INDEX 



353 



Desert Land Act, 28, 99 



Deserts, reclaiming, 153 ff. 



de Smet, Father, 223 



Deuster, Representative, 109 



Devil Postpile, 286, 293 



Devil Tower, 285, 286, 293 



Dinosaur, National Monument, 287, 293 



Dismal Swamps, the, 49-51 



District of Columbia, area of, 18 



Division of Forestry, 109, 112 



Dodge, John, 208 



Dogwood, in original forests, 90 



Dorchester, grist mill in, 186 



Ducks, original wealth of, 302 



Dunnell, Representative, 107, no 



Dutton, 329 



Economic Geography, quotation from, 



185, 186 



Edison Electric Power Co., 118 

 Elephant Butte Dam, the, 171 

 Eliot, Charles W., 112 

 Eliot, John, 222 

 Elk, 320, 323; in National Forests, 148, 



149; original wealth of, 301; game 



preserve for, 314; Yellowstone, 324, 



325 



El Morro, 285, 286, 291 

 Elms, in original forests, 89, 90 

 Emerson, George B., 106 

 Erosion, in National Parks, 236, 238; in 



National Monuments, 294 

 Everglades reservation, the, 210 

 Evolution, records of, in National Parks, 



238, 262, 263 

 Experiment stations, established by 



Biological Survey, 313 



Fall, Albert B., 168, 269 

 Farmers, political prestige of, 28 

 Farming, on reclamation projects, 160 ff. 

 Fauna, 308 ff. 



Federal Lands, use of name, 5; approxi- 

 mate area and value, 9-11; effects of 

 motoring on, 11-13; conservation 

 policies, 11-15, 42; unidentified, 39 ff.; 

 recreational use of, 332, 344 ff .; owner- 

 ship, 347 



Federal Power Act, 122, 190 ff., 266, 267 

 Federal Power Commission, creation of, 



46 

 "Federal Water Power Legislation," 



quotation from, 185 

 Finley, James B., 223 

 Firs, in original forests, 89, 94-96; the 



Douglas, 96 



Fisher, Walter L., 112, 168 

 Fisheries, Bureau of, refuges under, 314 

 Fishery Reservations, 332 

 Fitzgerald, of New York, 125 

 Five Civilized Tribes, 214-216, 224 

 Five Nations, wealth of, 214 

 Five Year Programme, the, 225 

 Florida, purchase of, 6, 26; area of, 18; 

 Public Lands in, 21, 41, 70; recent 



boom in, 40, 41, 108; swamps in, 49; 

 National Forests in, 130, 144; mineral 

 withdrawals and classifications in, 

 197; value of Indian property in, 215; 

 National Monuments in, 287, 291, 

 294; station in, for quail investiga- 

 tions, 313; wild life refuges in, 313 



Floyd, of Arkansas, 125 



Forest Reserve Act, 109, no 



Forest Service, Bureau of, Roosevelt's 

 summary of growth, 113-122; opposi- 

 tion to, 119, 120, 124, 125; farming 

 problems of, 138 ff.; refuges under, 314 



Forests, beginning of conservation, 55; 

 original, 83, 84, 88 ff.; destruction of, 

 85 ff., 97 ff., 105, 128; laws for con- 

 serving, 86, 105 ff.; gifts of, from gov- 

 ernment, 87, 88; present problem, 97, 

 98; rehabilitation of, 109 ff. 



Fort, Gerrit, 76, 108, 109 



Fort Marion, 287, 291 



Fort Matanzas, 287, 291 



Fort McHenry, 287, 292 



Fort Niagara, 287, 292 



Fort Pulaski, 287, 292 



Fort Wood, 287, 299 



Fossil Cycad, 287, 294 



Fossils, uncovered by the Missouri, 72 



Fox farming, 321 



France, timber consumption of, 85 



Free Timber Act, 98, 99 



Friends, Indian schools established by, 

 222, 223 



Fulton, Senator, 120 



Fur farming, in Alaska, 53 



Game Departments, States, protective 

 rules of, 77 



Garden City project, 162, 167 



Garfield, James A., 168, 169 



Gas, limited resources of, 46-48; natural, 

 in Public Domain, 65; wells, on In- 

 dian lands, 214 ff. 



Geese, original wealth of, 302 



General Grant National Park, 232, 238, 

 246, 276, 277 



General Land Office, 4, 44; creation of, 

 6, 7, 25; growth of, 35, 36; problems of, 

 35 ff.; the commissioner, 36; survey- 

 ing for, 37 ff.; decline of, 62, 63; future 

 of, 63, 64 



General Revision Act, no 



Geological Survey, 42, 43, 46 



Georgia, area of, 18; swamps in, 51; 

 National Forests in, 130; developed 

 water power of, 195; National Monu- 

 ments in, 287, 292, 294; station for 

 quail investigations in, 313 



Germany, timber consumption in, 85 



Gerrit Gerrit, 198 



Gettysburg, 298 



Gila Cliff Dwellings, 286, 291 



Gilford Court House National Military 

 Park, 298 



Glacier Bay, 287, 289, 293, 294 



