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remedy this condition by conferring upon the President in 1891 the 

 right to establish forest reservations. This act, however, made no 

 provision for the protection of the forests. It was not until 1897 



Figure 15. — Good Forestry Practice Conserves the Forests. 



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A, Good forestry practice on a national-forest timber sale. Only mature trees have 

 been cut, young trees having been left to form the basis for future cuttings and to insure 

 reproduction. Brush and slash are piled for disposal. B, No forestry practiced here. 

 Land cut over and burned. Unless this land is artificially reforested, it will probably 

 revert to worthless brush. 



that Congress passed another act providing for the systematic man- 

 agement of the reserves and placing their administration under the 

 Secretary of the Interior. 



