SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. 



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RESOLUTIONS. 



[American Association for the Advancement of Science, June 23, 1900, New York City.] 



Resolved^ That the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, recogfnizing- the importance of the preservation in its original 

 condition of some portion of the hard-wood forests of the Southern 

 Appalachian region, respectful)}" petitions Congress to provide for the 

 establishment in that region of ii national forest reserve. 



[American Forestry Association, December 13, 1900, Washington, D. C] 



Resolved^ That the action of Congress in making an appropriation 

 to investigate the forest conditions of the Southern Appalachian 

 Mountains meets with our cordial approval, and that we recommend 

 that further steps be taken for the creation b}^ purchase of a national 

 Appalachian park in the high mountain region of the States of North 

 and South Cai'olina, Georgia, and Tennessee. 



[National Board of Trade, .January 23, 1901, Washington, D. C] 



Resolved, That the National Board of Trade respectfully urges upon 

 Congress the establishment of the proposed Minnesota National Park 

 and of the proposed Southern Appalachian Forest Reserve as a just 

 and necessary measure of forest protection to those portions of our 

 country which at present contain no national forest reserves. 



[Mempliis (Tenn.) Board of Trade.] 



Whereas there is a widespread movement in this countiT looking to 

 the establishment by the General Government in the high forest- 

 covered mountain portions of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, 

 and South Carolina of a national forest reserve, which will perpet- 

 uate the forest of this region, forever protect the headwaters of many 

 important streams in these States, and serve as a pleasure and health 

 resort at all seasons for a large portion of the people of this country; 

 and whereas the proposal that the Government establish such a forest 

 reserve has been approved by the leading scientific societies and for- 

 estr}" associations of this counti-y, and b}" the general press: 



Resolved^ That the Boai'd of Trade of Memphis, Tenn., also heartily 

 approves of the establishment of such a forest reserve, and respect- 

 fully asks the Senators and Representatives at Washington from this 

 State to urge upon Congress the favorable and prompt consideration 

 of this measure. 



Similar resolutions favoi'ing the establishment of the proposed for- 

 est reserve or park by the Government have been passed by the com- 

 mercial organizations in Richmond, Raleigh, Wilmington, Charleston, 

 Columbia, Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Mobile, Knoxville, Chatta- 

 nooga, Nashville, Memphis, and in many other of the larger cities of 

 the country. 



