22 OUR NATIONAL FORESTS 



came President the National Forest policy received 

 an added impetus and vigor. Being a great lover 

 of the out-of-door-life and being especially well ac- 

 quainted, on account of his extensive travels, with 

 the great western country, President Roosevelt 

 threw his powerful influence into the balance. 

 With the close cooperation of Mr. Gifford Pinchot, 

 his warm personal friend, and at that time the Chief 

 Forester, Mr. Roosevelt set aside between 1901 and 

 1909 over 148,000,000 acres of National Forests, 

 more than three times as much as had been set aside 

 by all his predecessors together. Since 1909 a care- 

 ful adjustment of the boundaries has been going on, 

 both Presidents Taft and Wilson adding small 

 areas here and there, which were found valuable 

 for forestry purposes, or eliminating small areas 

 found to have no value. Acts of Congress passed 

 since 1907 prohibit the addition by the President 

 to the National Forests already established in 

 Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, 

 Wyoming, and Colorado. Additions can be made 

 in these States only by special act of Congress. A 

 number of such acts have been passed ; some of them 

 upon petitions of the people in these States. 



The Growth of the Forest Service. The growth 



