National Forest · USFS · CA · Roosevelt connection
Los Padres National Forest
Alerts and conditions
Wildfire Timber Fire: 25,350 acres, 100% contained
A wildfire perimeter that overlaps this site is fully contained. Some areas may stay closed while crews finish work.
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
- December 22, 1903: Proclamation 512, “Establishment of the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve.” Today’s site renamed from it.
Proclamation 512 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - June 25, 1906: Proclamation 635, “Setting Apart the San Luis Obispo Forest Reserve, California.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 635 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - June 25, 1906: Proclamation 636, “Setting Apart the Monterey Forest Reserve, California.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 636 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 18, 1906: Proclamation 638, “Setting Apart the Pinnacles Forest Reserve, California.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 638 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - October 3, 1906: Proclamation 660, “Enlarging Boundaries of the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve, California.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 660 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - January 9, 1908: Proclamation 792, “Enlarging Monterey National Forest, California.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 792 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - June 26, 1908: Executive Order 847, “San Luis National Forest, Calif., Created.” Today’s site absorbed into it. The San Luis was consolidated into the Santa Barbara in 1910, renamed Los Padres in 1936.
Executive Order 847 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - June 26, 1908: Executive Order 852, “Santa Barbara National Forest, Calif., Modified.” Today’s site renamed from it. The Santa Barbara, dating from 1903, was renamed Los Padres in 1936.
Executive Order 852 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
- Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 16 miles
- Carrizo Plain National Monument BLM · 24 miles
- Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 47 miles
- Channel Islands National Park NPS · 58 miles
- Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 61 miles
- Saint Francis Dam National Monument USFS · 63 miles