National Forest · USFS · CO · Roosevelt connection
San Isabel National Forest
Alerts and conditions
Wildfire Willow Fire: 7,359 acres, 92% contained
An active wildfire perimeter overlaps this site. Check the managing agency for closures before you go.
Wildfire Aspen Acres Fire: 102,007 acres, 96% contained
An active wildfire perimeter overlaps this site. Check the managing agency for closures before you go.
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 San Isabel National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1902.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- April 11, 1902: Proclamation 467, “Establishing the San Isabel Forest Reserve.” Today’s site began with this document. Administered with the Pike as the Pike-San Isabel since 1975; the two remain legally separate forests.
Proclamation 467 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - June 12, 1905: Proclamation 572, “Establishing the Wet Mountains Forest Reserve, Colorado.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 572 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
- Gunnison National Forest USFS · 45 miles
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument NPS · 48 miles
- Pike National Forest USFS · 48 miles
- Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument USFS · 50 miles
- White River National Forest USFS · 57 miles
- Baca National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 61 miles