Documents NEPA Calendar Forests and Grassland Plan Monitoring and Eval. Boundaries extend north to the Wyoming border and south to Mt. Evans. The Arapaho National Forest includes lands on both sides of the Continental Divide, while the Roosevelt National Forest is confined to the eastern side of the Divide. The ARNF is divided into 4 ranger districts.
Most management occurs at the district level.
Topography on the forests varies from rolling hills to snow covered mountain peaks at over 14,000' in elevation. It is name after the Native American tribe which occupied the region for summer hunting. Roosevelt National Forest originally began as a part of the Medicine Bow Forest Reserve, created in 1897. In 1910 this forest was renamed Colorado National Forest. Finally, in 1932 it was renamed by President Herbert Hoover to honor President Theodore Roosevelt, the person most responsible for its creation.