National Forest · USFS · ID, UT · Roosevelt connection
Sawtooth 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 Sawtooth National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- May 29, 1905: Proclamation 562, “Establishment of the Sawtooth Forest Reserve, Idaho.” Today’s site began with this document.
Proclamation 562 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - June 12, 1905: Proclamation 573, “Establishing the Cassia Forest Reserve, Idaho.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 573 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
- Sawtooth National Recreation Area USFS · 22 miles
- Challis National Forest USFS · 41 miles
- Boise National Forest USFS · 49 miles
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument NPS · 66 miles
- Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve NPS · 71 miles
- Minidoka National Historic Site NPS · 76 miles