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1883 M. H. Eggleston succeeds Hough as Chief of the Division 

 of Forestry. 



1886 Division of Forestry made an integral part of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Dr. B. F. Fernow, Secretary 

 of the American Forestry Association, succeeds Eggleston 

 as chief. 



18861898 Valuable reports by the Division of Forestry (especi- 

 ally on Timber Physics, Sylvan Nomenclature, Southern 

 Pines, Sheep Grazing), whilst no practical work and no 

 practical results were possible. The public mind, however, 

 fully prepared, by continuous agitation, for future work. 

 Small appropriations, never exceeding $30,000. 



1891 Congress authorizes the President (Harrison) to create 

 forest reserves by proclamation. 



1897 National Forests [Reserves] Act of June 4th. 



1898 1910 Gifford Pinchot appointed Chief of Division of 

 Forestry; practical work begun on a large scale; gradual 

 reconciliation between lumbering interests and forestry. 



1901 Division of Forestry elevated to rank of Bureau, with 

 six divisions. (Forest Management, Forest Measurements, 

 Forest Extension, Forest Products, Dendrology, and Re- 

 cords.) Excellent reports of practical value. Appropriation 

 raised- to $300,000. 



1903 Roosevelt appoints a commission of three (known as Public 

 Lands Commission), to report on the present federal 

 land laws. 



1905 Forest Congress in Washington. 



1905 Forest Reserves are transferred from the Department of the 

 Interior to the Department of Agriculture, February 1st. 



1905 The Bureau of Forestry in the Department of Agriculture 

 styled "Forest Service," March 3rd. 



1906 Forest Homestead Act, June 11th. 



1907 Reorganisation of Forest Service by which are created 

 six inspection districts in the national forests, and by which 

 the power and the work of the Forest Service is decen- 

 tralized. 



1902 1907 The area of the national forests increased by Roose- 

 velt's proclamations to 150 million acres. 

 1907 The President's power crippled by Congress with reference 



