liv CONTENTS 



PAQE 



I The Creation and Organization of the National 



Forests 1 



Economic Conditions Which Led to Forest Con- 

 servation 1 



Prodigality leads finally to conservation . . 1 



The march of forest destruction 2 



Our lumber and water supply imperiled ... 5 



The First Steps in Federal Forest Conservation . 6 



The upbuilding of the West 6 



The Lake States first to act 7 



The first federal steps 8 



The Act of August 16, 1876 9 



Further work under the Act 11 



The First Forest Reserves Established March 30, 



1891 12 



The situation before 1891 . . . . . . 12 



The need of the forest policy 13 



The Act of March 3, 1891 14 



An Anomalous Condition — Forest Reserves With- 

 out Forest Administration 14 



The Need of Administration on the Reserves . 14 



More Reserves created 16 



The Administration of the Reserves Under the 



General Land OfBce 16 



The Act of June 4, 1897 16 



The Division of Forestry in 1898 . . . . 18 



The Bureau of Forestry 19 



The Consolidation of the Forestry Work in the 



Department of Agriculture in 1905 . . . 19 



The Act of February 1, 1905 19 



Early forestry education and literature ... 20 



Changes in the Forest Service personnel . . 21 



More National Forests created 21 



The growth of the Forest Service .... 22 



Recent modifications in the organization ... 23 



The Present Organization of the Forest Service . 24 



The administrative districts 24 



The Washington office 26 



The district offices . . . , 28 



