The Boone and Crockett Club 



new law, for at a meeting of the Boone and 

 Crockett Club, held April 8, 1891, it was, on 

 motion of W. H. Phillips, seconded by Arnold 

 Hague, 



Resolved, That this Society most heartily thank the 

 President of the United States and the Honorable 

 John W. Noble, Secretary of the Interior, for having 

 set apart, as a forest reserve, the large tract situated 

 in Wyoming, at the head waters of the Yellowstone 

 and Snake Rivers, and for having set apart the 

 Sequoia Park, for the preservation of the great trees 

 of the Pacific Slope. 



That this Society recognizes in these actions the 

 most important steps taken of recent years for the 

 preservation of our forests and measures which 

 confer the greatest benefits on the people of the ad- 

 jacent States. 



Resolved, That copies of this resolution be sent to 

 the President of the United States and the Honorable 

 the Secretary of the Interior. 



By the President of the Club: The Honorable 

 Theodore Roosevelt. 



That the inside history of this forestry work in 

 this country should be unknown is natural enough. 

 But that public and recorded acts should have been 

 forgotten by those who ought to know about them 

 is very surprising. In the periodical published by 

 the American Forestry Association, known now as 



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