National Forest · USFS · CO · Roosevelt connection
White River 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
- June 28, 1902: Proclamation 479, “Establishment of the White River Forest Reserve.” Today’s site renamed from it. First reserved in 1891 as the White River Plateau Timber Land Reserve; this proclamation renamed it White River.
Proclamation 479 in Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive Orders and Proclamations - August 25, 1905: Proclamation 592, “Establishment of the Holy Cross Forest Reserve, Colorado.” Today’s site absorbed into it.
Proclamation 592 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
- Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument USFS · 21 miles
- Arapaho National Forest USFS · 55 miles
- Gunnison National Forest USFS · 56 miles
- San Isabel National Forest USFS · 57 miles
- Arapaho National Recreation Area USFS · 66 miles
- Pike National Forest USFS · 68 miles