National Forest · USFS · AZ · Roosevelt connection
Tonto 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 Tonto National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- July 22, 1902: Proclamation 485, “Establishment of the Mount Graham Forest Reserve.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 485 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - March 20, 1905: Proclamation 539, “Establishing the Pinal Mountains Forest Reserve, Arizona.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 539 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - October 3, 1905: Proclamation 598, “Establishment of the Tonto Forest Reserve, Arizona.” Today’s site began with this document.
Proclamation 598 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - January 13, 1908: Proclamation 795, “Enlarging Tonto National Forest, Arizona.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 795 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - July 1, 1908: Executive Order 869, “Tonto National Forest, Arizona.” Today’s site includes land from this document. Still a separate, discrete national forest.
Executive Order 869 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - February 10, 1909: Proclamation 837, “Enlarging Boundaries of Tonto National Forest, Arizona.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 837 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations
T.R. was here
- Roosevelt Dam: 2 days in Roosevelt’s record, March 17, 1911 to March 18, 1911.
Roosevelt Dam in Theodore Roosevelt Day by Day · First recorded day
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
- Tonto National Monument NPS · 18 miles
- Agua Fria National Monument BLM · 52 miles
- Sitgreaves National Forest USFS · 57 miles
- Montezuma Castle National Monument NPS · 60 miles
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument NPS · 62 miles
- Coconino National Forest USFS · 74 miles