14 Miscellaneous Circular 15, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 

 OUTSTANDING POINTS IN FOREST SERVICE HISTORY. 



On August 16, 1876, Congress appointed Dr. Franklin B. Hough 

 as Commissioner of Forestry. 



In 1877 Congress granted its first appropriation, $6,000 for forestry 

 purposes. 



In 1881 the Divison of Forestry was established in the Department 

 of Agriculture as an information bureau only. 



By act of Congress. March 3, 1891, the President was given power 

 to establish forest reservations and President Harrison established 

 the Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve. 



The act of June 4, 1897, authorized the administration of the forest 

 reserves, which were then under the Department of the Interior. 



On July 1, 1898, there were 6 clerks and 6 scientific employees 

 in the Division of Forestry. 



The act of February 1. 1905, transferred the forest reserves and 

 the authority to administer them from the Secretary of the Interior 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture, and the work of the service as we 

 know it to-day began. In July, 1905, the Bureau of Forestry became 

 the Forest Service. 



In 1907 the name of the forest reserves was changed to national 

 forests to correct the impression that they were withdrawn from use. 



In 1908 the direct administration of field work was transferred 

 from Washington to six district headquarters in the West, and in 

 1914 a similar district was established in the Appalachian region, 

 while district 8, comprising the Alaskan Forests, was created in 1921. 

 National forests now number 146 and embrace approximated 

 157,000,000 acres. 



THE FOREST IS YOUR FRIEND. 



The water you drink comes from it. 



Nothing you use or wear could be yours without 

 the forest's help. 



The forests are your playground. 



They are wide open for you to fish, hunt, and 

 camp. 



— Gifford Pinchot. 



THE FOREST FIRE IS YOUR ENEMY. 



