National Forest · USFS · NM, TX · Roosevelt connection
Lincoln 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 Lincoln National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1902.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- July 26, 1902: Proclamation 486, “Establishment of the Lincoln Forest Reserve.” Today’s site began with this document.
Proclamation 486 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - March 3, 1908: Proclamation 801, “Diminishing Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico.” Today’s site includes land from this document. This proclamation reduced the forest; it did not create it.
Proclamation 801 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - March 2, 1909: Proclamation 862, “Enlarging the Alamo National Forest, New Mexico.” Today’s site absorbed into it. Manages the Sacramento and Guadalupe country of south-central New Mexico.
Proclamation 862 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
- White Sands National Park NPS · 40 miles
- Fort Stanton - Snowy River National Conservation Area BLM · 47 miles
- San Andres National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 53 miles
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park NPS · 76 miles
- Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail NPS · 77 miles
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park NPS · 79 miles