National Forest · USFS · CO, UT · Roosevelt connection
Manti-la Sal National Forest
Alerts and conditions
Wildfire Black Canyon Fire: 3,264 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
Protected by T.R.
- : as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Manti-La Sal National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1903.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- May 29, 1903: Proclamation 499, “Establishment of the Manti Forest Reserve.” Today’s site began with this document. The only hyphenated national forest that is a single proclaimed forest.
Proclamation 499 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - January 18, 1906: Proclamation 610, “Enlarging Boundaries of the Manti Forest Reserve, Utah.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 610 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - January 25, 1906: Proclamation 613, “Setting Apart the La Sal Forest Reserve, Utah and Colorado.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 613 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
- Jurassic National Monument BLM · 34 miles
- Uinta National Forest USFS · 59 miles
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument NPS · 75 miles
- Fishlake National Forest USFS · 76 miles
- Capitol Reef National Park NPS · 78 miles
- Dixie National Forest USFS · 100 miles