National Forest · USFS · ID, MT · Roosevelt connection
Lolo 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 Lolo National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- September 20, 1906: Proclamation 654, “Setting Apart the Lolo Forest Reserve, Montana.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 654 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - November 6, 1906: Proclamation 689, “Enlarging Boundaries of the Lolo Forest Reserve, Montana.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 689 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
- St. Joe National Forest USFS · 37 miles
- Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 40 miles
- Clearwater National Forest USFS · 43 miles
- Rattlesnake National Recreation Area USFS · 47 miles
- Pablo National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 48 miles
- Northwest Montana Wetland Management District-Lake County FWS · 50 miles