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tion: The McRae Bill: The Commission of the National Academy of Sciences; 

 and Cleveland's Proclamations of February 22, 1897: Previous Hostility toward 

 the Reserves: The Attack of 1897: The Forest Lieu Section: The Act of 1897. 



CHAPTER IV: THE FOREST RESERVES SINCE 1897: THE 

 PERIOD OF CONSERVATION ACTIVITY . . .143 



The "Golden Era" of Forest Conservation Activity: Public Opinion and Conser- 

 vation: State Conservation Activity: Education in Forestry: Forestry Journals 

 and Forestry Societies: Other Indications of Conservation Sentiment: Broaden- 

 ing Scope of the Conservation Movement: The Public Lands Commission: The 

 Watervirays Commission and the Conference of Governors: The National Con- 



'^ servation Commission: Increase in Appropriations for Forestry Purposes: Trans- 

 fer of the Reserves to the Department of Agriculture: Opposition to Increased 

 Appropriations: Creation of New Reserves: Improvement of the Forest Fire 

 Law: Authority to Arrest Trespassers without Process. 



CHAPTER V: THE FOREST RESERVES SINCE 1897 (con- 

 tinued) : ANTI-CONSERVATION ACTIVITY . .164 

 Anti-conservation Activity: Factors Tending to Arouse Western Hostility; 

 Agricultural Lands in the Forest Reserves: The Lacey Bill: Grazing in the 

 Forest Reserves: Efforts to Open the Reserves to Grazing: The Public Lands 

 Convention at Denver: Aggressive Policy of Roosevelt and Pinchot: The Forest 

 Lieu Act: Efforts to Repeal the Forest Lieu Act: Lieu Selection in the San 

 Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve: Lieu Selection and the Mount Ranier 

 National Park: The Oregon Timber Land Frauds: Inefficiency of the Early 

 Forest Administration: Other Causes of Western Hostility: An Expression of 

 the Western Attitude: Efforts to Overturn the Reservation Policy: Senator Hey- 

 burn and the Reserves: The Anti-conservation Attack of 1907: The Act of 1907: 

 Anti-conservation Attacks since 1907: The Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy: The 

 Alaska Forests. 



CHAPTER VI: FOREST RESERVES IN THE APPALA- 

 CHIAN AND WHITE MOUNTAINS 207 



Early Agitation for Appalachian Reserves: The Demand for Forests in the 

 White Mountains: Increasing Scope of the Movement: The Weeks Bill: Argu- 

 ments in Favor of the Bill: Arguments against the Bill: Influences Favoring its 

 Passage: Opposition to the Bill: Analysis of the Final Vote: Provisions of the 

 Weeks Law: Later Changes: Results of the Law. 



CHAPTER VII: THE UNRESERVED TIMBER LAND 

 SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE FOREST RESERVE ACT 224 



The Timber and Stone Act Once More: Further Extension of Its Provisions: 

 Unsuccessful Efforts to Repeal or Amend the Timber and Stone Act: The 

 Suspension of Timber and Stone Entries in 1906: Sale of Burned Timber: Tim- 

 ber Sales Without Legislative Authorization: The Free Timber Acts Again: 

 Further Extension of Free Timber Privileges: Unsuccessful Efforts to Curtail 



