- Whiskeytown National Recreation Area NPS · 68 miles