National Forest · USFS · CO · Roosevelt connection
San Juan 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 San Juan National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- June 3, 1905: Proclamation 567, “Establishing the San Juan Forest Reserve, Colorado.” Today’s site began with this document.
Proclamation 567 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - June 13, 1905: Proclamation 575, “Establishing the Montezuma Forest Reserve, Colorado.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 575 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 1, 1908: Executive Order 886, “San Juan National Forest, Colo., Modified.” Today’s site includes land from this document. Still a separate, discrete national forest.
Executive Order 886 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
- Chimney Rock National Monument USFS · 29 miles
- Mesa Verde National Park NPS · 48 miles
- Aztec Ruins National Monument NPS · 49 miles
- Rio Grande National Forest USFS · 55 miles
- Yucca House National Monument NPS · 60 miles
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument BLM · 69 miles