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THE NATIONAL FOKEST MANUAL. 



advisability of the proposed action and, if he approves it, will prepare a Secre- 

 tary's letter to the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draft for an execu- 

 tive order and recommending that it be sent to the President for signature. 

 When not accompanied by a tracing the Secretary's letter should state in which 

 land district the area lies. Four copies of the Secretary's letter should be 

 submitted. 



Release of Withdrawals. 



Upon receipt of notice that a proclamation has been signed establishing a 

 National Forest, the District Forester should at once determine if any lands 

 held under temporary withdrawal in the vicinity of the National Forest should 

 be released, and if so a recommendation to that effect should be made. This 

 should be in the form of a Secretary's letter to the Secretary of the Interior, 

 with three carbons, accompanied by a tracing which shows the area to be 

 released. This tracing will, when practicable, be on special linen, crosslined 

 on a scale of 1 inches to the township. The letter should give the reason for 

 the recommendation for release and should state whether or not the lands to 

 be released embrace valuable power sites, or if the records do not disclose 

 this fact, a statement to that effect should be inserted. The tracing should 

 bear the title: 



Proposed release near 



National Forest. 



State 



Meridian. 



Land District. 



Area to be released 



Recommended by , 



District Forester. 



Approved by 



Release requested __. 

 Release order signed 

 Opened to settlement 



Open to entry 



Area _ 



Forester. 



National Monuments. 



Upon receipt of a report recommending the creation of a national monument, 

 the District Forester will forward the report and map to the Forester with 

 recommendations. The Forester will confer with the Bureau of Ethnology 

 regarding the desirability of creating the monument and advise the District 

 Forester of the decision. 



Upon notice of approval by the Forester of a proposed monument, the Dis- 

 trict Forester will prepare the necessary Secretary letter and transmit four 

 copies of it to the Forester with a tracing. The tracing for monuments em- 

 bracing small areas should be drawn to such a scale as will admit of its being 

 printed on a single sheet, legal cap size, without folding. 



WASHINGTON OFFICE PROCEDURE. 



Action on Petitions and Inquiries. 



Upon receipt, by the Forester, of petitions or letters which pertain to changes 

 in Forest boundaries, or to the creation of national monuments, a reply will 

 be prepared for the signature of the official to whom the communication is 

 addressed or referred. This reply will state that the matter is referred to the 

 District Forester for consideration, and will promise further reply upon receipt 

 of report from the District Forester. A carbon copy of the letter, indorsed 

 " Action required," with copies of the correspondence to which it relates, will 

 be sent to the District Forester, who will prepare appropriate letters for signa- 

 ture of the proper official, and submit them to the Forester for transmittal. 



Letters will be prepared in the Washington office only when there is already 

 on file sufficient information upon which a reply can be based, or when an 

 immediate reply is necessary. -In such cases carbons will be sent to the District 

 Forester for his information, together with copies of the correspondence. 



Action on Boundary Reports. 



I Upon receipt of reports, and of the District Forester's recommendations con- 

 cerning changes in boundaries, accompanied by type and title maps, the status 

 will be obtained, if that is desirable, and the report will be submitted to the 

 various branch chiefs for initialing before being submitted to the Forester for 

 final approval. The District Forester and the interested persons will be in- 



