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FOREST POLICY. 



reserves are now established and begin to find strong support 

 amongst their former opponents. 



Noteworthy it seems that the lumbermen have never objected to 

 the establishment of Forest Reserves in the west. 



Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt have created additional re- 

 serves, raising the aggregate, in 1902, to 60,175,765 acres comprised 

 in 54 reserves. (This is twice the area of Pennsylvania, and equal to 

 2^% of the entire area of the United States, inclusive of Alaska.) 



Agricultural and mineral land included, through error, within 

 the proclaimed limits of a forest reserve may be restored to the pos- 

 sibility of entry by the President of the United States. 



Reserved lands, proven to be "mineral" remain subject to entry, 

 without requiring such restorative act. 



The General Land Office, on the -basis of the Sundry Civil Appro- 

 priation Bill of June 4, 1897, issues, from time to time, rules and reg- 

 ulations governing the use and the administration of the forest re- 

 serves. 



States and 



Territories. 



Alaska 



Arizona 



California 



Colorado 



TABLE NO. 15. 



THE FOREST RESERVES ESTABLISHED ARE: 



Name of reserve. Present estimated 



area, in acres. 

 The Afognak Forest and Fish Culture Re- 

 serve, 403,640 



The Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve 4,506,240 



The Grand Canyon Forest Reserve, 1,851,520 



The San Francisco Mountains Forest Re- 

 serve, 1,975,310 



The Black Mesa Forest Reserve 4,658,880 



The Prescott Forest Reserve, 423,680 



The Santa Rita Forest Reserve, 387,300 



The Santa Catalina Forest Reserve, 155,520 



The Mount Graham Forest Reserve, 118,600 



The Chiricahua Forest Reserve, 169,600 



The San Gabriel Timber Land Reserve,... 555,520 



The Sierra Forest Reserve, 4,096,000 



The San Bernardino Forest Reserve, 737,280 ■ 



The Trabuco Canyon Forest Reserve, 109,920 



The Stanislaus Forest Reserve, 691,200 



The San Jacinto Forest Reserve, 668,160 



The Pine Mountain and Zaca Lake Forest 



Reserve, 1,644,594 



The Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve, 136,335 



The Santa Ynez Forest Reserve, 145,000 



The White River Forest Reserve, 1,129,920 



The Pikes Peak Timber Land Reserve,.... 184,320 



The Plum Creek Timber Land Reserve,... 179,200 



The South Platte Forest Reserve, 683,520 



The Battlement Mesa Foi-est Reserve, 858,240 



