National Forest · USFS · OR, WA · Roosevelt connection
Umatilla National Forest
Alerts and conditions
Wildfire Paradise Fire: 9,656 acres, 86% contained
An active wildfire perimeter overlaps this site. Check the managing agency for closures before you go.
Wildfire Hagen Fire: 61,380 acres, 99% contained
An active wildfire perimeter overlaps this site. Check the managing agency for closures before you go.
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 Umatilla National Forest (forest reserve). Roosevelt first protected land in this forest in 1905.
govinfo.gov · Roosevelt’s Public Lands
His proclamations and orders
- May 12, 1905: Proclamation 548, “Establishment of the Wenaha Forest Reserve, Oregon and Washington.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 548 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - March 15, 1906: Proclamation 618, “Setting Apart the Blue Mountains Forest Reserve, Oregon.” Today’s site includes land from this document.
Proclamation 618 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
- Whitman Mission National Historic Site NPS · 30 miles
- Wallowa National Forest USFS · 48 miles
- McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 50 miles
- McNary National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 55 miles
- Hells Canyon National Recreation Area USFS · 62 miles
- Cold Springs National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 63 miles