National Wildlife Refuge · FWS · WA · Roosevelt connection
San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
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
His proclamations and orders
- February 12, 1907: Executive Order 561, “Reserving Viti Rocks, or Islands, in Bellingham Bay, Washington, for Lighthouse Purposes.” Today’s site includes land from this document. Viti Rocks, off the south end of Lummi Island, are now part of the refuge.
Executive Order 561 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations
What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 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
- San Juan Islands National Monument BLM · 12 miles
- San Juan Island National Historical Park NPS · 19 miles
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve NPS · 37 miles
- Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 42 miles
- Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 43 miles
- Mount Baker National Recreation Area USFS · 47 miles