National Forest · USFS · CA · Roosevelt connection
Sequoia 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
His proclamations and orders
- July 2, 1908: Executive Order 904, “Establishing Sequoia National Forest in California from Portions of Sierra National Forest.” Today’s site began with this document. Still a separate, discrete national forest.
Executive Order 904 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - March 2, 1909: Proclamation 871, “Enlarging the Sequoia National Forest, California.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 871 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
- Giant Sequoia National Monument USFS · 12 miles
- Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 30 miles
- Alabama Hills National Scenic Area BLM · 49 miles
- Pixley National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 51 miles
- César E. Chávez National Monument NPS · 52 miles
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks NPS · 52 miles