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History & Culture
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San Juan National Forest History
On June 3, 1905, Teddy Roosevelt signed a Presidential Proclamation creating almost two million acres of National Forest in southwestern Colorado. Learn more about the beginning of our National Forest.
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Native American Peeled Trees
Peeled trees (also known as culturally modified trees) are usually ponderosa pine trees traditionally harvested by indigenous peoples for their soft phloem. What is phloem and why did they harvest it?
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Civilian Conservation Corps and the Cottonwood Road
Did you know that many roads on the Dolores Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest were built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?