Roosevelt National Forest

[[File:RooseveltEntranceSign.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Entrance to Roosevelt National Forest near [[Estes Park, Colorado]].]] [[Image:Roosevelt National Forest location in Colorado.png|thumb|300px|right|Map of [[Colorado]]. The area of the Roosevelt National Forest is in red.]] The '''Roosevelt National Forest''' is a [[United States National Forest|National Forest]] located in north central [[Colorado]]. It is contiguous with the [[Colorado State Forest]] as well as the [[Arapaho National Forest]]. The forest is administered jointly with the Arapaho National Forest and the [[Pawnee National Grassland]] from offices in [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]], and is denoted by the [[United States Forest Service]] as '''ARP''' ('''A'''rapaho, '''R'''oosevelt, '''P'''awnee). The forest encompasses a mountainous area of the [[foothills]] on the eastern side of the [[continental divide]] of the [[Front Range]] in [[Larimer County, Colorado|Larimer County]] and [[Boulder County, Colorado|Boulder County]]. In Larimer County it includes the upper valleys of the [[Cache la Poudre River|Cache la Poudre]] and [[Big Thompson River]]s. It includes forested areas along both sides of the [[Poudre Canyon]] and along the north and east sides of [[Rocky Mountain National Park]]. Smaller parts of the forest also extend into northern [[Gilpin County, Colorado|Gilpin]] and extreme northwestern [[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson]] counties. The Roosevelt National Forest is divided into two [[National Park Ranger|ranger]] districts, the [[Canyon Lakes Ranger District]], with offices in Fort Collins, and the Boulder Ranger District, with offices in Boulder. The Roosevelt National Forest began in 1897 as part of the Medicine Bow Forest Reserve. It was renamed the Colorado National Forest in 1910, and was renamed to honor President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in 1932. The forest has a total area of 813,799 [[acre]]s (1,271.56 sq mi, or 3,293.33 km²). Several volunteer groups work with the US Forest Service to help manage the Roosevelt National Forest, including the [[Poudre Wilderness Volunteers]]. ==External links== * [http://www.fs.usda.gov/arp Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland Website] {{Protected Areas of Colorado}} {{coord missing|Colorado}}