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and military reservations. Briefly outlined, this assist- 

 ance has been as follows : 



On December 7, 1899, the Secretary of the Interior 

 requested the Secretary of Agriculture for advice upon 

 technical questions envolved in the administration of 

 the reserves. The work of the Bureau of Forestry 

 under this request has increased steadily in volume and 

 scope, until at present practically all technical questioi;is 

 involved in the administration of the reserves are 

 referred to it. 



During the past two years practically all of the 

 recommendations for new forest reserves and changes 

 in the boundaries of existing forest reserves either 

 originated with or were submitted directly by the 

 Bureau of Forestry. Since it took up this line of 

 work the Bureau has examined 130 separate areas 

 proposed as forest reserves or as additions to existing 

 reserves. 



Regulations for grazing recommended by the Bureau 

 are now in effect on two forest reserves in Utah and 

 on four forest reserves in Arizona. 



Six members of the Bureau were loaned to the for- 

 estry division of the General Land Office for periods 

 of from one year to fourteen months (1902-1903). 

 One of these members was chief of that division, two 

 were inspectors, and two were head rangers. 



Under the request of the Secretary of the Interior, 

 studies have been made of several Indian reservations, 

 and recommendations submitted for their forest man- 

 agement. The Bureau has also prepared detailed 

 working plans for the Prescott, Black Hills, Big Horn, 

 and Priest River forest reserves. 



To sum up, the principles and practice recommended 

 by the Bureau to govern the administration of the 

 national forest reserves have been approved by the 



