THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



whether they include all the land, and only 

 the land, rightly contained within them, and 

 whether they shoxild be extended or reduced. 

 The first permits for the use of water- 

 power sites on Government land were issued 

 by the Forest Service, and the policy which 

 is now being adopted by the Interior De- 

 partment and other Grovernment organiza- 

 tions in their handling of waterpower 

 questions was there first developed. These 

 permits are prepared in the Branch of 

 Lands. The first steps toward deterring 

 men who attempt in defiance of the law to 

 get possession of lands claimed to be agri- 

 cultural or mineral within the National 

 Forests are taken here, but \he final decision 

 on these points rests with the Department 

 of the Interior. The examination of lands 

 to determine whether they are agricultural 

 in character, and therefore should be opened 

 to settlement, is directed from this Branch. 



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