National Forest · USFS · NE · Roosevelt connection
Nebraska 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 Nebraska National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1902.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- April 16, 1902: Proclamation 471, “Establishing the Dismal River Forest Reserve.” Today’s site includes land from this document. Home of the Bessey Nursery.
Proclamation 471 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - March 10, 1906: Proclamation 617, “Setting Apart the North Platte Forest Reserve, Nebraska.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 617 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
- Pine Ridge National Recreation Area USFS · 1 miles
- Oglala National Grassland USFS · 30 miles
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument NPS · 35 miles
- North Platte National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 52 miles
- Scotts Bluff National Monument NPS · 64 miles
- Wind Cave National Park NPS · 65 miles