Our National Forests

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Our National Forests by Richard H. D. Boerker.

Contents

• OUR NATIONAL FORESTS5
• PREFACE7
• INTRODUCTION11
• FORESTRY AS A NATIONAL PROBLEM11
• THE EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF OUR NATIONAL FORESTS16
• WHY THE NATIONAL FORESTS WERE CREATED20
• HOW THE NATIONAL FOREST POLICY HAS BENEFITED THE PEOPLE23
• ILLUSTRATIONS46
• OUR NATIONAL FORESTS CHAPTER I THE CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS62
• ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WHICH LED TO FOREST CONSERVATION63
• THE FIRST STEPS IN FEDERAL FOREST CONSERVATION.66
• THE FIRST FOREST RESERVES ESTABLISHED MARCH 30, 189169
• AN ANOMALOUS CONDITION—FOREST RESERVES WITHOUT FOREST ADMINISTRATION70
• THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESERVES UNDER THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE71
• THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE FORESTRY WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN 190573
• THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE FOREST SERVICE76
• CHAPTER II THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS80
• PERSONNEL81
• HOW THE FOREST SERVICE APPROPRIATION IS ALLOTTED TO THE NATIONAL FORESTS88
• THE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE NATIONAL FORESTS92
• NATIONAL FOREST IMPROVEMENTS93
• THE CLASSIFICATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS103
• HOW YOUNG FORESTS ARE PLANTED TO REPLACE THOSE DESTROYED BY FIRE105
• THE ORGANIZATION AND SCOPE OF FOREST EXPERIMENTS AND INVESTIGATIONS121
• CHAPTER III THE PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS144
• PROTECTION FROM FIRE144
• PROTECTION AGAINST TRESPASS, FOREST INSECTS, EROSION AND OTHER AGENCIES168
• CHAPTER IV THE SALE AND RENTAL OF NATIONAL FOREST RESOURCES184
• THE SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER184
• THE DISPOSAL OF TIMBER TO HOMESTEAD SETTLERS AND UNDER FREE USE208
• TIMBER SETTLEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE USE211
• THE RENTAL OF NATIONAL FOREST RANGE LANDS213
• SPECIAL USES227
• CLAIMS AND SETTLEMENT228
• ADMINISTRATIVE USE OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS232
• WATER POWER, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, AND POWER TRANSMISSION LINES232
• APPENDIX237
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE247

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