CONTENTS 



PAGE 



FOREWORD, BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR . vii 



INTRODUCTION, BY THE AUTHOR xiii 



CHAPTER 



I. OUR NATIONAL ESTATE 3 



II. THE STORY OF OUR PUBLIC DOMAIN ... 17 



III. THE STORY OF OUR NATIONAL FOREST . . 83 



IV. RECLAIMING THE DESERT 153 



V. WATER POWER AND OTHER CONSERVED RE- 

 SOURCES 184 



VI. OUR INDIAN WARDS 200 



VII. NATIONAL PARKS SYSTEM A UNIVERSITY OF 



NATURE 229 



VIII. NATIONAL MONUMENTS SYSTEM A SCIENTIFIC 



MUSEUM 284 



IX. DEPLETION AND RESCUE OF OUR AMAZING 



HERITAGE OF WILD LIFE 301 



X. A HALF CENTURY OF NATURE CONSERVATION 327 



INDEX 351 



