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A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



(4) botanic reservations, and (5) wild-animal reservations. At pres- 

 ent the last category is not represented in the system. The act of 

 June 8, 1906, which authorized the establishment of national monu- 

 ments specifies that they "shall be confined to the smallest area 

 compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to 

 be protected. " 



The national monuments administered by the National Park 

 Service are listed in table 2. 



TABLE 2. National monuments as of January 1933 



