National Forest · USFS · CO, WY · Roosevelt connection
Medicine Bow 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 Medicine Bow National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1902.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- May 22, 1902: Proclamation 474, “Establishing the Medicine Bow Forest Reserve.” Today’s site includes land from this document. Re-established in 1910; administered with the Routt since 1995.
Proclamation 474 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
- Sheep Mountain Game Refuge National Game Refuge USFS · 15 miles
- Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 25 miles
- Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 29 miles
- Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 31 miles
- Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 45 miles
- Routt National Forest USFS · 53 miles