calsfoundation@cals.org
June 8, 2007
In this 1907 proclamation, President Theodore Roosevelt declared that land in the public domain south of the Arkansas River would be designated as the Arkansas National Forest. The name of the area, which today consists of approximately 1.8 million acres, was changed to the Ouachita National Forest in 1926. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2007, it is the oldest national forest in the country’s system.