PROBLEMS IN WILD LIFE CONSERVATION 



to give a complete picture of the public domain group of 

 bureaus. 



The United States Geological Survey 33 was established 

 by act of Congress March 3, 1879 34 in the Department of 

 the Interior, charged with the duty of making a survey 

 of the mineral resources, geological formation, and products 

 of the territories. The act was later amended to allow the 

 Survey to operate in the states also. 



The Soil Erosion Service in the Department of the In- 

 terior was created in October, 1933 by the Federal Emer- 

 gency Administration of Public Works under authority of 

 title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 

 I 933- 35 The Service was allotted ten million dollars by the 

 Public Works Administration 36 for actual soil-erosion pre- 

 vention on the public domain and for experimental work in 

 various agricultural areas. 



The Office of Director of Subsistence Homesteads was 

 also authorized by the National Industrial Recovery Act. 37 

 The duties of the Office were conferred on the Secretary of 

 the Interior by the President 38 with the power to designate 

 agents. The chief work of this office is to encourage the 

 establishment of subsistence homestead areas adjacent to 

 industrial centers. 



Reorganisation of Federal Conservation Activities: The 

 bureau organization of the federal government has been 

 established upon what appears to be two conflicting prin- 



33 For a detailed history and complete discussion of activities, see 

 United States Geological Survey, Institute for Government Research 

 (1918). 



3 *2o Stat. L. 394. 35 48 Stat. L. 201. 



88 Report, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, App. 

 I, p. 2 (1934). 

 8 7 48 Stat. L. 201. 

 88 Executive Order No. 6209, July 21, 1933. 



