The National Geographic Magazine 



Forest reservations 



No. 4. Map showing Location of Vacant Public Lands 



years, as follows : For 1901, $3,000,- 

 000 ; for 1902, $4,000,000 more, and 

 for 1903 about $S, 000, 000 ; in all, now 

 about $15,000,000. The fund at the 

 present time is increasing rapidly. 



THE RECLAMATION SERVICE 



The Secretary of the Interior, to 

 whom the whole matter is committed, 

 in commencing the work, decided to 

 put it in the hands of a man and an 

 organization in whom he had and has 

 confidence. Hon. Charles D. Walcott, 

 Director of the U. S. Geological Survey, 

 is the man whom the Secretary holds 

 responsible for this work. He in turn 



is assisted by several men who since 

 1888 have been measuring the streams 

 of the West, studying the water supply, 

 and making an examination to ascertain 

 how the lands can be reclaimed by 

 irrigation. 



The Geological Survey has for years 

 been making a topographic map of the 

 United States, and on that map are 

 shown the streams, the reservoir sites 

 in or near the mountains, and many 

 other facts which are essential to a 

 practical knowledge of the subject. 



In addition to the topographic branch, 

 the hydrographic division has been 

 measuring the waters which may be 



