National Forest · USFS · CA · Roosevelt connection
Stanislaus 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
- September 7, 1906: Proclamation 649, “Enlarging Boundaries of the Stanislaus Forest Reserve, California.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 649 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 2, 1908: Executive Order 901, “Stanislaus National Forest, Calif., Modified.” Today’s site includes land from this document. Still a separate, discrete national forest.
Executive Order 901 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
- Yosemite National Park NPS · 34 miles
- Toiyabe National Forest USFS · 47 miles
- Eldorado National Forest USFS · 47 miles
- Mono Basin National Scenic Area USFS · 55 miles
- Devils Postpile National Monument NPS · 63 miles
- San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 74 miles