Our National Forests A Short Popular Account of the Work of the United States Forest Service on the National Forests
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OUR NATIONAL FORESTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
FORESTRY AS A NATIONAL PROBLEM
THE EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF OUR NATIONAL FORESTS
WHY THE NATIONAL FORESTS WERE CREATED
HOW THE NATIONAL FOREST POLICY HAS BENEFITED THE PEOPLE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
OUR NATIONAL FORESTS
CHAPTER I THE CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WHICH LED TO FOREST CONSERVATION
THE FIRST STEPS IN FEDERAL FOREST CONSERVATION.
THE FIRST FOREST RESERVES ESTABLISHED MARCH 30, 1891
AN ANOMALOUS CONDITION—FOREST RESERVES WITHOUT FOREST ADMINISTRATION
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESERVES UNDER THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE FORESTRY WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN 1905
THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE FOREST SERVICE
CHAPTER II THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS
PERSONNEL
HOW THE FOREST SERVICE APPROPRIATION IS ALLOTTED TO THE NATIONAL FORESTS
THE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE NATIONAL FORESTS
NATIONAL FOREST IMPROVEMENTS
THE CLASSIFICATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS
HOW YOUNG FORESTS ARE PLANTED TO REPLACE THOSE DESTROYED BY FIRE
THE ORGANIZATION AND SCOPE OF FOREST EXPERIMENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS
CHAPTER III THE PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS
PROTECTION FROM FIRE
PROTECTION AGAINST TRESPASS, FOREST INSECTS, EROSION AND OTHER AGENCIES
CHAPTER IV THE SALE AND RENTAL OF NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES
THE SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER
THE DISPOSAL OF TIMBER TO HOMESTEAD SETTLERS AND UNDER FREE USE
TIMBER SETTLEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE USE
THE RENTAL OF NATIONAL FOREST RANGE LANDS
SPECIAL USES
CLAIMS AND SETTLEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE USE OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS
WATER POWER, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, AND POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
APPENDIX
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