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I THE CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL 



FORESTS 1 



Economic Conditions Which Led to Forest Con- 

 servation 1 



Prodigality leads finally to conservation . . 1 



The march of forest destruction 2 



Our lumber and water supply imperiled ... 5 



The First Steps in Federal Forest Conservation . 6 



The upbuilding of the West 6 



The Lake States first to act 7 



The first federal steps 8 



The Act of August 16, 1876 9 



Further work under the Act 11 



The First Forest Reserves Established March 30, 



1891 12 



The situation before 1891 12 



The need of the forest policy 13 



The Act of March 3, 1891 14 



An Anomalous Condition Forest Reserves With- 

 out Forest Administration 14 



The Need of Administration on the Reserves . 14 



More Reserves created 16 



The Administration of the Reserves Under the 



General Land Office 16 



The Act of June 4, 1897 16 



The Division of Forestry in 1898 .... 18 



The Bureau of Forestry 19 



The Consolidation of the Forestry Work in the 



Department of Agriculture in 1905 . . .19 



The Act of February 1, 1905 19 



Early forestry education and literature . . . 20 



Changes in the Forest Service personnel . . 21 



More National Forests created . . . . ,. 21 



The growth of the Forest Service .... 22 



Recent modifications in the organization ... 23 



The Present Organization of the Forest Service . 24 



The administrative districts 24 



The Washington office 26 



The district offices 28 



